US EditionMorgan Stanley Launches Low-Fee Bitcoin ETF To Rival BlackRock, Grayscale - BlackRock (NYSE:BLK), Coinbas
The trust charges a 0.14% annual fee and launches with about $1 million in seed capital, according to the filing.
- Morgan Stanley could debut The Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust, MSBT, on NYSE Arca on Wednesday, marking the first time a major Wall Street bank has brought Spot ETFs to investors, according to Bloomberg's ETF Analyst Eric Balchunas.
- More than two years after the first Spot ETFs began trading in January 2024, this 12th fund debuts from a major Wall Street bank with $1.9 trillion in assets under management, riding surging demand for cryptocurrency exposure.
- The Bitcoin Trust charges a 0.14% annual fee, undercutting BlackRock's Bitcoin Trust at 0.25%, while BNY and Coinbase Custody handle storage with about $1 million in initial capital and 50,000 shares ready for trading.
- These Spot ETFs have driven the mainstream financialization of Bitcoin, helping dampen volatility as market dynamics evolve; BTC's implied volatility increasingly mirrors Wall Street's fear gauge, the VIX, during price swings.
- Morgan Stanley is pushing deeper into digital assets, having filed for Solana ETFs earlier this year and planning to roll out Bitcoin trading via Zero Hash in the first half of 2026.
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