This article summarises the key crypto asset news from the past week. The main developments included the increasing scale of BTC sales by US-listed companies, the Trump administration's willingness to purchase BTC for a strategic reserve, and MSCI's decision to exclude Strategy from its indexes.
This week, reports focused on BTC sales by US companies, outflows from spot ETFs and developments involving major crypto assets. Reports also covered the sales activity of listed companies compiled by Lookonchain and comments on President Trump's willingness to purchase BTC for a strategic reserve.
Regarding BTC sales by listed companies, reports said that US-based Strategy had purchased an additional 1,036 BTC by the 9th and that Strive had purchased 29 BTC between 31 October and 6 November. US spot ETFs recorded net outflows on the 9th of approximately $210.80 million in BTC and approximately $184.51 million in ETH. These developments attracted market attention.
MSCI decided to exclude Strategy and Metaplanet from its indexes, prompting commentary on the potential impact on future index constituents. Meanwhile, a former adviser was quoted as saying that President Trump was willing to purchase BTC for a strategic reserve, subject to curbs on fiscal spending.
In relation to SOL, DTCC announced plans to tokenise equities and US Treasuries on Solana. At the macro level, discussion continued around Bitcoin's overall liquidity and market structure. Lookonchain also announced that BTC sales by listed companies would amount to approximately ¥1.2 trillion, or about 108,247 BTC, in 2026.