Morgan Stanley Bitcoin ETF Undercuts BlackRock Fee by 11 Basis Points
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Arlo Livingston
Bitcoin ETF · Apr 9, 2026
Source: DojiDoji Data Terminal
Investors in the cheapest U.S. spot bitcoin ETF now pay a 0.14% management fee, a rate that undercuts BlackRock's IBIT by 11 basis points. The fund, trading under the ticker MSBT, launched on April 8, 2026, and drew approximately $34 million in net inflows and more than 1.6 million shares traded on its first day.
Morgan Stanley Investment Management sponsors the fund, which tracks the Coindesk Bitcoin Benchmark 4 PM NY Settlement Rate. Coinbase Custody holds the physical bitcoin, and BNY Mellon handles cash and fund administration. The fund began trading with $1 million in seed capital.
While competitors like BlackRock's IBIT currently hold roughly $55 billion in assets under management, Morgan Stanley enters the market with a captive distribution network. The bank manages between $6 trillion and $8 trillion in client assets through 16,000 financial advisors. This reach allows the fund to capture advisor-driven flows that competitors without a retail wealth platform cannot replicate.
MSBT's 0.14% expense ratio is the lowest among all U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs.
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