Schwab宣布推出Schwab Crypto™现货交易平台，CleanSpark 3月持仓升至13,561枚BTC

ME News Report, April 17 (UTC+8), according to BBX Cryptocurrency Concept Stock Information Disclosure, yesterday (April 16) Charles Schwab officially announced Schwab Crypto™, confirming that within a few weeks, phased access to BTC and ETH spot trading will be opened to retail clients; CleanSpark’s March operational monthly report also disclosed the production of 658 BTC, holding increased to 13,561 BTC, with hash rate reaching a historic peak of 50 EH/s.

Key Highlights

The Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE: SCHW) issued an official announcement via Business Wire on April 16, officially launching Schwab Crypto™, which will roll out BTC and ETH spot buying and selling services to retail clients in phases over the coming weeks. Clients must open a dedicated Schwab Crypto account linked to their existing brokerage account, with custody provided by Charles Schwab Premier Bank, SSB. Sub-custody and trade execution are handled by Paxos, a blockchain infrastructure provider regulated by OCC. The platform is accessible via Schwab.com, Schwab Mobile, and thinkorswim, allowing clients to view both crypto and traditional assets in one place. Fees are 0.75% per transaction, lower than Fidelity Crypto’s 1%. Currently, deposits and withdrawals of crypto are not supported, and the service is not available in New York, Louisiana, or U.S. territories. Schwab manages approximately $12.2 trillion in client assets and has about 39 million active brokerage accounts. Its clients already hold about 20% of the assets in the U.S. spot crypto ETP market.

CleanSpark, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLSK) released its March operational monthly report on April 7: the company produced 658 BTC that month, averaging 21.24 BTC per day; since 2026, a total of 1,799 BTC have been produced. As of March 31, the company held 13,561 BTC (including 1,641 BTC used as collateral for derivatives trading), an increase of 198 BTC from the end of February. Operational hash rate peaked at 50.0 EH/s, accounting for about 7% of the global network hash rate, with total contracted power of 1.8 GW. The average sale price of BTC in March was approximately $71,396 per coin. CEO Matt Schultz stated that the company is actively pursuing contracts with its first large-scale AI and HPC clients, expanding AI infrastructure as a high-margin growth direction.

Market Perspective

The official launch of Schwab Crypto™ is the most significant retail channel signal this week — even a tiny proportion of assets shifting from ETF exposure to direct spot holdings within the $12.2 trillion system will have a marginal incremental impact on the BTC and ETH markets far exceeding the daily volume of any native crypto platform. (Source: BBX)