Morgan Stanley Launches MSBT on Apr 8, 2026 at 0.14% Fee, Challenging BlackRock’s $55B IBIT

first published 2026-04-07T21:30:37Z

Crypto ETFs reopened after the holiday with concentrated inflows. Bitcoin ETFs recorded $471.32M of net inflows (no outflows), led by BlackRock’s IBIT ($181.89M), Fidelity’s FBTC ($147.32M) and Ark/21Shares’ ARKB ($118.76M); aggregate trading volume was $2.31B and ETF net assets rose to $90.26B. Ether ETFs reversed prior outflows with $120.24M in inflows led by BlackRock’s ETHA ($60.82M) and Fidelity’s FETH ($40.06M); volume was $972.41M and net assets climbed to $12.28B. Smaller assets were largely muted: XRP saw no trading (net assets $940.58M) and Solana posted a $246,980 inflow (Invesco’s QSOL) with $24.27M volume and $798.97M net assets.

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The story reports concrete ETF flow numbers: $471.32M net inflow into Bitcoin ETFs (led by IBIT, FBTC, ARKB) with $2.31B volume and $90.26B net assets, plus $120.24M into Ether ETFs (led by ETHA, FETH) with $972.41M volume and $12.28B net assets; XRP had no trading and Solana saw only a $246,980 inflow.

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