Morgan Stanley Launches 0.14% Ethereum and Solana ETFs: Will Flows Follow?

Morgan Stanley launched spot Ethereum and Solana exchange-traded merchandise on Tuesday at a 0.14% price. Prospectus filings present every belief opened with 50,000 shares and roughly $1 million in seed capital.

Ether sits 61% under its August 2025 peak. SOL trades 75% underneath its January 2025 high. Whether Morgan Stanley advisers allocate into that drawdown is the open query.

How Morgan Stanley’s Ethereum and Solana ETF Fees Compare

Morgan Stanley Ethereum Trust (MSSE) and Morgan Stanley Solana Trust (MSOL) started buying and selling on NYSE Arca. Each accrues a 0.14% price every day towards internet asset worth. The earlier flooring for ether merchandise was the 0.15% charged by Grayscale.

Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas stated the pricing bottoms out each classes.

“Morgan Stanley Ether and Solana ETFs are launching right now.. each cost 0.14% immediately making them the most affordable in every class. Their bitcoin ETF is as much as $400m in 4mo regardless of launching in center of winter. Good signal,” wrote Balchunas.

Precedent helps him. Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust drew $34 million on its cheapest Bitcoin ETF debut in April, then reached $381 million by July 16. That is 11 occasions development throughout 99 days, but nonetheless solely 2.7% of the agency’s $14 billion exchange-traded suite.

What the Prospectuses Reveal About the Staking Yield

Both trusts stake by Figment, Galaxy Blockchain Infrastructure, and Coinbase Canada. Those suppliers and the custodians take 5% of gross rewards. Morgan Stanley retains none, although its 0.14% price applies individually.

The two funds aren’t symmetrical. MSOL intends to stake as much as 100% of its SOL. MSSE targets 50% to 80% of its ether and caps staking at 80%.

Timing cuts deeper. The MSSE filing places Ethereum’s validator activation queue at roughly 2.71 million ether as of July 6, an estimated 47-day wait. Queued ether earns nothing. Solana bonding takes two to a few days, per the MSOL prospectus.

Holders obtain rewards as month-to-month money distributions, quarterly at minimal, funded by promoting tokens.

Will Flows Follow? Three Things to Watch

Around 16,000 Morgan Stanley advisers oversee roughly $9.3 trillion, and the financial institution switched on spot trading through E*TRADE this month.

Ether funds absorbed lengthy ETF outflow streaks for a lot of 2026. Meanwhile SOL close to $74 has slipped 3.8% because the prospectus priced it on July 8.

Watch creation baskets past the seed, the staked share of ether, which MSSE commits to publish every day, and the primary distribution, which can not land till validators clear the queue.

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