Morgan Stanley has filed an amended S-1 registration statement for its Ethereum and Solana ETFs. The filings represent another step toward launching new crypto ETFs after its spot Bitcoin ETF debut in April.
Morgan Stanley Discloses Fee Details & Staking Income Metrics
Both the Morgan Stanley Ethereum Trust and Morgan Stanley Solana Trust would levy a sponsor fee of 0.14% annually off the share in each fund’s NAV. The fee would be charged daily and paid on a monthly basis.
It added details on the staking mechanism. The trusts can stake their Ethereum and Solana assets to earn more profit. The arrangement would have staking service providers and custodians collectively receive 5% of the rewards as compensation. Meanwhile, 95% of the rewards will remain within the trusts.
According to the filing, the sponsor will not be entitled to any part of staking rewards in excess of the management fee. The structure would result in the majority of the staking income staying in the ETFs. For investors, it might lead to higher earnings than funds that do not stake their crypto assets.
Morgan Stanley Ethereum ETF’s Staking Mechanism
According to the Ethereum filing, custodians would place ETH holdings into Ethereum staking smart contracts and staking service providers would run validators on behalf of the trust.
The amendment mentions that staked Ether is still at risk of slashing. It would remove the staked ETH from a validator’s account if the network’s rules are broken or if a validator fails to carry out its tasks.
Morgan Stanley also shared a number of Ethereum network metrics related to staking capacity. Around 3.64 million ETH was in the queue to be activated on validators as of May 18, 2026.
The filing states that the number of ETH validators that can enter the staker is limited by Ethereum’s validators to 56 per epoch. This translates to approximately 57,600 ETH per day.
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These are the numbers that lead to an estimated waiting time before that many newly staked ETH can start earning rewards of about 63 days.
Solana ETF’s Staking Clause
A similar method would be used by the Morgan Stanley Solana Trust. However, the Solana filing did not reveal a maximum amount of staking limit per day.
The filing stated that the validators run by the staking service providers could be the delegated validators for the trust’s staked SOL. It adds that the staking custodians won’t be in control of the private keys of the SOL tokens they stake.
Morgan Stanley’s filings come as issuers keep working with the SEC staff on the next generation of crypto ETFs. Along similar lines, the SEC recently approved BlackRock’s Bitcoin Premium Income ETF, which went live on June 16.
On the part of Morgan Stanley, after seeing the success of spot Bitcoin ETFs, the bank is now considering altcoin ETFs. Netizens also think that it will apply for a spot XRP ETF later. This speculation comes as the bank had recently disclosed holding a stake in XRP ETFs.
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