MSCI Scraps Plan To Exclude Digital Asset Treasury Firms, Signals Rethink

MSCI has dropped a plan that would have kicked so called digital asset treasury companies out of its equity indexes, opting instead for a wider rethink on how it treats firms that hold large pools of non operating assets such as Bitcoin. The index provider said on Tuesday it will keep the current approach for companies on its preliminary list of Digital Asset Treasury Companies, a label it uses for firms whose digital asset holdings make up 50% or more of total assets. That decision keeps Strategy in MSCI’s global benchmarks for now, a key point for a stock that sits in the path of passive money. Strategy shares rose about 6% in after-hours trading after the update, even after a 47.5% slide in 2025. Strategy cheered the outcome in an X post saying, “MSCI confirmed Digital Asset Treasury Companies will remain in MSCI Indexes for the Feb 2026 review....

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