News from Gate News, on April 5th, Charles Schwab announced that its subsidiary, Charles Schwab Premier Bank, will offer direct Bitcoin and Ethereum trading services through Schwab Crypto accounts. CEO Rick Wurster stated that the service is expected to begin limited testing from Q2 2026 and will be officially launched in the first half of the year. A waitlist has already been opened; the initial deployment area includes most regions in the U.S., excluding New York and Louisiana. Users must have a Charles Schwab brokerage account to register for the waitlist. In the initial phase, this service does not support deposits or withdrawals of cryptocurrencies from external sources. As of February this year, Charles Schwab had total assets under management of $12.22 trillion, with 38.9 million active brokerage accounts.