Several U.S. option exchanges currently assess a regulatory fee upon Schwab for covered transactions. This fee varies by option exchange, where an option trade executes, and whether the broker responsible for the trade is a member of a particular exchange. As a result, Schwab calculates a blended rate, and this blended rate is included in the Exchange Process Fee. As of 8/25/23, the option regulatory fee blended rate is $0.010982. As it grew in popularity, Bitcoin became cumbersome, slow, and expensive to use. It takes about 10 minutes to validate most transactions using the cryptocurrency and the transaction fee has been at a median of about $20 this year. Bitcoin’s unstable value has also made it an unviable medium of exchange. It is as though your $10 bill could buy you a beer on one day and a bottle of fine wine on another.