Anticipation Grows for Google Wallet’s Crypto Integration

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Key Points of This Article

• A description suggesting a higher possibility of cryptocurrency wallet integration into “Google Wallet” has been added as a commented-out line in the HTML code of the “Check supported payment methods (Japan)” page on the official Google Wallet Help site.
• The description “crypto-wallet” has appeared.
• The likelihood of a cryptocurrency wallet being integrated into Google Wallet is now even higher than before.

The Android digital wallet management service, “Google Wallet,” is expected to undergo a major renewal with new features. This is based on an analysis of the HTML code on the official Google Wallet Help site’s “Check supported payment methods (Japan)” page. The expected updates include the addition of new transit IC (e-money) cards like JR West’s “ICOCA” and JR Central’s “TOICA”; the rollout of a new “E-wallet” section for NFC touch payments including SoftBank’s “PayPay Money,” KDDI’s “au PAY,” and NTT Docomo’s “d払い”; and support for “E-wallet” top-ups and peer-to-peer transfers by linking bank accounts such as Mitsubishi UFJ Bank, Mizuho Bank, Japan Post Bank, and Rakuten Bank.

Amidst this, the possibility emerged around Wednesday, October 15, 2025, that Google Wallet could introduce integration with “Rakuten Wallet,” a Financial Services Agency-registered cryptocurrency exchange from the Rakuten Group.

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Then, on Thursday, October 16, 2025, a description suggesting a higher possibility of cryptocurrency wallet integration into Google Wallet was added as a commented-out line in the HTML code of the “Check supported payment methods (Japan)” page on the official Google Wallet Help site. The description is as follows.

<!-- integration: paypay-nfc, rakuten-wallet, id-pay -->
<!-- future: crypto-wallet, suica-ic -->

The code was updated from the previously added description below to the one above, and we can see that the term “crypto-wallet” has now appeared. It is not yet clear whether “crypto-wallet” refers to “Rakuten Wallet” or another cryptocurrency wallet service from a different exchange, but it can be said that the possibility of a cryptocurrency wallet being integrated into Google Wallet is now even higher than before.

<!-- future: paypay-nfc, rakuten-wallet -->

We will report again as soon as we have more information.

Source：Google