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Bitcoin for Corporations unites the world’s largest Bitcoin treasury company, Vivek Ramaswamy’s Strive, and hundreds of investors to oppose proposed index changes Nashville, TN, USA December 16, 2025 Nashville, TN December 16, 2025 Bitcoin for Corporations (BFC), in coordination with its member companies and other affected public organizations, today announced that its coalition opposing MSCI’s proposed ≥50% digital-asset exclusion has surpassed 1000 signatories. The coalition includes Strategy (MSTR), the world’s first and largest Bitcoin treasury company led by Executive Chairman Michael Saylor; Strive Asset Management (ASST), co-founded by Vivek Ramaswamy and the 14th-largest corporate Bitcoin holder; Metaplanet (TYO: 3350), Japan’s leading Bitcoin treasury company; and hundreds of individual and institutional investors who rely on neutral market benchmarks. Under MSCI’s proposal, listed operating companies would be excluded from the MSCI Global Investable Market Indexes if digital assets represent 50% or more of total assets and their primary business is characterized as digital asset treasury activity. The rule would apply only to digital assets—not to companies with concentrated exposure to real estate, commodities, or cash. “MSCI has long defined companies by their operations—their products, customers, and revenue—not by a single balance-sheet asset,” said George Mekhail, Managing Director of Bitcoin for Corporations. “The breadth of this coalition—from Strategy to Strive to Metaplanet to hundreds of individual investors—demonstrates how misguided this proposal is. A shareholder-approved treasury strategy should not erase a company from global equity benchmarks.” Strategy: DATs Are Operating Companies, Not Investment Funds In its formal submission to MSCI, Strategy called the proposal “misguided” and the 50% threshold “discriminatory, arbitrary, and unworkable.” The letter, signed by Michael Saylor and CEO Phong Le, emphasized that Digital Asset Treasury Companies are operating businesses that actively use Bitcoin to create shareholder returns— not passive investment vehicles. Strategy’s submission stressed that high asset concentration has never been…

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