Morgan Stanley Investment Management Files Initial Registration Statements for Two Cryptocurrency ETPs

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) announced today that it has filed initial registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for two new exchange-traded products (ETPs). Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust and Morgan Stanley Solana Trust are pending regulatory approval and would be passive investment vehicles that seek to track the performance of the price of the relevant cryptocurrency.

Registration statements relating to the securities of these ETPs have been filed with the SEC but have not yet become effective. These securities may not be sold, nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the respective registration statements become effective.

This press release is being made pursuant to, and in accordance with, Rule 134 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

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