MSCI’s New Index Rules Put Strategy and Other Bitcoin Treasury Companies at Risk of Exclusion
MSCI’s November 2026 non-operating-company rules could threaten index access for Strategy and Bitcoin treasury peers, despite safeguards for incumbents.
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