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Charles Schwab is launching direct Bitcoin<\/span> and Ether trading for its 46 million clients.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n With $12 trillion managed, Schwab\u2019s entry proves direct crypto<\/span> demand rivals ETFs.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n CEO Rick Wurster indicated that demand for direct crypto<\/span> holdings is present among customers.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n While the cryptocurrency<\/span> markets are not enjoying their most booming phase, institutions are still interested in adding crypto<\/span> to their investment offerings.<\/p>\n Charles Schwab, a brokerage institution managing over $12 trillion for more than 46 million customers, has announced that it will include cryptocurrency<\/span> trading services directly from its platform. On its webpage<\/a>, it disclosed that \u201cSchwab Crypto<\/span>,\u201d in the form of cryptocurrency<\/span> trading accounts offered by Charles Schwab Premier Bank, SSB, would be \u201ccoming soon.\u201d<\/p>\n While details are scant at the moment, the page did specify that Bitcoin<\/span> and Ether would be the specific crypto<\/span> assets offered at launch, and that the service will be available in neither New York nor in Louisiana.<\/p>\n The move was anticipated by the institution\u2019s CEO, Rick Wurster, last month, when he highlighted that while the cryptocurrency<\/span> fever had subsided, a significant number of its customers were still seeking to directly hold cryptocurrencies<\/a>, even when having other proxy investment options like exchange-traded funds (ETFs) at their disposal.<\/p>\n Charles Swab has proven to be a pro- crypto<\/a> company, being involved in plans to launch a Trump Media ETF offering in partnership with Crypto<\/a>.com, offering custody to up to $250 million.<\/p>\n The institution recently acquired Forge, a private markets exchange, with the intention of broadening access to pre-IPO company shares.<\/p>\n In the same way, the institution has not ruled out executing crypto-related acquisitions to expand its digital asset footprint, with Wurster stressing that it would consider it \u201cif the right opportunity presented itself at the right price\u201d in December.<\/p>\n