{"id":81574,"date":"2026-04-16T16:16:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T16:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=81574"},"modified":"2026-04-16T16:16:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T16:16:31","slug":"charles-schwab-rolls-out-btc-eth-trading-a-threat-to-coinbase-robinhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=81574","title":{"rendered":"Charles Schwab Rolls Out BTC, ETH Trading\u2014A Threat To Coinbase, Robinhood?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Charles Schwab<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/SCHW\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"SCHW\" data-exchange=\"NYSE\" rel=\"noopener\">(NYSE:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/SCHW\">SCHW<\/a>) is rolling out Schwab Crypto, giving its 39 million active brokerage account holders access to <strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) and <strong>Ethereum<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/ETH-USD\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"ETH\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/eth\/usd\">ETH<\/a>) trading for the first time.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Phased Launch<\/h3>\n<p>Schwab Crypto will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/04\/16\/charles-schwab-to-launch-direct-bitcoin-ethereum-trading-to-compete-with-robinhood.html\">introduced<\/a> in phases over the coming weeks, confirming a previously stated timeline for a second-quarter launch.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Clients will be able to trade Bitcoin and Ethereum through dedicated crypto accounts linked to their traditional Schwab brokerage accounts.<\/p>\n<p>Access to spot trading is a big step up from Schwab\u2019s previous offerings of indirect crypto exposure via exchange-traded funds and derivatives. Schwab will charge 75 basis points per transaction.<\/p>\n<p>Charles Schwab will offer the crypto accounts through its Premier Bank and act as custodian, while Paxos will handle trade execution.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Early Constraints<\/h3>\n<p>The platform will &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/04\/51864678\/charles-schwab-rolls-out-btc-eth-trading-a-threat-to-coinbase-robinhood?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Charles\" schwab rolls out btc eth trading threat to coinbase robinhood>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charles Schwab (NYSE:SCHW) is rolling out Schwab Crypto, giving its 39 million active brokerage account holders access to Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) trading for the first time. The Phased Launch Schwab Crypto will be introduced in phases over the coming weeks, confirming a previously stated timeline for a second-quarter launch.\u00a0 Clients will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-81574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81574\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}