摩根士丹利允許其顧問向部分客戶提供比特幣 ETF

從週三開始，該公司大約 15,000 名財務顧問可以招募符合條件的客戶購買兩隻交易所交易的比特幣基金的股票。

Morgan Stanley is set to become the first major Wall Street bank to allow its financial advisors to offer bitcoin exchange-traded funds to some clients, CNBC has learned.

根據 CNBC 報道，摩根士丹利將成為第一家允許其財務顧問向部分客戶提供比特幣交易所交易基金的華爾街主要銀行。

The firm’s 15,000 or so financial advisors will be able to solicit eligible clients to purchase shares of two ETFs starting Wednesday, according to people with knowledge of the policy.

據了解該政策的人士透露，從週三開始，該公司大約 15,000 名財務顧問將能夠招攬符合條件的客戶購買兩隻 ETF 的股票。

Those funds are BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust and Fidelity’s Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund, the people said.

知情人士稱，這些基金是貝萊德 (BlackRock) 的 iShares Bitcoin Trust 和富達 (Fidelity) 的 Wise Origin 比特幣基金。

The move from Morgan Stanley, one of the world’s largest wealth management firms, is the latest sign of the adoption of bitcoin by mainstream finance. In January, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved applications for 11 spot bitcoin ETFs, heralding the arrival of an investment vehicle for bitcoin that is easier to access, cheaper to own and more readily traded.

全球最大的財富管理公司之一摩根士丹利的此舉是主流金融採用比特幣的最新跡象。一月份，美國證券交易委員會批准了 11 隻現貨比特幣 ETF 的申請，預示著一種更容易獲得、更便宜且更容易交易的比特幣投資工具的到來。

Bitcoin has weathered market sell-offs, the spectacular collapse of crypto exchange FTX and criticism from the most established figures in finance including JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett.

比特幣經歷了市場拋售、加密貨幣交易所FTX 的大幅崩潰，以及包括摩根大通首席執行官傑米戴蒙和伯克希爾哈撒韋首席執行官沃倫巴菲特在內的金融界最知名人士的批評。

So it’s not surprising that Wall Street’s major wealth management businesses didn’t immediately embrace the new ETFs, forbidding their financial advisors from pitching them and only allowing trades if clients actively sought out the product.

因此，華爾街的主要財富管理企業沒有立即接受新的 ETF，並禁止其財務顧問推銷這些產品，並且僅在客戶積極尋找該產品時才允許進行交易，也就不足為奇了。

Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Bank of America and Wells Fargo still follow that policy, according to spokespeople at the four banks.

高盛、摩根大通、美國銀行和富國銀行四家銀行的發言人表示，它們仍然遵循這項政策。