Charles Schwab starts offering spot trading in Bitcoin and Ethereum to a limited group of customers in the United States. Multiple outlets report that the firm has made its “Schwab Crypto” platform available to the first wave of eligible retail clients, beginning Tuesday. These clients can trade bitcoin and ether directly within the Schwab offering, alongside other investments.
The reports describe the rollout as a phased launch, with access initially limited to select or eligible users rather than the full retail customer base. One source states that the company is making the service available to “select users,” while another specifies that a first group of retail clients gains access at the start of the rollout.
Across the coverage, the consistent details are that Schwab is adding spot BTC and ETH trading and that the change is available to an initial group of U.S. retail clients through its Schwab Crypto platform. The sources do not report changes to the broader eligibility criteria or a firm timeline for expanding access beyond the initial cohort.
