Strategy gains as MSCI keeps crypto treasury firms in indexes

MSCI

07/01/2026 10:21

** Shares of Strategy MSTR.O up 3.9% at $164.2 premarket after MSCI MSCI.N drops plan to exclude crypto treasury firms from its indexes

** Decision keeps digital asset treasury companies (DATCOs) in global benchmarks; MSCI had proposed removal last fall

** DATCOs surged in popularity in 2025 as firms began holding bitcoin, ether and other tokens as main treasury assets, giving investors proxy exposure to crypto

** J.P. Morgan says, "For now, MSCI will maintain the current index treatment for DATCOs with digital asset holdings representing 50% or more of total assets"

** As of last close, MSTR stock down 58.3% over the past year

 (Reporting by Tharuniyaa Lakshmi in Bengaluru)

 ((tharuniyaa@thomsonreuters.com))