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Samsung Wallet USDC on Solana: Claim SOL from Empty Token Accounts

November 10, 2026 • By SolPurge Team

Samsung Wallet now lets eligible Galaxy users in the United States hold USDC on Solana inside the app they already use. That Samsung balance is custodial. SolPurge cannot close it, and it cannot move the USDC. Claim SOL from the USDC token account in a self-custody wallet, and only after that account is empty. Closing it returns the rent, minus a 6% service fee on the reclaimed rent.

Samsung Wallet USDC went live on Solana

The Solana Foundation says Stablecoin Account went live in Samsung Wallet on November 2, 2026. Eligible Galaxy users in the United States can buy, hold, send, and receive USDC in Samsung Wallet, with no separate crypto app and no private keys to manage. The Foundation says the feature was first announced on October 7, and that transfers settle on Solana.

The Block confirmed the launch on November 5, 2026, citing a statement released that Thursday. CoinMarketCap Academy also reported the account as live in its coverage of that Thursday confirmation.

The Foundation's release says the feature reaches approximately 82 million compatible Galaxy devices in the United States. That device count is from the release. The Block attributes the same figure to it.

Availability, from the Foundation: U.S. residents aged 18 and over, a Samsung Account, and a compatible Galaxy device running Android 13 or higher. New York residents are excluded. From the Stablecoin Account card, users can send USDC to other Samsung Wallet users in the U.S. and to compatible external crypto wallets at no Samsung transfer fee. Fees charged by other providers may apply. Eligible users can also send money to qualifying bank accounts in more than 60 countries, where recipients may receive local currency. Fees and availability vary by destination.

Solana Compass token data put USDC holder accounts on Solana at about 10.07 million on November 4, 2026. The count had passed 10 million on October 31, up from roughly 8.1 million on August 10. Compass says that growth came before the Samsung launch and does not reflect Galaxy users.

The Samsung account is custodial

The Foundation says Samsung built Stablecoin Account with Bastion, a licensed stablecoin custodian and infrastructure provider, and with Coinbase, which safeguards USDC as Bastion's sub-custodian through Coinbase Prime Vault. The Block reports the same split: Bastion handles the stablecoin accounts and transfer infrastructure, and Coinbase holds the USDC through Coinbase Prime Vault.

That account is not a self-custody wallet. The user does not hold the keys, and Bastion holds the USDC. SolPurge closes token accounts in a wallet you connect and sign for. It cannot close a Samsung Wallet account, and it cannot touch the funds in that custodial account.

When a send leaves an empty token account

The rent is on the self-custody side, after USDC leaves Samsung Wallet.

The Foundation says users can send USDC to compatible external crypto wallets. On Solana, that USDC does not sit in the main wallet address. Solana's token account guide describes a separate account for a wallet and a mint. The first time the self-custody wallet receives USDC, that account is created, and it holds a rent deposit. Later sends use the same account.

Solana rent exemption is that deposit: a minimum SOL balance sized to the account, returned when the account is closed. Sending the USDC onward, or spending it down to zero, does not close the account. The token balance can sit at zero while the rent stays locked. Why empty token accounts accumulate is the same pattern for swaps and airdrops. An empty token account means a zero token balance, not an account with no SOL in it.

If the wallet already held USDC, this send does not open a second account. If USDC is still in the account, the balance is not zero, and there is no rent to claim from it yet.

How to claim SOL from that empty token account

How to claim SOL from empty token accounts is the close. How to reclaim SOL from closed token accounts is what comes back. For this USDC account, the short version is:

Connect the self-custody wallet that received the USDC. SolPurge builds the close in the browser, and you sign it in that wallet. SolPurge cannot access your private keys or seed phrase. The Samsung Wallet account never appears in that list.

SolPurge closes empty SPL Token and Token-2022 accounts. It does not burn tokens. Only accounts with a zero balance are closed. Wrapped SOL is the exception: closing it unwraps that SOL. The 6% service fee is on the reclaimed rent only, not on unwrapped SOL. With a referral, half of that fee goes to the affiliate. You also pay the network fee for the close. A failed close does not charge the service fee.

SolPurge does not run WithdrawExcessLamports. That instruction leaves an account open and withdraws only the surplus above the current minimum. This app closes the account.

Leave the USDC row alone while it still has a balance. Move that balance to zero somewhere else first, then select the empty account. Before you connect, the wallet checker lists an address's token accounts, and the rent reclaim estimator estimates what that address would receive after fees.

Some Token-2022 accounts cannot be closed (withheld fees, confidential balances, frozen accounts, or a close authority held by another wallet). The app shows the reason. Solana's close-account guide states the rule for a normal token account: the token balance has to be zero, and the close then transfers the account's lamports to a destination you choose.

Claim SOL by closing the empty token account in the self-custody wallet. SolPurge cannot close the Samsung Wallet account.

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