Charles Schwab plans to expand its direct crypto trading lineup beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum, adding support for Solana, Avalanche and Chainlink in the coming months.

The additions would be the first new assets for Schwab Crypto since the brokerage began rolling out spot Bitcoin and Ethereum trading in May. The company has not announced an exact launch date for SOL, AVAX or LINK, so the timing remains narrower than a live product release but more concrete than a general crypto roadmap.

The move matters because Schwab sits in a different part of the market from crypto-native exchanges. Its brokerage platform reaches nearly 40 million accounts, according to Unchained, and direct token trading inside that environment could make large-cap crypto assets available to investors who already use traditional brokerage tools.

Schwab has offered crypto exposure through products such as ETFs and futures, but spot token access is a more direct service. Expanding the list from two assets to five also suggests the firm is testing demand beyond the Bitcoin and Ethereum pair that most traditional financial platforms started with.

There are still important limits. Neither source described wallet withdrawals, DeFi connectivity or onchain settlement features for Schwab Crypto accounts. For now, the development is best read as another step in mainstream brokerage access to large crypto assets, not a shift toward self-custody or blockchain-native account infrastructure.