CoinSpotMarket Update
Stablecoins on Samsung Galaxy Phones & BlackRock's AI x Crypto Report
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12 hours ago
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12 hours ago
Tokenised assets and real-world assets (RWAs) continue to be one of the key growth areas in the world of digital assets in 2026. For tokenised stocks in particular, they have notched up another milestone, with their total value having recently crossed $3 billion USD (or $4.3 billion in AUD terms).
As per RWA.xyz, this latest milestone follows a steep climb in 2026: from approximately $1 billion ($700 million USD) in late 2025, to crossing $2.9 billion ($2 billion USD) in July, to now crossing $4.7 billion ($3.3 billion USD) in recent weeks. The bulk of these tokenised stocks are being deployed on Ethereum, Solana and BNB Chain.
Total USD value of all tokenised stocks across all blockchains (Source: RWA.xyz)
Tokenised stocks are an example of real-world assets (RWAs). These are physical, financial, or intangible assets represented on a blockchain through tokenisation. See our resource to learn more.
BlackRock, the largest asset management firm, which manages trillions of dollars worth of clients’ assets, published a brief research report on the relationship between crypto and AI. Entitled ‘The Machine-Native Economy: AI and Digital Assets’, the paper examines the growing relationship and explains why broad AI adoption may represent an underappreciated source of demand, utility, and application growth for digital assets.
“As AI adoption broadens and agentic systems become more autonomous, digital assets could become increasingly integral to AI's economic infrastructure, expanding utility across stablecoins, tokenised RWAs, and native cryptoassets that support blockchain settlement,” the report’s authors wrote. See our resource on crypto and AI to learn more.
Of note, the report described how blockchains are particularly well suited to high-frequency, sub-cent, machine-to-machine (M2M) transactions that take place 24/7, including API calls, on-demand data, and consumption-based compute. This type of infrastructure simply does not exist elsewhere at the moment.
South Korean tech giant Samsung will add USDC (USDC), a stablecoin designed to track the U.S. dollar, to Samsung Wallet initially for eligible Galaxy users in the U.S., with the rollout planned for later this month.
Users will be able to send USDC to compatible crypto wallets and to eligible bank accounts in more than 60 countries, where recipients receive local currency.
About 82 million compatible Galaxy devices exist in the U.S., although that counts phones and not actual users. A stablecoin inside a phone app that millions of people already use could make it easier to send money across borders. This feature is only available to U.S. persons to start, with Samsung saying that potential expansion into additional markets may come afterwards.
Of note, Samsung named Solana (SOL) and Sui (SUI) among its blockchain partners for this launch. They will operate in the background to power these low-cost, near-instant cross-border transfers and remittances that will soon be available.
“Samsung's decision to work with Solana puts digital dollars into everyday life through one of the world's most trusted technology brands,” said Lily Liu, president of the Solana Foundation, in a press statement. “This level of adoption is what we built Solana for, and we're seeing the moment when stablecoins stop being a crypto product and start being how people move money."
