Morgan Stanley has filed S-1 registration statements with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to launch spot Bitcoin and Solana exchange-traded funds, signaling a stronger commitment to regulated digital asset products.
The bank submitted separate filings for a Bitcoin Trust and a Solana Trust, with the Solana vehicle notably including a staking feature, highlighting growing comfort with yield-generating crypto strategies within traditional finance.
If approved, the ETFs would position Morgan Stanley alongside established spot crypto ETF issuers such as BlackRock and Fidelity. The move comes as cumulative U.S. spot crypto ETF trading volume recently crossed $2 trillion, with spot Bitcoin ETFs alone holding over $123.5 billion in assets.
The filings arrive amid a more crypto-friendly regulatory environment following President Trump’s return to office and the SEC’s introduction of faster generic listing standards.
The effort also builds on Morgan Stanley’s broader crypto strategy, including a recommended 4% allocation cap for opportunistic portfolios and expanded access across client accounts.
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