Charles Schwab adds SOL, AVAX and LINK
Schwab expanded Schwab Crypto beyond BTC and ETH to include Solana, Avalanche and Chainlink for eligible retail clients.
What we know
Frank Chaparro and The Block report the addition, which Shadow cites as evidence crypto is far from dead. Related TradFi moves: Coinbase–PNC USDC payments and StoneX's call on Bullish.
How the story developed
Schwab expanded Schwab Crypto beyond BTC and ETH to include Solana, Avalanche and Chainlink for eligible retail clients.
A claim that AI agents cut one step of a quantum attack on BTC/ETH keys by 91% since May, with Starknet pitching quantum-safe account migration.
Ethereum's Glamsterdam upgrade is paused over possible contract vulnerabilities, and StarkWare's CEO says Starknet becoming an L1 is more urgent. Fidelity separately called Solana emerging market infrastructure.
Russia will allow retail BTC/ETH/USDT trading from Nov 17, Coinbase holds 18K BTC, and Samsung Wallet added USDC. Meanwhile pump.fun volume fell and PEPE fans stayed bullish.
Kalshi launched regulated US stock perpetuals, Solana Labs launched the Leap tokenized-asset app, and Amundi launched a tokenized equity index fund on Ethereum.
Traders see BTC rejected near 81.4k and ETH vulnerable to another leg down, while some call a bottom in gold, which was up $80.
Coinbase Prime opened global options and perps to US institutions, Morgan Stanley is tokenizing US stocks, and Stripe expanded stablecoin payouts. BTC is testing resistance, and traders disagree on whether it's a reversal.
The $46M Mercado Bitcoin hacker is dumping altcoins into ETH, and BitMart says it was hit by the same group.
Bitcoin and Ether ETFs saw large outflows, with BlackRock a major contributor, while technical traders watch Bitcoin's balance area.
BTCPay Server hot wallets are being swept, THORChain halted 10 chains after an Ethereum reorg exposed a vault shortfall, and Solana validators face a critical Linux kernel vulnerability.
Sources
“Charles Schwab has added Solana, Avalanche and Chainlink to its crypto platform”
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