Morgan Stanley, the $9 trillion banking giant, is aggressively expanding its crypto infrastructure capabilities in DeFi tokenization and real-world assets.
The move aligns with a broader wave of traditional financial institutions seeking qualified personnel to take advantage of the United States’ current pro-crypto stance.
According to a job posting on LinkedIn, the Wall Street giant is looking for a top engineer to lead its blockchain architecture.
Notably, the job description explicitly mentions “decentralized finance (DeFi)” alongside tokenization as a primary focus area.
These two sectors have become the fastest growing verticals within the crypto economy. Data from analytics platform DeFiLlama indicates that DeFi protocols and real-world asset tokenization projects now represent over $100 billion in combined total value locked (TVL).
To capitalize on this growth, the successful candidate will be responsible for creating “scalable, secure and regulatory compliant solutions”. These systems would be designed to bridge the gap between traditional banking requirements and the emerging digital asset industries.
Publishing requires mastery of four distinct blockchains, including Ethereum, Polygon, Hyperledger, and Canton.
This combination suggests a multi-tiered strategy using Ethereum and Polygon to provide public network liquidity and Layer 2 scaling efficiency.
Conversely, the company appears ready to deploy Hyperledger and Canton for institutional-grade, privacy-preserving permissioned transactions.
This infrastructure build aligns with Morgan Stanley’s broader crypto roadmap.
The company is preparing to launch a proprietary crypto trading service on its E*Trade platform in the first half of 2026. The new offering will support trading of Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana.
The move reflects the aggressive expansion of traditional finance (TradFi) competitors. Asset management giant BlackRock and Fidelity have already started interacting with these sectors to tokenize institutional funds.
At the same time, there has been a notable increase in blockchain-related vacancies at traditional financial giants like JPMorgan Chase.
This indicates that the industry is moving from experimental pilot programs to the development of permanent, revenue-generating digital asset products.
Read original story Morgan Stanley seeks crypto talent to build DeFi and tokenization infrastructure by Oluwapelumi Adejumo at beincrypto.com
