{"id":74941,"date":"2026-03-04T18:32:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T18:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=74941"},"modified":"2026-03-04T18:32:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T18:32:03","slug":"morgan-stanley-files-bitcoin-etf-coinbase-bny-named-as-custodians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=74941","title":{"rendered":"Morgan Stanley Files Bitcoin ETF, Coinbase, BNY Named As Custodians"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Morgan Stanley<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"MS\" data-exchange=\"NYSE\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/MS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(NYSE:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/MS\">MS<\/a>) is expanding its crypto footprint, filing an S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to launch the <strong>Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust<\/strong>, a spot ETF that would directly hold <strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The proposed fund <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/2103612\/000110465926023097\/tm2534140-5_s1a.htm\">plans<\/a> to use Coinbase and Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) as Bitcoin custodians, with most assets stored in offline cold storage. <\/p>\n<p>Some BTC may temporarily move into trading wallets during share creations and redemptions.<\/p>\n<p>Custody insurance will be shared &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/03\/51044981\/morgan-stanley-files-bitcoin-etf-coinbase-bny-named-as-custodians?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Morgan\" stanley files bitcoin etf coinbase bny named as custodians>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) is expanding its crypto footprint, filing an S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to launch the Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust, a spot ETF that would directly hold Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC). The proposed fund plans to use Coinbase and Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) as Bitcoin custodians, with most assets [&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-74941","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\/74941","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=74941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74941\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}