<span style="font-weight: 400">As revealed in a recent announcement, the investment firm Morgan Stanley has <a href="https://www.sec.gov/edgar/search/#/q=bitcoin&amp;dateRange=custom&amp;entityName=Morgan&amp;startdt=2021-09-27&amp;enddt=2021-09-27" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">increased</a> its shares of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) by over 105% since the month of April. In accordance with the report shared by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, the Morgan Stanley Europe Opportunity Fund owned 58,116 shares of the GBTC, as of July 31. </span>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400">Morgan Stanley Increases Bitcoin Exposure Through GBTC Shares</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400">The SEC shared a report on September 27, revealing that the exposure to Bitcoin of the investment bank is approximately $2 million. Back in the month of June, it was reported that the investment bank held 28,298 GBTC, which were worth roughly $1.3 million at the time.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400">It should be noted that the investment firm is getting a lot of <a href="https://www.cryptoknowmics.com/news/morgan-stanley-buys-over-1-million-grayscale-bitcoin-shares/">exposure</a> to Bitcoin in the year 2021 and its Europe Opportunity Fund aims at maximum capital appreciation by investing in high-quality established and emerging companies based in Europe that are considered undervalued. </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400">Back in the month of April, the investment bank made an announcement that it is planning to add Bitcoin exposure to 12 investment funds through Grayscale and cash-settled futures. Later, the bank-led a $48 million funding round for a tokenization platform, Securitize, backed by Coinbase. </span>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400">Cathie Wood Reveals Heavy Investment in Grayscale Bitcoin Trust</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400">Cathie Wood, the CEO of Ark Invest, has also <a href="https://www.cryptoknowmics.com/news/ark-invest-of-cathie-wood-purchased-additional-gbtc-shares-bitcoin-and-ethereum-rally/">revealed</a> that the firm has a notable investment in the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust. </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400">The investment firm released a report back in the month of July regarding the purchase of over 450,000 GBTC shares in two separate purchases.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400">At the time of writing this article, Ark Invest and its institutional funds are having more than 8.3 million GBTC shares in its portfolio. It ultimately makes the GBTC holdings of the firm around 0.69% of its portfolio, which is surely a significant amount of investment in the trust.</span>

Morgan Stanley Investment Firm Doubles Exposure to Bitcoin Through GBTC Shares

As revealed in a recent announcement, the investment firm Morgan Stanley has increased its shares of Bitcoin trust GBTC by over 105% since April.

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Morgan Stanley Investment Firm Doubles Exposure to Bitcoin Through GBTC Shares

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