Bitcoin For Corporations (BFC), in coordination with its member companies, formally challenged MSCI’s proposed rule to exclude companies from the MSCI Global Investable Market Indexes if digital assets represent 50% or more of total assets. 

The rule would apply to companies whose primary business is classified as digital-asset treasury activity.

BFC argues the proposal misclassifies operating companies by prioritizing balance-sheet holdings over actual business operations.

“MSCI has long defined companies by what they do, not by what they hold. This proposal abandons that principle for a single asset class,” said George Mekhail, managing director of BFC. “A…

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