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Key Takeaways
- Crypto testing takes place outside core banking systems.
- DeFi vaults are a focus for the bank.
- Investment returns depend on the underlying strategy.
- Withdrawal rules matter for any future product.
Bloomberg reported on September 29 that the Digital Asset Lab forms part of Morgan Stanley’s existing innovation-lab network. Megan Brewer, who leads market innovation and labs, described facilities where employees can examine new technologies without exposing the bank’s core systems to experimental software.
Amy Oldenburg, who heads the bank’s digital-asset team, identified DeFi vaults as an area of particular interest. Her team also intends to examine tokenized deposits, central bank digital currencies and tokenized money-market funds. The interviews did not establish a launch date for a client-facing vault product.
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