MSCI Halts Plan to Remove Digital Asset Treasury Firms as It Reviews Index Rules

On Tuesday, MSCI decided not to proceed with a proposal to exclude so-called digital asset treasury companies from its equity indexes and will keep its existing inclusion approach for now. The firm, which classifies these companies as those whose digital asset holdings account for at least 50% of total assets, plans a broader review of how it evaluates businesses with large non-operating crypto positions.