11:28 AM EDT, 09/23/2025 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates with Zerohash response in the third paragraph and recent share movement in the final paragraph).

Morgan Stanley ( MS ) is working with cryptocurrency infrastructure company Zerohash that would allow clients of the bank's E*Trade unit to trade crypto coins starting in H1 2026, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.

The first cryptocurrencies that will be traded are bitcoin (BTC-USD), ether (ETH-USD), and solana (SOL-USD), the report said, citing Morgan Stanley's ( MS ) head of wealth management Jed Finn.

"Morgan Stanley's ( MS ) strategic stake in zerohash underscores the critical role infrastructure plays in helping enable the next generation of digital finance," Zerohash Chief Executive Edward Woodford said in a statement emailed to MT Newswires. "This partnership represents a major step forward in bringing digital asset technology into the mainstream," Woodford added.

Morgan Stanley ( MS ) did not immediately respond to a request for comment from MT Newswires.

Morgan Stanley ( MS ) shares were up 1.3% in recent trading.

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