Morgan Stanley Files Bitcoin ETF, Regulators Drop Clarity Rules, Bitcoin Holds Seventy K

Stock Market Today - delivering actionable market intelligence for active traders. This episode covers Morgan Stanley filing for a spot Bitcoin ETF with ticker symbol MSBT backed by one million dollars in seed capital, the SEC releasing landmark crypto regulatory guidance defining four asset categories exempt from securities laws, Bitcoin holding above seventy thousand dollars amid Middle East volatility and oil retreating from triple digits, Coinbase launching stock perpetual futures with up to twenty X leverage for non-US traders on seven Magnificent Seven stocks and SPY QQQ, and Major League Baseball signing prediction market agreements with the CFTC and Polymarket. Plus: Gauntlet sees three hundred eighty million dollars in outflows as OKX campaign ends, Kentucky hardware wallet mandate raises backdoor concerns, Gemini shares surge six percent after hours on Q4 earnings beating expectations, and Hyperliquid seeing massive oil trading volume as JPMorgan notes DEX activity surging during CME closures. Market-moving developments across crypto regulation, institutional adoption, derivatives, and traditional finance convergence.