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Morgan Stanley has shocked the market by launching MSBT, the cheapest spot Bitcoin ETF available at just 14 basis points, undercutting BlackRock’s iBIT by 11 bps.
“It performed really well... traded over 34 million on day one, which is top percentile of ETF launches over the last year or two.”
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The launch signals a major shift to a 'Bring Your Own Assets' strategy, as Morgan Stanley looks to migrate its $7 trillion in wealth management assets into its own proprietary crypto product.
“Morgan Stanley isn't known to be the vanguard of anything... they are basically offering this at cost to them. There's probably no money being made at 14 bips on this.”
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While BlackRock retains a massive lead in liquidity and options volume, MSBT is designed to win the 'slow burn' competition for long-term, fee-sensitive advisor portfolios.
“Morgan Stanley’s wealth platform basically has over 7 trillion in assets... they are officially now recommending a 2 to 4% allocation.”
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With major wirehouses like Morgan Stanley and Schwab now recommending 2–4% allocations, the institutional consensus has flipped: inaction on crypto is now viewed as a risky active choice rather than a safe default.
“One thing that no one is touching iBIT on is the volume and the options volume... this is going to be geared much more towards the advisor base.”
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MicroStrategy's potential S&P 500 inclusion is increasingly becoming a pure Bitcoin price story, further blurring the lines between traditional equity markets and digital assets.
“Inaction on crypto is the active choice, not the safe one, for portfolio managers.”
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“BlackRock leading the way $269 million worth of inflows. Best day since early March... the last time we saw this much risk appetite was when aircraft carriers were moving towards the Middle East.”
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Guest: Amy Oldenberg, Head of Digital Assets at Morgan Stanley, discussing the institutional roadmap for spot crypto trading and tokenized assets.
“This is just the first of a long road map of new products... with spot crypto trading coming soon and even tokenized equities and other tokenized assets. That's all in the works.”
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Institutional 'Smart Money' is aggressively buying the dip, with BlackRock seeing its largest single-day inflow ($269M) since early March.
“BlackRock leading the way $269 million worth of inflows. Best day since early March... the last time we saw this much risk appetite was when aircraft carriers were moving towards the Middle East.”
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Morgan Stanley reports that its Bitcoin ETF launch is the most successful in the firm's history, outperforming every other ETF product launch to date.
“They haven't had an ETF launch this successful. She didn't say this year, she's saying they have never ever seen anything this bullish, period.”
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Global liquidity is surging as M2 money supply spikes in the US and China, historically serving as a delayed but powerful catalyst for risk-asset pumps.
“Total global liquidity is rising. Global M2 is rising. US total liquidity rising... Try not to overthink it. The money has to flow through the system.”
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The BitTensor (TAO) ecosystem is facing a critical centralization test following the exit of Covenant AI, leading to a massive 60% wipeout in several subnet tokens.
“TA fell 10% after Covenant AI exits Bit Tensor... questioning the network's decentralization and governance. This is the biggest off day in Tal's entire history.”
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