Charles Schwab bringt Bitcoin zu seinen 39 Millionen Kunden – allerdings ohne den Schutz, den sie erwarten
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Charles Schwab gab diese Woche bekannt, dass es mit dem direkten Verkauf von Bitcoin und Ethereum an seine 39 Millionen Broker-Kunden beginnen wird. Die Nachricht hat die Marktteilnehmer verunsichert, da die Bären versuchen, die Preise nach unten zu drücken, während die Bullen versuchen, wichtige Unterstützungsniveaus zu verteidigen. Achten Sie auf die Reaktion von $BTC $ETH $SOL – eine entscheidende Bewegung über oder unter wichtige Niveaus wird den nächsten Trend bestätigen.
Charles Schwab announced this week that it will begin selling Bitcoin and Ethereum directly to its 39 million brokerage clients. They will appear in the same account view as stocks, ETFs, and retirement funds, in the same app, under the same brand, one click from the S&P 500 index fund a customer bought for their IRA. What makes that arrangement so consequential is that the assets will arrive in one of the most familiar and trusted environments in American finance, while carrying a very different set of protections from what customers are used to seeing there. Schwab's own disclosures say so plainly: the cryptocurrencies sold on its platform are not deposits, not FDIC-insured, not SIPC-protected, not backed by any central bank, and carry the risk of total loss of principal. That gap, between how crypto will feel to a Schwab customer and what it actually is, is the most consequential thing here. It is also the clearest illustration yet of the way crypto is entering mainstream American finance. Related Reading US Bitcoin ETFs pull in $664M in largest daily inflow since January, because Iran reopened Hormuz for a few hours The Strait of Hormuz reopening eased energy shock fears and triggered institutional rotation into Bitcoin exposure. Apr 18, 2026 · Oluwapelumi Adejumo Charles Schwab's crypto rollout, and what it actually changes The product, called Schwab Crypto, will begin a phased launch in the coming weeks. At launch, it will support only two assets: Bitcoin and Ethereum, which together account for roughly three-quarters of the total crypto market cap. While a big part of the crypto industry lamented the exclusion of altcoin heavyweights like Solana and XRP, the short list of supported coins is a smart and calculated decision. A company managing $12.2 trillion in client assets has every reason to avoid the headline risk that would come with a more speculative token imploding inside a retirement account. Trades will cost 75 basis points, or 0.75 percent, which Sch
Key Takeaways
- Charles Schwab announced this week that it will begin selling Bitcoin and Ethereum directly to its 39 million brokerage clients
- They will appear in the same account view as stocks, ETFs, and retirement funds, in the same app, under the same brand, one click from the S&P 500 index fund a customer bought for their IRA
- That gap, between how crypto will feel to a Schwab customer and what it actually is, is the most consequential thing here
- It is also the clearest illustration yet of the way crypto is entering mainstream American finance
- Apr 18, 2026 · Oluwapelumi Adejumo Charles Schwab's crypto rollout, and what it actually changes The product, called Schwab Crypto, will begin a phased launch in the coming weeks