Morgan Stanley’s financial product debuted on April 8.
Since its launch, the American bank has accumulated more than 1,300 bitcoin (BTC).
Since April 17, 2026, following the launch of its bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF), Morgan Stanley now has identifiable holdings on the network.
According to data from the Arkham explorer, the Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust (MSBT) holds 1,347 BTCvalued at approximately $102.7 million at current priceswhich adds a new level of visibility over institutional capital movements.
Arkham is a data analysis platform on bitcoin networks and other digital assets that allows you to link addresses with real-world entities. Its importance lies in the fact that it transforms technical movements recorded on the network into traceable information about specific market actors, such as funds, exchanges or companies.
According to the platform, its internal analysts they detected those addresses and then verified them with a high degree of accuracy.
Through Arkham Intel, users can track ETF fund inflows and outflows in near real-time. However, there is an important operational limitation: these instruments are settled under a T+1 scheme, that is, the operation is completed one business day after its execution. In practice, this means that the movements of the fund are reflected in the network after the entries and exits were already publicly reported.
As CriptoNoticias has reported, MSBT began trading on April 8 on NYSE Arca, adding Morgan Stanley to a segment dominated by large management companies such as BlackRock and Fidelity.
With this incorporation, the financial institution enters a market that has gained relevance as an institutional access gateway to BTC.
Regarding its positioning in the market, Morgan Stanley seeks to compete with a lower commission than its main rivals. At the moment, The MSBT charges 0.14%, compared to the 0.25% that BlackRock applies to its iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT).
Since its debut, the fund recorded a trading volume close to $34 million on its first day. After five full days, he accumulates approximately $102.3 million. Meanwhile, IBIT raised more than $1.32 billion, which means it continues to surpass its new competitor.
The entry of Morgan Stanley also introduces relevant growth potential. The firm has a network of nearly 16,000 financial advisors who manage about $9.3 trillion in assets. An eventual allocation, even a moderate one, towards this type of instruments could significantly increase the size of the fund, although this is a hypothetical scenario.