MSCI to drop Strategy from its US indexes after the 30 November close

Index provider MSCI will remove Strategy, the largest publicly listed holder of bitcoin, from its US equity benchmarks at the end of the month. MSCI's November 2026 review results, published on 11 November, list "Strategy A" among the deletions from both the MSCI US Prime Market 750 Index and the MSCI US Investable Market 2500 Index. The document says the changes take effect as of the close of business on 30 November 2026.

Why it is happening

Reuters reported that MSCI decided Strategy and several other companies more closely resemble investment funds, which its benchmarks exclude. MSCI had proposed last year to exclude digital asset treasury companies whose holdings make up 50% or more of total assets, then widened that into a review of what it called non-operating companies. Reuters said Tokyo-listed Metaplanet and UK uranium holder Yellow Cake were also on the exclusion list, and that Strategy's shares fell 2.5% in extended trading on Wednesday.

How much stock could change hands

Index funds that track MSCI benchmarks generally have to sell a stock that is removed. CoinDesk reported that Strategy itself, in its response to MSCI's consultation, put holdings by funds tracking MSCI's global investable indexes at about 13 million shares, or 3.1% of basic shares outstanding. Reuters noted that J.P. Morgan had earlier estimated outflows of as much as $8.8 billion if other index providers followed MSCI. CoinDesk pointed out that the removal does not delist the shares or require Strategy to sell any bitcoin.

Analysis

The decision has been expected for months, and analysts quoted by CoinDesk differed on how much of it is already reflected in the share price. The practical questions now are whether other index families adopt similar rules and how the loss of passive demand affects Strategy's ability to keep raising capital through share sales.

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