The company, previously known as MicroStrategy, defines a Digital Asset Treasury Company, or DATCO, as a firm whose digital asset holdings, such as Bitcoin, represent 50% or more of total assets on its balance sheet.
The classification surged in popularity in 2025 as more public companies began incorporating Bitcoin, Ether, and other tokens into their treasury strategies, offering investors proxy exposure to crypto.
Despite their appeal, the tokens remain volatile, and shares have reflected sharp swings. Accounting treatment is also unsettled, with analysts debating whether these firms should be valued as holding vehicles or based on their underlying businesses.
The MSCI decision doesn’t settle longer-term questions around index eligibility, according to Owen Lau, analyst at Clear Street, but it removes a near-term technical risk for public equities tied to crypto. Clear Street expects MSCI may grandfather existing DATCOs already in its indexes.
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Source: CRYPTO WORLD NETWORK NEWS
