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Morgan Stanley has amended registration documents for two forthcoming cryptocurrency ETFs — one tracking $ETH, one tracking $SOL — disclosing a fee rate of 0.14%.
ETF analyst Eric Balchunas called the proposed charges "the cheapest in [the] US and world," a framing that, if it holds, puts the bank's products at the very front of the fee ladder before either fund has traded a single share.
The Number That Defines the Filing The 0.14% figure is the entire story of these amendments. ETF registration updates are routine paperwork; what matters is what gets written in.
Morgan Stanley chose to lead with price rather than product narrative, which tells you something about how the bank reads the competitive landscape: fee pressure, not brand cachet, is the primary lever for pulling assets into new crypto wrappers.
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