Charles Schwab Launches Crypto Trading For Retail Investors

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Wed, May 13, 2026 astatine 7:47 AM CDT 1 min read

U.S. brokerage Charles Schwab (NYSE: $SCHW) has launched spot cryptocurrency trading services for retail investors successful the U.S.

The firm, which manages $12 trillion U.S. of assets, says that idiosyncratic investors tin present commercialized Bitcoin (CRYPTO: $BTC), Ethereum (CRYPTO: $ETH), and different integer assets connected its “Schwab Crypto” platform.

Texas-based Charles Schwab already offered crypto investments done exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and futures trading. 

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But this is the archetypal clip that clients tin commercialized circumstantial cryptocurrencies specified arsenic Bitcoin. Charles Schwab is 1 of the largest brokerages successful the satellite with 35 cardinal clients globally.

The quality to straight commercialized crypto done a institution with the standard of Charles Schwab could assistance accelerate mainstream adoption of integer assets, accidental analysts.

The caller crypto trading work puts Charles Schwab successful nonstop contention with different brokerages specified arsenic Coinbase Global (NASDAQ: $COIN) and Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ: $HOOD).  

SCHW banal has accrued 5% successful the past twelvemonth to commercialized astatine $90.18 U.S. per share.