Markets·October 15, 2026 at 5:26 PM EDT·1 source
MSCI Decision Moves Michael Saylor’s Strategy Toward Index Exit
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News
What happened
- MSCI adopted new rules that could ultimately remove Strategy from its global equity benchmarks.
- The change could trigger billions of dollars in Strategy stock sales and pressure the financing model behind Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin holdings.
Why it matters
Index eligibility affects passive-investment flows and could pressure Strategy’s equity-based financing model, making the decision relevant to technology and capital-markets professionals.
What to watch. Whether Strategy is ultimately removed from MSCI’s global equity benchmarks and whether index-linked selling follows.
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