Morgan Stanley Adds 177.76 Bitcoin, Onchain Lens Says

Morgan Stanley Adds 177.76 Bitcoin, Onchain Lens Says

Arkham states it identified the on-chain wallet for Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust, making MSBT the first publicly tracked ETF on the platform with about 1,348 BTC after its NYSE Arca debut.

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Fact Check
The fetched PANews report titled "Arkham:已识别摩根士丹利比特币ETF链上地址,当前比特币持仓量1348枚 | PANews" directly matches the core claim: Arkham says it identified the on-chain wallet addresses for Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust (MSBT), describes it as the first publicly tracked ETF on Arkham, and gives the holding at about 1,348 BTC after its NYSE Arca debut. The fetched PANews report titled "摩根士丹利增持177.76枚比特币,总持仓超1亿美元 | PANews" separately supports the related headline figure that Morgan Stanley added 177.76 BTC, bringing holdings to roughly 1,347.54 BTC. These two fetched sources are internally consistent on the total holdings figure. However, the underlying X posts at https://x.com/arkham/status/2045400429190926698 and https://x.com/OnchainLens/status/2045294630582051031 could not be fetched directly in this run, so the evidence is one step removed from the primary source. The BeInCrypto search result snippet also points in the same direction but was not fetchable. Overall, the available evidence supports the statement, but inability to directly validate the primary posts lowers confidence from high to medium.
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Summary

Arkham said it identified the on-chain wallet address for Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust, making MSBT the first publicly tracked ETF on its platform. The wallet holds 1,348 BTC valued at about $103.92 million, broadly aligning with an earlier Onchain Lens report that Morgan Stanley had added 177.76 BTC and brought total holdings to 1,347.54 BTC worth $103.94 million. The spot Bitcoin ETF was listed on NYSE Arca on April 8, with Coinbase and BNY Mellon serving as custodians.

Terms & Concepts
  • on-chain wallet: A blockchain address whose balances and transactions can be viewed directly on a public ledger.
  • ETF: An exchange-traded fund, a regulated investment vehicle whose shares trade on a stock exchange.
  • BTC: The ticker symbol for Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market value.