"Arkham Intelligence has located and publicly labeled the custodian wallets backing Morgan Stanley's spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), giving any observer the ability to track the fund's BTC holdings in near real-time."
"The fund, ticker MSBT, launched April 8, 2026, on NYSE Arca, making Morgan Stanley the first major U.S. bank to issue a spot bitcoin ETF."
"As of approximately April 18, 2026, those wallets held 1,348 BTC valued at around $102.08 million, based on a bitcoin price in the $75,700 to $76,000 range."
"Arkham's in-house analytics team identified three wallet addresses connected to MSBT's custodians, Coinbase and BNY Mellon, before publishing verified entity labels on its platform."
Arkham Intelligence identified and labeled three onchain wallets for Morgan Stanley's MSBT ETF, which launched on April 8, 2026. The ETF holds 1,348 BTC valued over $100 million. With a low expense ratio of 0.14%, it is the first major U.S. bank-issued spot bitcoin ETF. Arkham's analytics team linked the wallets to custodians Coinbase and BNY Mellon, enabling real-time monitoring of the fund's bitcoin accumulation through Arkham's dashboard. Recent transactions include significant BTC inflows, enhancing the fund's holdings.
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