{"id":629760,"date":"2026-09-02T02:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T06:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/?p=629760"},"modified":"2026-09-02T00:46:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T04:46:22","slug":"strategy-challenges-mscis-non-operating-label-what-changes-for-mstr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/strategy-challenges-mscis-non-operating-label-what-changes-for-mstr\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategy challenges MSCI\u2019s \u2018non-operating\u2019 label \u2013 What changes for MSTR?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strategy, the world\u2019s largest Bitcoin treasury firm, has asked global index provider MSCI Inc. to withdraw its latest exclusion proposal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The firm called MSCI\u2019s proposal \u2018misguided\u2019 and opposed it on four grounds. First, the move is biased and targets DATs (digital asset treasuries).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The proposal is a pretext for targeting DATs, repackaging MSCI&#8217;s own withdrawn 2025 proposal to exclude companies with 50%+ digital asset holdings in a different language, but reaching the same result.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MSCI wants to exclude firms it calls \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/strategy-faces-fresh-msci-threat-as-mstr-risks-index-deletion-details\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">non-operating<\/a>&#8216; companies that buy and hold assets, ideally acting like passive investment funds. For an index provider, only active businesses with real operating cash should be included in its Global Investable Markets Indexes (GIMI).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Strategy defends MSTR, other DATs on MSCI indices<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The latest MSCI expanded exclusion framework would exclude MSTR, Metaplanet, and a firm that buys and holds Uranium. Beyond targeting crypto, Strategy discredited the proposal as flouting key laws and standards.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It added that the exclusion plan goes against U.S accounting standards, securities law, and MSCI\u2019s market neutrality.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_629761\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-629761\" style=\"width: 718px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-01-140724.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-629761\" src=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-01-140724.png\" alt=\"Strategy MSCI \" width=\"718\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-01-140724.png 718w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-01-140724-300x192.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-629761\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Strategy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notably, Strategy slammed MSCI\u2019s classification of Bitcoin as a \u201cnon-operating\u201d asset and added,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on U.S. GAAP and SEC guidance, Strategy reports its Bitcoin business as an operating segment and its Bitcoin gains and losses as operating expenses.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feedback on the proposal is set to run until the end of September. If the proposal is adopted, it\u2019ll become effective by December 1st.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For his part, Michael Saylor, founder of Strategy, urged MSCI to be \u201ca mirror of the market, not an arbiter of it.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Phong Le, Strategy\u2019s CEO, also reinforced a similar framing, noting that,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S&amp;P, FTSE, Bloomberg, Nasdaq, and ICE broadly reflect the market. MSCI seems to be going its own way, against U.S. policy priorities and beyond established securities-law and accounting frameworks.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Could MSTR face billions in outflows?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last year, JPMorgan analysts warned that the MSCI exclusion could trigger $2.8B of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/microstrategy-raises-1-44b-to-get-rid-of-bitcoin-fud-what-does-this-mean\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MSTR<\/span><\/a> fund liquidations.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0However, they added that other indices like LSEG\u2019s Russell index and Nasdaq could extend to nearly $9B in outflows.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But Strategy <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/bitcoin-doesnt-need-msci-strategy-fires-back-as-mstr-deletion-odds-hit-73\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">downplayed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the impact.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Funds that track MSCI indices represent ~3% of MSTR shares outstanding, which is only ~60% of one day\u2019s trading volume.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DATs have reinforced an institutional momentum for the broader sector. Collectively, these firms own about $3B worth of crypto assets, down from +$8B at the peak of the bull market.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_629762\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-629762\" style=\"width: 1178px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Crypto-Treasury-Companies_-Aggregate-Market-Cap.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-629762\" src=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Crypto-Treasury-Companies_-Aggregate-Market-Cap.png\" alt=\"Strategy MSCI\" width=\"1178\" height=\"648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Crypto-Treasury-Companies_-Aggregate-Market-Cap.png 1178w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Crypto-Treasury-Companies_-Aggregate-Market-Cap-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Crypto-Treasury-Companies_-Aggregate-Market-Cap-1024x563.png 1024w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Crypto-Treasury-Companies_-Aggregate-Market-Cap-768x422.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1178px) 100vw, 1178px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-629762\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Blockworks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pushing them out of MSCI and other indices would likely affect the segment. In fact, JPMorgan analysts added that the move would thin out liquidity and make the stocks less attractive even to other investors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s unclear if DATs will evolve and overcome MSCI\u2019s plan.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Final Summary<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strategy asked MSCI to withdraw the proposal and be neutral like Nasdaq and LSEG-owned Russell indices\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JPMorgan had earlier warned that other indices could follow MSCI&#8217;s move and strain the DAT sector.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Analysts had previously warned that other indices could follow MSCI and delist MSTR and other DATs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":629793,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,66,4,20],"tags":[6427],"class_list":["post-629760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bitcoin-news","category-new-news","category-social","category-trading-view","tag-ambcrypto"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Strategy challenges MSCI\u2019s \u2018non-operating\u2019 label \u2013 What changes for MSTR? 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