Samsung taps Solana and Sui to launch zero-fee USDC global remittances on 82 million phones

[u/cosmicselva]

https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/10/08/solana-partners-with-samsung-to-integrate-usdc-in-82-million-phones

[u/borg_6s]

If the phone OS integrates the wallet inside, instead of making people download a 3rd party app, it probably becomes more secure than the hardware wallets

[u/jekpopulous2 → u/borg_6s]

I like to hate on hardware wallets as much as the next guy but a phone is only more secure if it’s air-gapped. Modern smartphones have tamper-proof subsystems like Secure Enclave and Knox Vault but an always-on device running over 7 million lines of code including thousands of dependencies adds all types of attack vectors. Your everyday phone is great as a hot wallet but nowhere near as secure as a dedicated signer.

[u/Important-World-6053 → u/borg_6s]

isnt samsung the 3rd party?

[u/truecakesnake]

Integrating a wallet into the phone OS could make crypto transactions as simple as sending a text.

[u/Bluejumprabbit]

Zero fee here just means Samsung is eating the cost, USDC settlement on Solana is already sub cent so the fee was never the blocker. Getting a stablecoin wallet baked into Samsung Pay by default is the part that moves volume, that's distribution to hundreds of millions of phones.

[u/88eth]

Sounds pretty damn cool but what 60 countries? With new EU legislation and US also being kinda strict, probably not them?

[u/tobyredogre]

Remember, it can be frozen if you're sus

[u/cosmicselva → u/tobyredogre]

Literally any chain including btc. All it takes is a majority vote

[u/kidcanada999]

Should have used Hedera.......that's a shame.

[u/cosmicselva → u/kidcanada999]

lol ok

[u/Financial_Clue_2534 → u/kidcanada999]

Not to late to load up on sol it’s way undervalued