Schwab to Add SOL, AVAX, LINK Trading, Confirmed by Two Outlets, Fee and Date Single-Sourced

Charles Schwab plans to add Solana (SOL), Avalanche (AVAX) and Chainlink (LINK) to its crypto trading platform, expanding beyond the Bitcoin and Ethereum access it launched earlier this year. Two independent outlets, CoinGape and The Block, reported the core announcement, giving it two-source confirmation. The finer details, including a specific announcement date and a stated fee structure, each trace back to only one of those two reports.

What Two Sources Actually Confirm

Both outlets agree on the central fact: Schwab intends to bring SOL, AVAX and LINK trading to clients, broadening a crypto offering that until now covered only Bitcoin and Ethereum. That is the part of the story with genuine two-source backing.

Beyond that shared core, the reports diverge in what additional detail they carry. CoinGape dated the announcement to August 27 and described Schwab as a $13 trillion firm, framing the move as coming “in the coming months.” Neither of those specifics, the date or the asset-under-management figure, appears corroborated in the other outlet’s reporting, so they should be read as single-sourced for now rather than as independently verified facts.

The May Rollout and the 75 Basis Point Fee

Separately, The Block’s own summary line states that Schwab Crypto began rolling out to clients in May, offering direct BTC and ETH trading with a 75 basis point charge per transaction. That detail does not appear in CoinGape’s coverage. It is not contradicted anywhere, just unconfirmed by a second outlet at this stage.

None of this makes the fee figure or the May launch date wrong. It simply means a reader relying on a single aggregated snapshot of this story, pulled from one site’s coverage, would be getting a mix of confirmed and unconfirmed elements without knowing which is which.

Why the Distinction Matters for Traders

For traders and desks building around this news, the practical takeaway splits into two tiers. The expansion itself, SOL, AVAX and LINK joining a major US brokerage’s crypto menu, sits on solid ground with two independent outlets pointing to the same underlying event. The transaction economics (a 75 basis point fee) and the precise rollout timeline are details worth tracking for a second confirmation before they get treated as settled fact in downstream reporting or API feeds.

Schwab has not, based on the available reporting, published exact onboarding dates for the three new assets beyond the general “coming months” framing attributed to CoinGape. Anyone tracking listing timing for SOL, AVAX or LINK on Schwab’s platform should watch for a firm date from Schwab itself rather than relying on either outlet’s characterization alone.

Sources

• theblock.co
• coingape.com