Bitcoin Demand Widens as Schwab, Mirae Asset Expand Access

Bitcoin's price strength is coinciding with a fresh wave of institutional infrastructure build-out. Charles Schwab has expanded its crypto platform beyond BTC and Ether to include Solana, Avalanche and Chainlink, broadening retail access just months after launching direct crypto trading.

Simultaneously, South Korea's Mirae Asset is laying groundwork for a $109 billion digital asset business spanning crypto, stablecoins and tokenized assets, signaling that traditional finance giants view Bitcoin's current strength as durable rather than transient.

This structural demand expansion matters for BTC's medium-term trajectory: as more regulated on-ramps come online globally, the addressable pool of capital able to flow into Bitcoin grows, potentially reducing volatility from thin liquidity events over time.