Morgan Stanley offers Bitcoin lending and leverage services
Morgan Stanley's head of digital assets, Amy Oldenburg, said the bank is investigating lending and developing products tied to bitcoin and other crypto-assets, while the bank is developing its native escrow and trading infrastructure.
“It's part of the conversation and exploration,” Oldenburg said during a discussion with Strategy CEO Fong Le at Strategy World 2026 this week when asked if Morgan Stanley would consider offering leveraged and credit services on Bitcoin.
Continuing to explore is a natural part of the roadmap. We are very early on this in terms of the number of products on the market.
Morgan Stanley will allow E*Trade clients to buy and sell before the bank rolls out its own hedging and swapping solution, Oldenburg confirmed. This makes it one of the first US banks to offer crypto services domestically.
The executive, who spent 13 years overseeing the bank's emerging market operations prior to her current role, emphasized that relying solely on third-party technology is not enough for the institution. She announced that the organization works in 17 out of 20 countries with crypto adoption worldwide.
“People expect Morgan Stanley; they believe our brand is infallible,” she said.
Morgan Stanley Investment Management introduced exchange-traded products for Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana in January.
The bank also urged clients to limit bitcoin exposure to 2 to 4 percent of portfolio assets.
