Strategy Warns MSCI Over Index Plan-Here’s Why

TLDR

• Strategy formally opposed the MSCI proposal, calling the planned index screening framework unfair to digital asset treasury firms.
• MSCI’s proposed rules would apply extra financial tests to companies with operating assets below 50% of total assets.
• Firms triggering at least four of five screening flags could become ineligible for MSCI Global Investable Market Indexes.
• Strategy argued that accounting standards do not clearly define “operating” and “non-operating” assets.
• A May 2026 simulation placed Strategy, Metaplanet, and Yellow Cake at risk of index removal, while SharpLink entered the watchlist.

Strategy has formally opposed the latest MSCI proposal that could remove some digital asset treasury companies from global indexes. In a letter signed by Executive Chairman Michael Saylor and CEO Phong Le, Strategy argued that the plan unfairly targets firms that hold large amounts of bitcoin and other assets.

The company said the MSCI proposal uses unclear standards to separate operating assets from non-operating assets. Strategy also warned that the planned screening process could treat digital asset treasury firms differently from other asset-heavy businesses.

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