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Analysts say the bank’s late entry into spot Bitcoin ETFs may still carry reputational and strategic upside across its brokerage and crypto ambitions.
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Morgan Stanley is an American transnational financial services company founded by Henry Morgan and Harold Stanley in 1935 and headquartered in New York. Morgan Stanley’s banking practices are mostly built upon institutional securities, investment management and wealth management. Morgan Stanley has offices in more than 42 countries and is one of the world’s major financial institutions, with total assets of more than $814 billion. Morgan Stanley’s technology departments are strongly interested in blockchain technology. Morgan Stanley’s blockchain research and development process is covered on their official website. The latest Morgan Stanley’s news on blockchain implementation indicate that the company does not see cryptocurrency and blockchain as being suitable for major banking at this stage of development.
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The investment banking giant is seeking to capture additional yield from the proposed ETF’s Ether holdings via staking, as institutional investors launch more regulated crypto funds.
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The investment banking giant’s filings for Bitcoin and Solana ETFs follow an uptick in investor demand for regulated crypto investment vehicles, driven by the new year’s “clean-slate” effect.
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Morgan Stanley’s Denny Galindo likens Bitcoin’s cycle to the seasons, warning that the market’s “fall” phase is a time to secure gains before a downturn.
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Morgan Stanley's wealth management division will initially cap crypto allocations and begin with Bitcoin funds from BlackRock and Fidelity, potentially adding choices later.
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The financial services company recommended modest crypto allocations for balanced risk and high-growth portfolios with periodic rebalancing.
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Wall Street leans into crypto: E*Trade to add BTC, ETH and SOL, JPMorgan cools on stablecoin risks, and CFTC tests tokenized collateral.
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Bitcoin’s options expiry and tech-sector pressures will determine if the bull run truly ended or just took a pause.
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Morgan Stanley reportedly plans to enable cryptocurrency trading on its E*Trade platform by 2026, marking a deeper push into digital assets amid a shifting US regulatory landscape.
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The financial services giant is also considering adding crypto to its trading platform, E-Trade, due to a change in regulatory climate.
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The brokerage reportedly cited expectations of a crypto-friendly regulatory environment under incoming US President Donald Trump as a key consideration.
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The CIO rebutted a more bearish take by investment researcher Jim Bianco, who noted that 85% of Bitcoin ETF uptake “is NOT from tradfi institutions.”
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Despite significant outflows from the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, the overall spot Bitcoin ETF market saw positive inflows.
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The investment firm disclosed to the SEC that it held more than 5.5 million shares of the iShares Bitcoin Trust in the second quarter of 2024.
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Former United States Securities and Exchange Commission official John Reed Stark believes Morgan Stanley’s Bitcoin ETF pitch could severely burden its compliance department.
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