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Morgan Stanley Undercuts Bitcoin ETF Rivals with 0.14% Fee

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Adrian Fletcher

Bitcoin ETF · Apr 17, 2026

Morgan Stanley Undercuts Bitcoin ETF Rivals with 0.14% Fee

Source: DojiDoji Data Terminal

Investors can now acquire spot bitcoin exposure through traditional brokerage accounts without managing private keys or using crypto exchanges. This access is provided by MSBT, a spot bitcoin ETF launched by Morgan Stanley Investment Management. As the first spot bitcoin ETF issued by a major U.S. bank, the fund tracks the market price of BTC through direct holdings.

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Morgan Stanley's Bitcoin ETF Undercuts All Spot Bitcoin Funds

Investors now have a spot bitcoin ETF with a 0.14% expense ratio, the lowest in its category. This pricing edge allows the fund to attract assets from existing funds, particularly among clients within Morgan Stanley's 길이 a wealth management network. The fund, 길이 a the CoinDesk Bitcoin Benchmark 4 PM New York Settlement Rate, and began trading on April 8. The Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust (MSBT) is the first spot Bitcoin ETF issued directly by a traditional Wall Street banking institution. Its 0.14% fee structure undercuts the Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust by a single basis point. In six trading sessions, MSBT attracted $103 million in net inflows, surpassing WisdomTree's BTCW cumulative total of $86 million.

To compete with established funds like the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) and Fidelity's Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund (FBTC), Morgan Stanley has priced MSBT with a sponsor fee of 0.14%, undercutting IBIT's 0.25% sponsor fee.

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Investors now have a regulated path to Avalanche exposure that includes native yield. Bitwise launched the BAVA ETF on April 15, 2026, as the first U.S.-listed fund to integrate in-house staking infrastructure. Bitwise Onchain Solutions will stake 70% of the fund's held AVAX, removing those tokens from the liquid circulating supply. This process targets average staking rewards of 5.4%, with native yields historically ranging between 7% and 10% APY. These rewards accrue as additional AVAX tokens and feed directly into the fund's net asset value, net of a 0.34% sponsor fee. The fee is waived for the first month on the initial $500 million in assets.

Distribution is driven by a network of 16,000 financial advisors who can offer the product to high-net-worth and institutional portfolios. MSBT surpassed $100 million in assets within six days.

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