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Morning Edition · Wednesday, August 5, 2026Published at 1:31 AM EDT · New York
Samsung Puts Stablecoins Into a Wallet App Shipped on 800 Million Phones
Western Union began issuing a stablecoin-funded Visa card in 37 markets, and Mastercard closed its purchase of the digital-asset payments firm BVNK. The contest has moved to distribution.
Samsung plans to add native stablecoin features, including dollar-pegged savings and payment accounts, to Samsung Wallet across 800 million Galaxy handsets. Analysts told CoinDesk the move would make Samsung a dominant distributor of tokens…
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