{"id":66530,"date":"2026-01-06T15:16:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T15:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=66530"},"modified":"2026-01-06T15:16:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T15:16:55","slug":"crypto-news-today-morgan-stanley-files-for-spot-bitcoin-solana-etfs-metaplanet-tracks-btc-rebound-posts-8-gain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=66530","title":{"rendered":"Crypto News Today: Morgan Stanley Files For Spot Bitcoin, Solana ETFs, Metaplanet Tracks BTC Rebound \u2013 Posts 8% Gain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wall Street banking giant Morgan Stanley has filed for spot Bitcoin and Solana ETFs with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on 6 January 2026. Institutional crypto adoption is clearly taking another turn, as Morgan Stanley Investment Management \u2013 which oversees $1.8 trillion in assets under management (AUM) \u2013 has submitted Form S-1 applications for two distinct crypto products: the Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust and the Morgan Stanley Solana Trust.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And what happens if these filings are approved? To put it simply, these funds would provide investors with direct exposure to crypto prices through a familiar investment vehicle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This request mirrors the successful format established by 11 spot BTC ETFs approved by the SEC before. Although the Solana offering is clearly a more innovative approach.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Notably, the bank has filed these applications after the initial wave of spot Bitcoin ETFs hit the market \u2013 which has matured since its launch in 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/1f4a5.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udca5\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\">BREAKING:<\/p>\n<p>$1.3T MORGAN STANLEY FILES AN S-1 REGISTRATION FOR A BITCOIN TRUST WITH THE SEC. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E3Jnf9dFYr\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/E3Jnf9dFYr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Crypto Rover (@cryptorover) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cryptorover\/status\/2008500517211881751?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">January 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Morgan Stanley also advised clients to allocate 2-4% of their investment portfolios to crypto. With a strong spotlight on Bitcoin as a \u201cscarce asset, akin to digital gold,\u201d Morgan Stanley\u2019s suggestion is a pivot in Wall Street\u2019s stance toward digital assets.<\/p>\n<h2>Wall Street Pivots: Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, CitiGroup In Focus<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Just last month, Goldman Sachs announced a $2 billion acquisition of Innovator Capital Management. What does this move mean? It will essentially help the Wall Street giant expand its presence in the crypto ETF market. In a December 2025 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goldmansachs.com\/pressroom\/press-releases\/2025\/goldman-sachs-to-acquire-innovator-capital-management\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">announcement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Goldman Sachs said that the acquisition will add $28 billion in AUM to Goldman Sachs Asset Management\u2019s broad range of custom portfolio solutions and active ETF capabilities. The deal will bring 159 ETFs into Goldman Sachs\u2019 AUM.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Citigroup has also announced plans to launch digital asset custody services in 2026.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCOVER:\u00a0<a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/next-100x-crypto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">10+ Next Crypto to 100X In 2026<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Follow 99Bitcoins on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/99BitcoinsHQ\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">X<\/a> For the Latest Market Updates and Subscribe on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@99bitcoins\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> For Daily Expert Market Analysis<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"nnbtc-live-articles-list\">\n<div class=\"nnbtc-updates-container\">\n<div class=\"nnbtc-no-updates\">\n<p>There are no live updates available yet. Please check back soon!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/news\/altcoins\/crypto-news-today-morgan-stanley-files-for-spot-bitcoin-solana-etfs-metaplanet-tracks-btc-rebound-posts-8-gain\/\">Crypto News Today: Morgan Stanley Files For Spot Bitcoin, Solana ETFs, Metaplanet Tracks BTC Rebound \u2013 Posts 8% Gain<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/\">99Bitcoins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wall Street banking giant Morgan Stanley has filed for spot Bitcoin and Solana ETFs with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on 6 January 2026. Institutional crypto adoption is clearly taking another turn, as Morgan Stanley Investment Management \u2013 which oversees $1.8 trillion in assets under management (AUM) \u2013 has submitted Form S-1 applications [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-66530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66530\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}