---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-100805"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSBT"
cik: "0002103612"
company_name: "Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust"
filed_at: "2026-08-25T20:15:27+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-25T20:16:29.665005+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kaushik Goswami resigns as director of Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust sponsor, effective Aug 19, 2026

## Summary
- Kaushik Goswami notified his resignation as director of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc., the delegated sponsor, effective August 19, 2026.
- No replacement director has been named in the filing.
- Resignation applies to the sponsor's board, not the trust's own board or officers.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-100805
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSBT
- cik: 0002103612
- company_name: Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust
- filed_at: 2026-08-25T20:15:27+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2103612/000110465926100805/0001104659-26-100805-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2103612/000110465926100805/tm2623901d1_8k.htm

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