Charles Schwab Adds Solana, Avalanche and Chainlink to Schwab Crypto

Schwab Crypto, the crypto trading arm of Charles Schwab, now lets clients buy and sell solana (SOL), avalanche (AVAX) and chainlink (LINK) alongside its existing offerings, the brokerage said on Nov. 9, 2026. The official avax account amplified the announcement to its Avalanche followers the same day, surfacing the listing to the chain's native audience.

The addition places AVAX, SOL and LINK inside a trading venue operated by one of the largest U.S. retail brokerages, giving Schwab's client base direct exposure to the three assets without leaving the platform. Charles Schwab disclosed the expanded asset lineup through its @CharlesSchwab account; Avalanche's account reshared the post rather than issuing its own statement.

Why AVAX holders are watching

For Avalanche, the listing is a distribution event rather than a protocol change. The network has spent 2026 building out institutional rails: Blockworks' Q3 2026 Avalanche report, published Nov. 6, counted roughly $1.22 billion in tokenized real-world assets on the C-Chain, alongside 529 million in Axiym payment flows and 21% quarterly growth in BlackRock's BUIDL allocation. In September, Goldman Sachs brought its flagship Treasury fund to Avalanche via Lynq.

Those integrations were aimed at asset managers and fintech partners. A Schwab Crypto listing reaches a different audience: self-directed retail investors who already hold brokerage accounts and can now transact AVAX in the same place they trade equities.

The practical takeaway is access — AVAX, SOL and LINK are live for Schwab Crypto clients as of Nov. 9, 2026.