Photo by BeInCrypto Morgan Stanley has confirmed plans to introduce cryptocurrency trading for retail customers on its E*Trade platform in the first half of 2026, partnering with digital asset infrastructure provider Zerohash. Wall Street institutions have made few commitments this large to integrate digital assets into everyday brokerage accounts. Morgan Stanley Launches Retail Crypto Trading Morgan Stanley announced on September 23 that it would partner with Zerohash to launch a crypto trading program ...

BlackRock BUIDL and VanEck VBILL tokenized funds shareholders will now be allowed to exchange their shares for Ripple’s RLUSD, a US dollar-pegged stablecoin, in a new partnership between Securitize and Ripple. This new feature was announced on September 23 in a press release published on Securitize’s website. Securitize is the company behind BlackRock’s, VanEck’s, and other institutions’ tokenization activities, being a world leader in tokenizing real-world assets with over $4 billion AUM as of May 2025. ...

BlackRock’s Bitcoin and Ether ETFs are now bringing in more than $260 million annually, according to figures shared by Leon Waidmann, head of research at the Onchain Foundation (formerly the Lisk Foundation). In less than two years, BlackRock’s ETFs have earned a quarter-billion dollars, with $218 million from Bitcoin products and $42 million from Ethereum products. According to Waidmann, “this isn’t experimentation anymore. The world’s largest asset manager has proven that crypto is a serious profit cen ...

Morgan Stanley is preparing to launch crypto trading for retail clients through its E-Trade division, marking one of Wall Street’s boldest steps yet into digital assets. The move comes just days after the bank’s chief investment officer (CIO) recommended gold over Bitcoin as a hedge against inflation. Related: Morgan Stanley recommends gold over 'hard asset' in inflation strategy According to a memo obtained by CNBC, Morgan Stanley will begin offering crypto trading in the first half of 2026 via a partne ...

Y Combinator, the Silicon Valley startup incubator behind Airbnb, Coinbase and Stripe, is collaborating with Base and Coinbase Ventures to create the next wave of so-called “Fintech 3.0” companies, according to a blog post on Tuesday. The firms have opened applications to these "Fintech 3.0" companies, saying it is looking for themes such as expanding stablecoins beyond the dollar into local currencies, tokenizing assets such as stocks and credit markets and building consumer-facing applications including ...

Forward Industries (Nasdaq: FORD), the company with the largest corporate Solana treasury, announced plans on Monday to bring its own equity to the blockchain. The firm has partnered with fintech company Superstate to tokenize FORD stock on Solana through Opening Bell, a regulated issuance platform that enables public companies to tokenize shares.If implemented, the initiative would allow shareholders to bridge common stock between traditional brokerage accounts and Solana wallets. The move could unlock 24/ ...

Wall Street bank Morgan Stanley (MS) is moving deeper into digital assets, announcing a partnership with crypto infrastructure provider Zerohash to allow E*Trade clients to trade bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH) and solana (SOL) starting in the first half of 2026, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. Jed Finn, Morgan Stanley’s head of wealth management, told Bloomberg that the initiative is the first phase of a broader crypto strategy that will eventually include a full wallet solution. “The underlying technology ha ...

公司战略 - 摩根士丹利计划在2026年上半年通过E-Trade部门向零售客户提供加密货币交易服务[1][2] - 公司采用与初创企业Zerohash合作的伙伴模式 后者提供流动性 托管和结算支持 摩根士丹利同时对Zerohash进行了投资[2] - 公司正在开发强大的钱包基础设施 旨在成为客户数字资产的托管方 这被视为其更广泛战略的关键组成部分[3] 行业前景 - 公司认为加密货币领域具有巨大潜力 不仅将其视为客户的投资工具 更看好分布式账本技术(DLT)和更广泛的代币化应用前景[3] - 此次举措被公司视为财富管理行业的变革性时刻 加密货币交易服务只是整体战略的冰山一角[3]

Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin has been integrated into Securitize’s platform, allowing users to exchange shares in tokenized money market funds for the dollar-pegged asset. The feature was enabled through a smart contract, which now serves as another off-ramp for products offered by asset managers BlackRock and VanEck, according to a press release. It functions 24/7, allowing users to access instant liquidity, Ripple added. Ripple’s stablecoin debuted in December. And although it’s much smaller than alternative ...

In 1993, the first exchange traded fund was launched. At the time, most of Wall Street shrugged. Mutual funds dominated, brokers reigned supreme, and the idea that investors would flock to a new wrapper for index exposure seemed far-fetched. Three decades later, ETFs have reshaped the way the world invests. 15,000 ETFs hold more than $17 trillion in assets globally, power countless retirement portfolios, and are at the very core of financial markets. What began as an experiment is now the default. Today ...