{"id":490269,"date":"2025-07-18T19:00:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T18:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=490269"},"modified":"2025-07-18T20:47:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T19:47:05","slug":"charles-schwab-ceo-says-bitcoin-ethereum-trading-coming-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/charles-schwab-ceo-says-bitcoin-ethereum-trading-coming-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Schwab CEO says Bitcoin, Ethereum trading coming soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/charles-schwab\/\">Charles Schwab<\/a> CEO Rick Wurster confirmed the brokerage plans to add Bitcoin (<a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/bitcoin\/\">BTC<\/a>) and Ethereum (<a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/ethereum\/\">ETH<\/a>) trading for its customers during an<\/span> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/video\/2025\/07\/18\/charles-schwab-ceo-advisor-and-retail-channels-are-both-sources-of-growth.html\">interview with CNBC<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on July 18.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Wurster, the move comes amid heavy client demand to see all their asset exposure in the same dashboard.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>He said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Our clients are invested in crypto today.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He explained that the firm's customers already hold more than 20% of all crypto exchange\u2011traded products (ETPs) in the US, worth roughly $25 billion. However, this number amounts to only roughly 0.2% of the firm's $10.8\u202ftrillion in total client balances.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wurster's remarks confirm<\/span> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/morgan-stanley-and-charles-schwab-eye-crypto-trading-as-us-regulations-ease\/\">reports from early May<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> about the firm's interest in crypto trading services.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Clients seek one\u2011stop custody<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wurster framed the spot Bitcoin and Ethereum access as a consolidation tool rather than a venture into speculative trading.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He said many households already keep 98% of their wealth at Schwab but maintain a small &#8220;one or two percent&#8221; slice at specialist crypto platforms so they can hold coins directly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Charles Schwab's CEO noted:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;They really want to bring it back to Schwab because they trust us.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, he said that customers prefer to view crypto alongside equities, bonds, and cash on a single dashboard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wurster expects the rollout to &#8220;accelerate our growth&#8221; because balances parked elsewhere would migrate once Schwab offers direct custody. He did not specify a launch date, saying only that the service will arrive &#8220;sometime soon.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Direct rivalry with Coinbase<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asked whether the addition sets up a head\u2011to\u2011head contest with <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/coinbase\/\">Coinbase<\/a>, Wurster answered &#8220;absolutely.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He said Schwab wants customers who currently buy coins at Coinbase to transfer those holdings back to Schwab, where the brokerage already provides round\u2011the\u2011clock service, research tools, and integrated portfolio reporting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Schwab's upcoming service will complement the crypto exposure it already supports through exchange\u2011traded products.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wurster did not discuss fees, trade execution partners, or wallet architecture, but he emphasized that the firm will apply the same custody standards it uses for traditional securities.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charles Schwab CEO Rick Wurster confirmed the brokerage plans to add Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) trading for its customers during an interview with CNBC on July 18. 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