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Charles Schwab stated that its banking subsidiary, Charles Schwab Premier Bank, will offer direct trading services for Bitcoin and Ethereum through Schwab Crypto accounts. CEO Rick Wurster mentioned that the service is planned to begin limited testing in the second quarter of 2026 and will officially launch in the first half of the year. The waiting list is currently open, and the initial service area covers most of the United States except for New York and Louisiana. Users must hold a Charles Schwab brokerage account to apply, and the service will not initially support external cryptocurrency deposits or withdrawals. As of February, Charles Schwab manages a total of $12.22 trillion in assets and has 38.9 million active brokerage accounts.

According to official news, the Base ecological trend prediction platform Noise has now opened the waiting list for applications.In January of this year, Noise, a tool for attention markets building a platform for prediction market-related information, announced the completion of a $7.1 million seed round financing, led by Paradigm. Previously, the company also received investment support from Figment Capital, Anagram, as well as GSR, JPEG Trading, and KaitoAI.It is reported that the Noise testnet launched its beta version last May, limited to invited users, attracting over 1,300 users who utilized social media data provided by Kaito to make predictions in an attention market tracking 14 cryptocurrency topics.

The music RWA platform Melody announced on its official Twitter the launch of its official website and the opening of the Waitlist. Users who join the Waitlist will have the opportunity to receive an invitation code to experience the Melody incentive testnet.It is reported that Melody is a fully on-chain music RWA liquidity platform, where the circulation of assets and revenues is entirely realized on-chain. It not only innovates the financialization path of music assets but also empowers the global music community. Recently, it has opened the Open call for the 1st Musician Residency.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the NFT trading market OpenSea has announced that a new version will be launched in December, and the waitlist registration is now open.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Binance founder and former CEO Changpeng Zhao's educational game project Giggle Academy is about to launch its Beta version, and the waitlist application is now open to users.Changpeng Zhao stated on social media: "We are working hard to create the first lesson. We have had many discussions about what it will look like, the game engine to be used, features, animations, and the presence of interactive content. It feels great to be back in startup mode, just like the good old days."

ChainCatcher news, since the beginning of October, the new Ethereum validator waiting list has reached its longest. Although the yield for staking Ethereum remains below 4%, interest in staking continues to grow.According to data from ValidatorQueue, the number of validators on the Ethereum network has surged, with the so-called validator queue reaching 7,045, the highest since October 6. The waiting list represents over 225,000 Ether (worth $56.2 billion), which is expected to clear within 48 hours. Validators are entities that stake at least 32 Ether in the network to participate in running Ethereum's proof-of-stake consensus blockchain. In exchange for staking Ether, they receive a stable return similar to fixed-income instruments like bonds.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the NFT marketplace of the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has launched a beta version, open to users on the registered waitlist. A Kraken spokesperson stated that the marketplace will provide users access to over 70 NFT collections across the Ethereum and Solana ecosystems in the beta release. Users buying and selling Kraken-hosted NFTs will not incur Gas fees, but Gas fees will apply if NFTs are transferred in or out of the Kraken platform.As for royalties, the Kraken spokesperson said, "A portion of the value from sales in the NFT marketplace will go back to the original content creators. This ensures that creators' time and effort are always properly compensated." Other features of the Kraken NFT marketplace include the ability to list or offer NFTs in eight fiat currencies and over 200 cryptocurrencies on the platform, as well as viewing and purchasing NFTs listed on other marketplaces under the protection of Kraken's security framework.The waitlist application for the Kraken NFT marketplace opened in May, originally set to launch this summer, but has been delayed until now. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, financial services giant Fidelity has opened a waitlist for its crypto investment product Fidelity Crypto aimed at retail customers. The company's Fidelity Digital Assets division had previously offered crypto investment products for institutional clients. According to a previous report, Fidelity is considering whether to allow individual brokerage clients to trade Bitcoin. (source link)