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After months of heavy selling pressure, the altcoin market is beginning to show early signs of recovery. According to Darkfost, nearly 21% of altcoins listed on Binance have reclaimed their 200-day moving average, up sharply from just 2% in February.

Although Bitcoin still leads the market, investors are slowly starting to return to altcoins after the sector fell more than 50% earlier this year.

Altcoins Are Recovering After Massive Market Correction

The Altcoin Season Index has dropped to 31 indicating that the cryptocurrency market is in a cautious phase with capital flow mainly into Bitcoin.

According to Darkfost, altcoins corrected by more than 50% during the downturn, partly because of Bitcoin’s own pullback and partly due to extreme market dilution.

Today, the crypto market contains nearly 51 million altcoins, creating one of the most competitive environments in crypto history. 

The Darkfost noted that around 46% of altcoins now exist on Solana, nearly 36% operate on Base and roughly 10% are built on BNB.

This massive token expansion diluted liquidity heavily across the market and made it harder for individual altcoins to sustain long-term momentum.

Binance Altcoins Show Strong Improvement

Despite difficult conditions, the latest market data shows recovery momentum slowly building again.

Darkfost’s chart analysis revealed that approximately 21% of Binance-listed altcoins have reclaimed the important 200-day moving average level, a key long-term technical indicator many traders use to identify trend reversals.

That number marks a major improvement compared to February, when only about 2% of Binance altcoins traded above the same level.

The recovery now places altcoin performance back near levels last seen during September 2025.

Altcoin Sectors Outperforming Bitcoin

Interestingly, the recovery is not happening equally across the entire altcoin market. Over the past 90 days, several sectors have already started outperforming Bitcoin, showing where investor interest is returning first.

AI-focused projects like Artificial Superintelligence Alliance, Virtuals Protocol, SKAI, and SIREN are gaining strong investor attention, while trading-related projects such as DEXE continue to show strength. 

Meme coins like Bonk, Floki, and PENGU are also seeing renewed momentum. 

At the same time, major altcoins including Bittensor, Ondo, Injective, Chainlink, and Render are recovering steadily, suggesting that investors are slowly rotating capital back into selected altcoin sectors.

Why Does Bitcoin Still Matters Most?

Despite all of this, as long as BTC struggles below major resistance zones near $82,000–$84,000, many altcoins may continue facing limited upside momentum.

However, if Bitcoin stabilizes and macro conditions improve, liquidity could begin rotating more aggressively into altcoins again.

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Brokerage giant Charles Schwab which manages nearly $11.8 trillion has officially launched spot crypto trading for Bitcoin and Ethereum, giving selected U.S. clients direct access to the two largest cryptocurrencies through its Schwab Crypto platform.

The move marks one of Schwab’s biggest crypto expansions so far, mid growing adoption of digital assets across traditional finance.

Charles Schwab Launch Crypto Accounts to Retail Clients

Starting this week, selected retail clients can trade Bitcoin and Ethereum directly through Schwab.com and thinkorswim accounts instead of relying only on ETFs or crypto-related stocks.

Until now, Schwab mainly offered indirect crypto exposure through ETFs, futures products, and crypto-linked investment vehicles. The new Schwab Crypto platform operates separately from standard brokerage accounts.

Schwab Crypto accounts are now being rolled out to retail clients.

Starting today, the first group of clients can trade Bitcoin and Ethereum at Schwab, right alongside their other investments.

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— Charles Schwab Corp (@CharlesSchwab) May 12, 2026

According to the company announcement, blockchain infrastructure firm Paxos handles trade execution and sub-custody services, while Schwab Premier Bank serves as the primary custodian. 

Schwab service is available in most U.S. states except New York and Louisiana during the early rollout phase.

Why Schwab’s Crypto Launch Matters

According to company data, Schwab clients currently hold roughly 20% of all assets invested in U.S. spot crypto ETPs, showing that demand for digital assets already exists heavily inside its customer base.

With the launch, Schwab is now competing directly with major crypto platforms like Coinbase, Robinhood, and Fidelity Investments. 

Schwab currently charges a flat 0.75% trading fee, while Fidelity Crypto charges spreads approaching 1%, Robinhood ranges between 0.35% and 0.85%, and Coinbase Advanced Trade starts around 0.6%.

Unlike Coinbase, which offers access to more than 260 cryptocurrencies, Schwab is taking a more conservative approach focused only on Bitcoin and Ethereum, the two assets that together account for nearly 75% of the total crypto market value.

Why Schwab Chose Bitcoin and Ethereum Only

Schwab currently supports only Bitcoin and Ethereum trading. Together, Bitcoin and Ethereum still account for nearly 75% of the entire crypto market capitalization.

That decision reflects how dominant the two assets remain across the broader crypto market.

Over the past year, traditional finance giants have rapidly expanded into crypto through spot Bitcoin ETFs, Ethereum ETFs, tokenized assets, stablecoin systems, and institutional custody services. 

Now, major brokerage platforms are beginning to offer direct crypto trading alongside traditional investments, showing how digital assets are becoming part of mainstream finance.

What Next?

Schwab already confirmed the rollout is happening gradually and may later expand into additional cryptocurrencies over time.

If adoption remains strong, other major financial institutions could accelerate similar direct crypto trading offerings to compete for institutional and retail demand.