MSCI announced on January 7, 2026, that it will not remove Digital Asset Treasury Companies (DATCOs) from its global indices for the time being, deciding to maintain its current treatment approach. The organization stated it needs further research to distinguish between "investment companies" and enterprises with digital assets as core holdings, and plans to launch broader industry consultations to develop new assessment standards. This move has eased market concerns about large-scale passive fund sell-offs, with representative companies like Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) seeing post-market stock price increases of over 6%. MSCI emphasizes that it may introduce additional assessment metrics based on financial statements in the future, while currently retaining companies with over 50% of total assets in digital assets within the indices. This decision marks a cautious shift in the traditional financial system's stance toward crypto assets—neither fully embracing nor aggressively rejecting them—and has secured an institutional adaptation period for the industry.