Overview

• The integration is live in the United States, letting Galaxy owners buy, trade, stake, and manage crypto inside Samsung Wallet without separate apps or new accounts.
• Samsung Pay now links to Coinbase accounts, enabling purchases of crypto and payments tied to users’ holdings within the same wallet experience.
• Users receive a complimentary three-month Coinbase One membership with zero trading fees on select assets, enhanced staking rewards, and a $25 credit after their first trade.
• Samsung underscores biometric authentication, tokenization, and the Knox secure element as protections for credentials and sensitive data stored on-device.
• Both companies describe the tie-up as Coinbase’s largest consumer distribution to date and plan international expansion in the coming months, with Coinbase shares rising about 1% after the news.