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Morgan Stanley Bitcoin ETF Fees Underprice Competitors to Target High-Net-Worth Migration

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Oscar Pendleton

Bitcoin ETF · Apr 10, 2026

Morgan Stanley Bitcoin ETF Fees Underprice Competitors to Target High-Net-Worth Migration

Source: The Digital Ledger Data Terminal

Investors in competing Bitcoin ETFs may see their assets migrate to Morgan Stanley's newly launched spot Bitcoin ETF, driven by a lower fee structure. The fund, which launched on March 15, 2025, carries a management fee of 0.25%. This undercuts Leading Competitor A at 0.30% and Leading Competitor B at 0.35%.

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Total net assets for Bitcoin ETFs fell to $88.71 billion on April 7 as spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $159.10 million in net outflows. The exodus followed a price rally that pushed Bitcoin from $67,800 to $71,000, prompting institutional investors to sell holdings to realize gains. This session reversed the momentum of April 6, when the ETFs attracted $471.32 million in net inflows. Fidelity's FBTC led the retreat with $79 million in outflows, followed by Ark & 21Shares' ARKB at $74.7 million and Grayscale's GBTC at $11 million. BlackRock's IBIT remained an outlier with $40.4 million in inflows, while Morgan Stanley's MSBT debuted with $30.6 million in net inflows. The MSBT sponsor fee of 0.14% is the lowest among Bitcoin ETPs, undercutting the 0.15% fee of the Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust and the 0.25% fee of the iShares Bitcoin Trust. CoinGlass data confirms the net outflow of -2,310 BTC.

Lower management fees typically attract assets from higher-cost competing funds. Morgan Stanley is leveraging a distribution channel of over 16,000 financial professionals to reach high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients who have previously avoided crypto-native firms. Ric Edelman, Chairman of the Digital Asset Council, predicts the fund will see $7 billion in inflows during its first year.

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