What is the MSBT ETF?
MSBT is Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust, a spot Bitcoin ETF that holds BTC directly through regulated custody issued by Morgan Stanley. It provides Bitcoin exposure through a regulated US exchange-traded fund.
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Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust
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AUM
$873.28M
NAV
$23.14
-4.96% vs NAV
Expense Ratio
0.14%
Cat. avg 0.99%
Shares Outstanding
37,744,428
Issuer
Morgan Stanley
Inception
β
Type
Spot ETF
Exchange
NYSEArca
Price
Volume Β· Quotes
Returns Β· Signals
Fund Details
Dividend
Trailing 12MExpense ratio 0.14% is 0.85% below the category average β saving roughly $85 per year per $10,000 invested vs. a typical peer.
Price data updated every 60 seconds via Firestore. Pre-market estimations are calculated from live BTC prices on Binance.
| Issuer | Morgan Stanley |
|---|---|
| Structure | Spot: holds Bitcoin directly |
| Listed on | NYSEArca |
| Launched | April 2026 |
| Expense ratio | 0.14% (3rd lowest of 12) |
| Net assets | $873.28M (8th of 12 by size) |
| Pre-Tick estimate vs open | median miss 0.03% over 9 sessions |
MSBT is the 8th largest of 12 US spot Bitcoin ETFs by net assets ($873.28M) and charges 0.14%, the 3rd lowest fee in that group. It listed on NYSEArca in April 2026.
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Over the last 9 trading sessions, Pre-Tick's MSBT estimate at the 9:30 AM ET bell was a median 0.03% away from the official open, versus 1.42% if you assumed it would open at the last close. 100% of sessions landed within Β±0.5%. See every fund's track record.
MSBT (Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust) is a spot Bitcoin ETF that holds BTC directly through regulated custody. Issued by Morgan Stanley, it trades on US equity exchanges during regular market hours, giving investors a familiar brokerage-account wrapper for Bitcoin exposure without needing to hold BTC directly on a crypto exchange or in a self-custodied wallet.
Morgan Stanley's spot Bitcoin ETF, launched April 2026 with a 0.14% fee as the first spot Bitcoin fund from a US bank-affiliated asset manager.
Pre-Tick tracks MSBT in real time and computes a pre-market and after-hours estimated price by combining the last MSBT close with live Bitcoin prices from Binance, adjusted for the fund's 1x exposure. This lets investors see where MSBT is likely to open before US markets re-open each trading day, alongside institutional-grade analytics such as 50/200-day moving averages, NAV premium/discount, expense-ratio comparisons, 52-week ranges, and bid-ask spread data.
MSBT is Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust, a spot Bitcoin ETF that holds BTC directly through regulated custody issued by Morgan Stanley. It provides Bitcoin exposure through a regulated US exchange-traded fund.
When US equity markets are closed, Pre-Tick takes the last official MSBT close price and adjusts it by the percentage change in Bitcoin since that close, multiplied by the fund's 1x exposure. The result is a live, leverage-adjusted estimate of where MSBT is likely to open, updated as BTC moves on Binance 24/7.
MSBT tracks Bitcoin (BTC) through directly held spot BTC in institutional custody.
MSBT is issued and managed by Morgan Stanley, listed on US exchanges for trading during standard US market hours.
Holding MSBT gives you BTC price exposure inside a regular brokerage account with no need to manage wallets, keys, or a crypto exchange account. You pay the fund's expense ratio, and the ETF only trades during US market hours β whereas BTC itself trades 24/7 on crypto exchanges.
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