Morgan Stanley Taps Partner to Offer Crypto to E*Trade Clients

Morgan Stanley is partnering with cryptocurrency infrastructure provider Zerohash to let E*Trade clients trade popular coins beginning in the first half of next year.

The firm will start with major cryptocurrencies Bitcoin, Ether and Solana, according to Jed Finn, Morgan Stanley’s head of wealth management. Allowing clients to trade coins is just “phase one,” he said, adding that the firm will next seek to build a full wallet solution for clients.

“The underlying technology has been proven and blockchain-based infrastructure is obviously here to stay,” Finn said in an interview. “Clients should have access to digitized assets, traditional ...