{"id":62914,"date":"2025-12-10T19:46:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T19:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=62914"},"modified":"2025-12-10T19:46:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T19:46:30","slug":"strategy-warns-mscis-crypto-test-will-blow-up-index-stability-as-mstr-sits-60-off-its-lows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=62914","title":{"rendered":"Strategy Warns MSCI&#8217;s Crypto Test Will Blow Up Index Stability As MSTR Sits 60% Off Its Lows"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Strategy Inc. <\/strong><a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"MSTR\" data-exchange=\"NASDAQ\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/MSTR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(NASDAQ:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/MSTR\">MSTR<\/a>) is escalating its fight against MSCI&#8217;s proposed 50% digital-asset threshold, arguing the rule would destabilize global index construction just as the stock trades nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/editorial.benzinga.com\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=1207161&amp;action=edit\">60% below its peak<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Strategy Challenges MSCI&#8217;s Treatment Of Bitcoin Treasury Firms<\/h3>\n<p>In a 12-page letter to the MSCI Equity Index Committee, Strategy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblock.co\/post\/382068\/strategy-msci-bitcoin-test-index-whiplash-conflicts-innovation?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social\">said<\/a> Bitcoin-treasury firms would &#8220;whipsaw on and off&#8221; major indexes as market prices shift, arguing the rule would generate uncertainty for providers and passive investors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The firm also said MSCI&#8217;s threshold ignores operational activity and relies on an arbitrary definition as more U.S. corporations expand digital-asset treasuries.<\/p>\n<p>A central concern is inconsistent accounting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Michalel Saylor\u2019s<\/strong> Strategy noted that firms reporting under IFRS can keep <strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) at cost, while U.S. GAAP requires fair-value marks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Two companies with identical exposure could therefore receive different index treatment based solely on jurisdiction, raising questions &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/25\/12\/49316019\/strategy-warns-mscis-crypto-test-will-blow-up-index-stability-as-mstr-sits-60-off-its-lows?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Strategy\" warns msci crypto test will blow up index stability as mstr sits off its lows>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR) is escalating its fight against MSCI&#8217;s proposed 50% digital-asset threshold, arguing the rule would destabilize global index construction just as the stock trades nearly 60% below its peak. Strategy Challenges MSCI&#8217;s Treatment Of Bitcoin Treasury Firms In a 12-page letter to the MSCI Equity Index Committee, Strategy said Bitcoin-treasury firms would &#8220;whipsaw [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-62914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62914\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}