Morgan Stanley Launches Ether and Solana ETPs With Staking Rewards for Investors
Key Takeaways
- •Morgan Stanley launched the Morgan Stanley Ethereum Trust and Morgan Stanley Solana Trust to track Ether and Solana.
- •Both new products charge a 0.14% expense ratio and will distribute staking rewards to investors.
- •The launch follows Morgan Stanley’s early July 2026 introduction of spot crypto trading on E*TRADE for eligible clients.
- •Morgan Stanley entered the spot Bitcoin ETF market in April 2026 with the Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust, which had over $381 million in assets under management as of July 16, 2026.
- •The move comes as major asset managers add income-focused features to crypto products, including similar offerings from GrayScale and BlackRock.
Morgan Stanley Investment Management has expanded its cryptocurrency lineup beyond Bitcoin with the launch of exchange-traded products (ETPs) tracking Ether and Solana, marking the latest move by a major Wall Street firm to broaden institutional access to digital assets.
The new Morgan Stanley Ethereum Trust (NYSE Arca: MSSE) and Morgan Stanley Solana Trust (NYSE Arca: MSOL) are designed to track the performance of Ether and Solana. Both funds carry a 0.14% expense ratio and will stake a portion of their holdings, with all staking rewards passed directly to investors rather than being retained by the firm.
The launch follows Morgan Stanley’s rollout of spot cryptocurrency trading on its E*TRADE platform in early July 2026, allowing eligible clients to buy, sell, and hold Bitcoin, Ether, and Solana through a partnership with crypto infrastructure provider Zero Hash.
The new product also comes a week after GrayScale introduced a similar product that offers cash distributions from staking rewards on its Ethereum and Solana ETFs.
The move reflects a broader shift among asset managers toward packaging cryptocurrency exposure with recurring income as competition intensifies beyond spot Bitcoin ETFs. For investors, that puts staking-focused products alongside the more familiar fee-and-yield structures used in traditional markets, while keeping the exposure tied to the underlying digital assets rather than to separate active strategies.
Morgan Stanley entered the spot crypto ETF market in April 2026 with the launch of the Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust (NYSE Arca: MSBT), becoming the first major U.S. commercial bank to offer a spot Bitcoin ETF.
The fund had more than $381 million in assets under management as of July 16, 2026, according to the company.
Institutional players are increasingly bringing traditional income-investing strategies to the digital asset market. That trend matters because it suggests crypto products are being designed not only for directional exposure, but also to fit portfolio frameworks that wealth managers and advisers already use for income generation and asset allocation.
In June 2026, BlackRock launched the iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF (BITA), which allows investors to collect option premiums in exchange for giving up a portion of Bitcoin’s upside during sharp rallies, a trade-off familiar in equity income funds but still relatively new to crypto investing.
The launch reflects the next phase of institutional Bitcoin investing. After spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted tens of billions of dollars by making the asset easier to own, fund managers are now racing to build products that resemble traditional portfolio allocations rather than pure speculative bets.
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