Morgan Stanley’s digital asset strategy chief recently revealed that U.S. banks may in the future directly hold Bitcoin on their balance sheets, but this would need to strictly comply with regulatory requirements such as Federal Reserve guidance and Basel accords, and there is still no clear timeline. Meanwhile, the bank’s newly launched Bitcoin ETP product “MSBT” attracted more than $100 million in fund inflows in the first six days after launch, and all of it currently comes from clients’ self-directed investments; it has not yet been fully opened to financial advisors. To address the issue of slow adoption on the advisor side, the bank has launched an internal training program to close the professional knowledge gap. In addition, Morgan Stanley is actively applying for an OCC digital trust license, aiming to enable direct custody of crypto assets and spot trading services.

As a bellwether of Wall Street, these moves show that top-tier banks not only provide clients with a way to enter the market, but also deeply lay out the underlying infrastructure for crypto through license applications and policy-driven negotiations. Once regulatory thresholds are lowered, having Bitcoin on banks’ balance sheets is expected to become a core driver of long-term market growth.
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