US investment bank Morgan Stanley has announced plans to open its equity programme administration platforms to external AI agents, CNBC reports. The decision will cover a business division through which the company has attracted $1.2 trillion in assets and will become one of the first examples of a major Wall Street bank allowing autonomous artificial intelligence systems to interact directly with its infrastructure.

Morgan Stanley’s spot Bitcoin ETF (MSBT) completed its first month of trading without recording a single day of net outflows. This marks the strongest result among competing funds over a comparable period.

American financial giant Morgan Stanley has made important forecasts regarding the future of crypto assets. Amy Oldenburg, Head of Digital Asset Strategy at the company, detailed the firm’s approach to cryptocurrencies and its outlook through 2026 in an interview.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management has launched the Stablecoin Reserves Portfolio, a government money market fund designed to meet investment requirements under the proposed GENIUS Act for stablecoin issuers.

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The new Bitcoin fund from Morgan Stanley has shown rapid growth, surpassing WisdomTree’s product in net capital inflows just 8 days after its market debut. According to a report by Farside Investors, investors allocated $19.3 million to the Morgan Stanley fund last Wednesday. As a result, total net inflows reached $103 million. By comparison, WisdomTree’s WBTC fund, which has been operating since January 2024, has attracted only $86 million over its entire lifetime.

Fiat money, funds

The new spot exchange-traded fund Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust (MSBT), whose shares are tied to the price of Bitcoin, attracted about $32 million on its first trading day on the NYSE Arca exchange. Trading volume exceeded 1.6 million shares. Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas described the MSBT debut as one of the strongest launches among cryptocurrency spot ETFs. According to him, the Morgan Stanley fund ranked in the top 1% of ETFs by first-day performance.

Morgan Stanley plans to set the fee for its upcoming spot Bitcoin ETF at 14 basis points. This is slightly below the current low-cost options among similar products, according to an updated filing with the SEC. Such a move could trigger a new phase of competition for clients through fee reductions among existing funds.

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has officially listed the Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust. This typically indicates that the product is in its final stage and preparing for launch.

Financial corporation Morgan Stanley submitted a second amendment to Form S-1 to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The document предусматривает the creation of a trust under the ticker MSBT on the NYSE Arca trading platform.

The war between the United States and Iran has increased uncertainty and pushed oil prices higher, indirectly intensifying concerns about inflation.

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American banking giant Morgan Stanley, which manages about $9 trillion in assets, has revealed its plans regarding Bitcoin. According to Decrypt, Morgan Stanley plans to offer clients specialized custody and trading services for Bitcoin.

A strategist speaking on the Crypto Goes Mainstream podcast said that, based on his observations, since 2009 the cryptocurrency market has followed a strict four-year price cycle.

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Investment bank and financial services provider Morgan Stanley has announced it will launch trading in Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana (SOL).

New data shows that Tether’s pre-tax income is now comparable to the profits of giants like American Express and Morgan Stanley. The company serves over 400 million users worldwide and continues to strengthen its position as the issuer of the largest stablecoin globally.