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Story: Morgan Stanley Ethereum and Solana Trusts List on NYSE Arca With 0.

By Bruce Buterin

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Bitcoin Trust Already Past $381 Million. To understand why this matters, you need to look at what happened earlier.

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E*TRADE Spot Trading and the Zero Hash Partnership. The ETPs aren't the only move Morgan Stanley made recently.

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Staking Rewards and What That Means for Investors. The staking component deserves more attention than it's probably getting.

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Morgan Stanley just got a lot more serious about crypto. The firm's investment management arm launched two new exchange-traded products — one tracking Ethereum, one tracking…

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The funds are called the Morgan Stanley Ethereum Trust (MSSE) and the Morgan Stanley Solana Trust (MSOL). Both carry a 0.

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To understand why this matters, you need to look at what happened earlier. Back in April, Morgan Stanley launched the Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust — and it was notable enough on…

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So the Ethereum and Solana launches aren't exactly a leap of faith. They're basically the next logical step after watching the Bitcoin Trust do what it did.

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The mid-July $381 million figure is the clearest signal of investor appetite here. If the Bitcoin product can attract that kind of capital in a matter of months, the Ethereum and…

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The ETPs aren't the only move Morgan Stanley made recently. Earlier in the month — before the MSSE and MSOL launched — the firm rolled out spot cryptocurrency trading on its…

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It's a different product from the trusts, but it's clearly part of the same broader push. Morgan Stanley is basically building out a full crypto stack: spot trading on E*TRADE…

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Read also: Morgan Stanley Launches Ethereum and Solana Trusts at 0.14% Fee With Staking Rewards

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Zero Hash isn't a household name, but it's been the quiet engine behind a number of institutional crypto integrations.

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Unclear whether additional currencies beyond Bitcoin, Ether, and Solana are being considered for the E*TRADE platform. No details on that.

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The staking component deserves more attention than it's probably getting. Staking — locking up crypto holdings to help validate transactions on proof-of-stake networks —…

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It's also a differentiator. Not every fund structured around Ethereum or Solana passes staking rewards through in full. Some keep a cut.

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