MSCI drops Strategy from global indexes under new eligibility rules

New eligibility rules treat the largest corporate Bitcoin holder as a fund in disguise, with index-fund selling estimated at $2.8 billion MSCI will drop Strategy from its indexes after concluding that the company is “non-operating.” The index provider has decided that the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin no longer qualifies as a real business, at least for benchmark purposes. The move matters because index inclusion brings automatic buyers. Removal brings automatic sellers, and estimated index-fund selling of Strategy shares could reach $2.8 billion. The decision traces back to October 15, 2026. That day, MSCI adopted new eligibility rules for companies it classifies as non-operating. Under those rules, such firms become ineligible for the MSCI Global Investable Market Indexes.

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