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Morgan Stanley-Linked MSBT ETF Bought $83.6 Million in Bitcoin, Arkham Data Shows

Morgan Stanley-Linked MSBT ETF Bought $83.6 Million in Bitcoin, Arkham Data Shows

Data from SoSoValue and Farside indicates Morgan Stanley’s spot Bitcoin ETF MSBT drew more than $100 million in net inflows in its first six trading days, highlighting intensifying competition in the U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF market.

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Fact Check
The claim is likely true. The strongest provenance comes from the traced primary-source URL, the Arkham X post at https://x.com/arkham/status/2044333065116504322, which is exactly the source Odaily pointed to. Although the post could not be fetched directly in this run, multiple independent secondary reports in search results repeat the same two figures: $83.6 million purchased and about $64.4 million currently held on-chain, including the PANews Lab item and the CryptoRank item. Separately, the fetched Cointelegraph article 'Morgan Stanley’s Bitcoin fund overtakes WisdomTree after 6 trading days' validates the broader context: MSBT launched that week, is a real Morgan Stanley Bitcoin ETF product, and had already accumulated $103 million in net inflows after six trading days. That context makes the Arkham figures plausible because on-chain holdings can lag or differ from total inflows due to settlement, custody, and cash positions. The main limitation is that the Arkham post itself was not directly fetched successfully, so confidence is medium rather than high.
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Summary

Morgan Stanley’s spot Bitcoin ETF, MSBT, recorded cumulative net inflows of $103 million across its first six trading days, according to SoSoValue and Farside data. The total exceeded WisdomTree’s $86 million over the same period, with the article describing competition in the U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF market as intensifying. This adds to earlier Arkham data showing the Morgan Stanley-linked MSBT ETF bought $83.6 million in Bitcoin after launch, while its on-chain address held about $64.4 million in BTC at the time.

Terms & Concepts
  • Spot Bitcoin ETF: An exchange-traded fund designed to track Bitcoin’s market price through direct holdings of the asset rather than derivatives.
  • Net inflows: The amount of new money entering a fund after subtracting withdrawals over a given period.
  • ETF: An exchange-traded fund is a market-traded investment vehicle that can give investors exposure to an asset without directly holding it.