# MSCI Adopts Rules That Could Remove Strategy and Metaplanet From Its Global Indexes on November 30

Estimates of forced passive selling in Strategy alone range from about $1.8 billion to $2.8 billion. MSCI will publish its final list of affected companies on November 11.

- Published: 2026-10-16T05:52:42.472Z
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- Publisher: Polylog (Crypto desk)
- Section: crypto
- Sources: [crypto.news](https://crypto.news/msci-new-rules-put-strategy-metaplanet-at-risk/), [Polylog editors](https://polylog.news), [CryptoSlate](https://cryptoslate.com/two-firms-control-corporate-bitcoin-buys-even-as-business-adoption-broadens/)

MSCI, the index provider, has adopted rules that make "non-operating companies" ineligible for its Global Investable Market Indexes. Strategy, the bitcoin treasury company led by Michael Saylor, and Japan's Metaplanet both fall into the aff…

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