MSCI removes corporate bitcoin holder Strategy from its USA index
Image: Bitcoin MagazineIndex provider MSCI will remove Strategy from the MSCI USA Index as of the close of November 30. The decision follows a new screen that classified the company as a non-operating issuer. Strategy is the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin. Index funds that track the affected indexes must sell the deleted stocks by November 30. Strategy stated that a deletion would have no meaningful impact on its business.
Key points
- MSCI will remove Strategy from the MSCI USA Index as of the close of November 30.
- The index provider classified Strategy as a non-operating issuer under a new screen.
- Strategy is the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin.
- Index funds tracking the MSCI indexes must sell the deleted shares by November 30.
Why it matters
The index removal forces index funds tracking MSCI benchmarks to sell their shares of Strategy by November 30. This change affects institutional fund holdings tied to those global indexes.
Price context · BTC
At publication
$73,394.00
Now
$73,314.00
Change since
−0.11%
7 days · dashed line = publication
Sources · 4 publishers
Bitcoinist
Tier 2
Strategy Faces $2.8 Billion Selling Risk As MSCI Removes Bitcoin Giant From Indexes
99Bitcoins
Tier 3
MSCI Drops Michael Saylor’s Strategy (MSTR): Is Bitcoin Price at Risk?
Coinspeaker
Tier 3
Bitcoin Price Slides Toward $73K as Nvidia Plunges 9% and MSCI Drops Saylor’s Strategy
Coverage timeline
- First reported by Bitcoin Magazine
- Also reported by Bitcoinist
- CryptoVideos brief published
How this page is checked. AI drafted this brief from selected independent reports. Automated checks compare numbers, source coverage and topic terms, but may miss errors. Publication and evidence refreshes run automatically. Read the linked reports for context. Report an error
AVAX
−1.5%
MEGA
−6.9%
