MSCI announced on January 7, 2026, that it will not remove Digital Asset Treasury Companies (DATCOs) from its global indices for now and will maintain the current approach. The organization stated that further research is needed to distinguish between "investment companies" and enterprises whose core assets are digital assets, and plans to initiate broader industry consultations to develop new evaluation standards. This move alleviates market concerns about large-scale sell-offs of passive funds and caused the stock price of companies like Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) to rise by over 6% after hours. MSCI emphasized that in the future, additional evaluation metrics based on financial statements may be introduced, and currently, companies with more than 50% of total assets in digital assets will remain within the index. This decision marks a cautious shift in the traditional financial system's attitude toward cryptocurrencies—neither fully embracing nor aggressively rejecting—giving the industry a transitional period for regulatory adaptation.