Charles Schwab Opens Live Solana, Avalanche and Chainlink Trading to Eligible Clients

Charles Schwab has moved three major altcoins from its expansion plan into its live crypto trading menu. The brokerage announced on November 9 that eligible Schwab Crypto clients can now trade Solana, Avalanche and Chainlink, alongside Bitcoin and Ethereum. The distinction between ‘planned’ and ‘available’ is the new milestone here. TL;DR: Schwab Crypto now supports SOL, AVAX and LINK trading for eligible retail clients, adding to its BTC and ETH offering. Schwab says its service became broadly available to qualifying customers in October 2026. The announcement concerns direct crypto trading, not approval of new exchange-traded funds for these tokens. Why the launch timing matters Schwab began offering early access to its crypto service in May and opened it to eligible retail clients in October. The November addition broadens a product already running in the market, rather than announcing a future concept with no users. That gives the three altcoins a route to customers who prefer established brokerage infrastructure and account management over a separate crypto-native trading platform. NewsBTC covered the earlier Schwab expansion plan in August. The new press release supplies the ...