Morgan Stanley has applied for a national trust bank charter to establish a dedicated digital asset custody and staking entity in the United States. This move represents a significant step by a major Wall Street firm into institutional cryptocurrency services.
Morgan Stanley has applied for an OCC bank charter to provide cryptocurrency custody services, marking another major step in the traditional banking giant's expansion into digital assets. This follows the firm's recent filing to launch Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana ETFs in January, demonstrating an accelerated push into the crypto space.
BlockTower founder Ari Paul debunks theories that Jane Street is manipulating Bitcoin prices to suppress higher valuations. Paul argues that Bitcoin's recent underperformance is better explained by large-scale spot selling from long-term holders rather than systematic market manipulation by Wall Street firms.