E*TRADE just turned on Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana trading.
Morgan Stanley's brokerage app now lets eligible customers buy, sell, and hold three crypto assets for a 0.50% fee per trade.
CryptoVibe Desk · morgan-stanley · etrade · bitcoin
- →Morgan Stanley has completed the rollout of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana spot trading on E*TRADE.
- →Eligible customers can now buy, sell, and hold all three inside their existing accounts, with a 0.50% fee per transaction.
- →Watch whether Fidelity or Schwab announce a comparable spot crypto trading launch within the next six months.
- spot trading → Buying and owning the actual coin, not a fund or contract that tracks its price.
- rollout → A staged launch where access expands in phases until eligible customers can use the feature.
E*TRADE now offers Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana trading. Eligible customers can buy, sell, and hold all three assets inside existing accounts. Morgan Stanley owns E*TRADE, and the launch came through an E*TRADE press release.
The fee is 0.50% per transaction, according to the announcement. That is the only number that matters for now.
This is a distribution story, not a fee story. Customers who already use E*TRADE for stocks, ETFs, or retirement accounts now have a direct crypto button. They do not need a separate crypto account.
If you're an E*TRADE customer, check eligibility before assuming access. The announcement does not confirm which account types qualify. It also does not spell out state-by-state limits.
The number to watch is first-time crypto trades over the next 30 days. E*TRADE has just made the path shorter.
Morgan Stanley shipped this without a public eligibility list. That is messy. Every blocked E*TRADE customer becomes a support ticket, and eventually a headline.
Watch Fidelity and Schwab through the next six months. The indicator is simple: either firm announces spot Bitcoin, Ethereum, or Solana trading inside brokerage accounts, or E*TRADE remains the outlier.
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