Sending stablecoins on Sui now requires no SUI tokens. The mainnet upgrade covers seven assets: USDC, USDsui, suiUSDe, USDY, FDUSD, AUSD, and USDB. This removes a major blockchain friction point: needing a separate token to move money.
Only stablecoin operations qualify for zero fees. Transactions with non-allowlisted assets still require standard gas fees. During network congestion, paid transactions get priority over gasless ones.
Fireblocks has integrated the gasless feature for institutional clients. The digital asset infrastructure firm, which has facilitated over $14 trillion in transactions, is key plumbing for major crypto and traditional finance firms.
Sui surpassed $1 trillion in cumulative stablecoin transfer volume since August 2025. Gasless transfers aim to accelerate this growth by removing the operational headache of maintaining a SUI balance for stablecoin payments.
Sui’s architecture, rooted in Meta’s abandoned Diem project, uses the Move programming language and an object-centric data model. This design enables native fee rules for different transaction types without third-party relayers.
The move pressures other chains. Ethereum L2s have low fees but still require ETH. Solana transactions are cheap, but not free. Sui sets the benchmark at zero for the most common payment use case.
Investors should watch stablecoin volumes and new wallet creation. The gasless subsidy’s sustainability is a risk. Removing the need for SUI could reduce organic token demand, but increased activity might offset that.