How MSCI Shifted from Objective Benchmark to Defacto Market Regulator
Bitcoin Magazine How MSCI Shifted from Objective Benchmark to Defacto Market Regulator MSCI's proposed index rules threaten corporate Bitcoin treasuries. Discover why this decision risks turning private index providers into market regulators. This post How MSCI Shifted from Objective Benchmark to D
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MSCI manages $20 trillion in passive capital tracking its indexes. When it proposes new eligibility rules that would effectively bar companies holding Bitcoin on their balance sheets from inclusion, that's not index methodology — that's industrial policy administered by a private vendor. No vote, no statute, no regulatory process. Just a technical bulletin that rewrites the capital structure options available to every public company in the benchmark.