Bitcoin think tank questions MSCI’s ‘invisible committee’ over Strategy, Metaplanet rule
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A Bitcoin Policy Institute paper says MSCI is considering a “non-operating company” rule that could remove Strategy and Metaplanet from indexes, and the proposal is linked in the paper to an earlier review of crypto treasury firms. BPI also says it has raised the prospect of a Congressional probe into MSCI after the index provider revived that proposal and put Sharplink on a delisting watchlist.
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Strategy, Metaplanet, and Sharplink are the companies named in this dispute, and the immediate effect is the possibility that index treatment and watchlist status could change for them. Investors and market participants watching these names would notice the issue in MSCI’s rules and in the status of the firms tied to those rules.
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