TLDR
- Morgan Stanley disclosed new holdings in three XRP ETFs through a Q2 2026 SEC filing.
- The bank also revealed 50,540 shares in Ripple backed Evernorth Holdings’ SPAC, Armada Acquisition Corp II.
- The XRP ETF positions are small compared to Morgan Stanley’s other crypto investments.
- Spot XRP ETFs saw 2.25 million dollars in inflows this week, though total assets under management dropped.
- XRP price traded near 1.01 dollars with mixed signals in futures open interest.
Morgan Stanley has disclosed new holdings tied to XRP through a fresh regulatory filing. The investment bank revealed positions in three separate XRP exchange traded funds.
The disclosure came through a 13F filing for the second quarter of 2026, submitted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Morgan Stanley manages more than 1.9 trillion dollars in its investment portfolio.
The filing showed the bank holds 6,715 shares in Franklin’s XRP fund. It also listed 255 shares in the REX-Osprey XRP fund and 67 shares in the Bitwise XRP fund.
Morgan Stanley’s Growing Crypto Exposure
These new positions follow a pattern from earlier in the year. In the first quarter of 2026, Morgan Stanley held Grayscale’s XRP fund and a Volatility Shares XRP fund.
That earlier disclosure led to speculation that Morgan Stanley might launch its own XRP fund. The bank had already rolled out Ethereum and Solana funds before that speculation began.
The XRP holdings remain small next to Morgan Stanley’s broader crypto book, which includes larger Bitcoin and Ethereum fund positions. Even so, the filing shows the bank continuing to build out its XRP exposure.
Morgan Stanley also disclosed 50,540 shares in Armada Acquisition Corp II, the SPAC partner working with Ripple backed Evernorth Holdings. This filing came one day after JPMorgan Chase reported its own holdings in a Bitwise XRP fund, a Grayscale XRP fund, and the Evernorth SPAC.
XRP ETF Flows and Price Action
Spot XRP ETFs in the US continue to draw interest from institutions. On Thursday, these funds recorded 2.25 million dollars in combined inflows.
Bitcoin funds saw redemptions on the same day. The Bitwise XRP fund was the only XRP product to post inflows.
Data from SoSoValue shows XRP funds have taken in 1.51 million dollars total since launch. Total assets under management fell to 942.25 million dollars, down from a peak above 1.25 billion dollars.
That drop happened even as banks like Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan added XRP exposure. The price of XRP has stayed fairly flat during this period.
XRP traded near 1.01 dollars over the past day. The 24 hour low was 0.998 dollars and the high was 1.01 dollars.
Trading volume fell 22 percent over the same 24 hour window. The number of wallets holding more than one million XRP coins has grown.
Still, price forecasts point to selling pressure building near the 1 dollar mark. XRP needs to close above a key trendline resistance to change that outlook.
Futures data from Coinglass shows open interest fell 1.23 percent to 2.69 billion dollars. At the same time, open interest on the CME exchange rose 1.84 percent within a single hour, pointing to fresh institutional futures activity even as spot markets stayed quiet.
