🤑 Samsung & Coinbase: A Match Made in Crypto Heaven? 🌌

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Update 1:59 pm UTC: This article, like a fine wine, has been updated to include a section on the Samsung Wallet, a treasure trove of digital delights. 🍷

Ah, the marriage of technology and finance! Consumer electronics behemoth Samsung, in a move as audacious as it is inevitable, has joined forces with the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. The result? A gateway to the mystical realm of crypto for over one billion Galaxy users worldwide. How utterly divine! 🌟

In the first act of this grand drama, 75 million Galaxy users in the United States shall gain access to Coinbase One, a subscription service that promises zero trading fees, higher staking rewards, and the protection of lost funds from the clutches of unauthorized scoundrels. Coinbase announced this on Friday, with all the fanfare of a royal proclamation. 🎭

“Together with Samsung, we’re pairing their global scale with Coinbase’s trusted platform to deliver the best value for people to access crypto – starting with more than 75 million Galaxy users across the U.S., and soon, the entire world shall bow to our digital dominion,” declared Shan Aggarwal, chief business officer at Coinbase, with a flourish of his rhetorical quill. 🌍

The duo aims to expand this access to more Galaxy users globally, potentially ushering in a tidal wave of new mainstream investors into the crypto market. With over one billion active Galaxy users, one can only imagine the chaos-er, I mean, opportunity-this will create. 🌊

Samsung, the darling of the smartphone world, accounted for about 13% of the world’s 7.4 billion smartphone users as of September, according to BankMyCell. A modest achievement, if I do say so myself. 📱

Samsung Wallet: The Key to Crypto’s “Accessibility,” Proclaims Coinbase CEO

This new partnership shall allow U.S. Galaxy users to purchase crypto via Samsung Pay, in addition to free access to Coinbase One, which normally costs $4.99 per month for the basic version and a staggering $299 per month for the premium. Because nothing says “accessible” like a price tag that makes one’s wallet weep. 💸

“We shall make crypto even more accessible,” penned Coinbase co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong in a Friday X post, with the confidence of a man who has never met a paywall he couldn’t monetize. 📲

Launched by Samsung Electronics, the Samsung Wallet marked the evolution of Samsung Pay, which debuted in 2015 before integrating multiple crypto wallet features and rebranding into the Samsung Wallet mobile application in June 2022. A metamorphosis as dramatic as any Wildean protagonist. 🦋

Samsung Wallet was first rolled out as a payment method and deposit option for cryptocurrency traders on Coinbase at the end of July 2025, because why wait for the future when you can monetize it today? 🕰️

The partnership with Coinbase, Drew Blackard, senior vice president of mobile product management at Samsung Electronics America, wrote, marks Samsung’s commitment to allow users to “explore and engage with crypto on a trusted platform,” from the convenience of their mobile phones. Because nothing says trust like a digital wallet. 📱

Samsung Wallet app users can execute crypto mobile transactions, installment payments, peer-to-peer transactions, and access digital identity services. Truly, the Swiss Army knife of the digital age. 🛠️

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2025-10-03 17:13