According to @BullTheoryio, on October 10 MSCI (originally a Morgan Stanley division) proposed removing Digital Asset Treasury Companies like MicroStrategy and Metaplanet from its global indexes, a move that could force passive selling and reduce institutional Bitcoin exposure, source: @BullTheoryio. According to @BullTheoryio, minutes after the proposal Bitcoin dropped nearly $18,000 and over $900 billion was erased from total crypto market cap, source: @BullTheoryio. According to @BullTheoryio, the consultation ran until December 31, creating a three‑month overhang where passive investors avoided exposure, index-linked funds faced forced-selling risk, prices stayed weak, sentiment collapsed, and BTC fell about 31% in what they describe as the worst quarter since 2018, source: @BullTheoryio. According to @BullTheoryio, from January 1 Bitcoin rallied roughly 8% in the first five days of 2026 from $87,500 to $94,800 without new bullish news, suggesting selling pressure eased and potential insider positioning, source: @BullTheoryio. According to @BullTheoryio, on January 5–6 Morgan Stanley filed for spot BTC, ETH, and SOL ETFs and MSCI said it would not remove the crypto-heavy companies, effectively withdrawing the rule that had pressured markets, source: @BullTheoryio. According to @BullTheoryio, this sequence fits a pattern—create pressure, accumulate at lows, launch product, remove pressure—positioning beneficiaries for the rebound, while noting there is no official confirmation of coordination, source: @BullTheoryio. According to @BullTheoryio, with the overhang gone and institutional products filed, liquidity is returning and the rebound setup favors BTC and crypto-exposed equities such as MSTR and Metaplanet in the near term, source: @BullTheoryio.