Morgan Stanley builds Digital Asset Lab to explore blockchain applications

PRODUCTMorgan Stanley builds DigitalAsset Lab to exploreblockchain applications46IMPORTANCECLOSED8NEWS MEDIA8PIECESSep 29, 2026 13:50blockboard.net

Morgan Stanley created a Digital Asset Lab to test blockchain-based applications, including stablecoins, tokenization and decentralized finance tools. The lab is being kept separate from the bank’s core systems, and Bloomberg coverage also said it sits within the firm’s existing network of innovation labs.

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Morgan Stanley established a Digital Asset Lab to examine blockchain-based business applications.
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Bloomberg reporting also said the lab will review tokenized deposits, CBDCs, money-market funds and DeFi vaults.
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Bloomberg reporting said the lab is part of Morgan Stanley’s existing network of innovation labs.
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Teams can try stablecoins, tokenization and decentralized finance tools in isolation before anything connects to the bank’s systems.
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The lab is separate from Morgan Stanley’s core systems while the experiments run.

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Morgan Stanley’s Digital Asset Lab matters to employees and customers because it puts stablecoin and DeFi testing inside a dedicated setup rather than directly in the bank’s main systems. People who watch the bank’s product work can now point to a specific internal place where blockchain-based experiments are being run, and Bloomberg-linked coverage placed that lab inside the firm’s wider innovation-lab network.

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