- Metaplanet bought 2,205 BTC for $238.7 million, raising total holdings to 15,555 BTC, 5th among public firms.
- Aims to accumulate 210,000 BTC by 2027, rivaling MicroStrategy’s dominant Bitcoin position.
- The CEO confirms the strategy to build a scalable, Bitcoin-based business amid 42.4% YoY revenue growth.
Metaplanet, a Japanese investment firm, has been in the headlines again after the news about making a massive acquisition in Bitcoin. This cements it as one of the largest publicly traded corporate holders of the most expensive cryptocurrency.
In its corporate filing released on Monday, the company confirmed it had purchased another 2,205 BTC at an average price of roughly $108,237 per coin. This puts the total funds spent on the latest purchase at roughly $238.7 million.
This daring move sets Metaplanet’s total holdings in Bitcoin at 15,555 BTC, according to data supplied by Bitcointreasuries.net. It has now become the world’s fifth-largest publicly traded firm in terms of holdings in BTC. Only industry giants such as MicroStrategy are ahead of it, and MicroStrategy continues to lead the pack with 597,325 BTC owned by Michael Saylor.
The firm’s CEO, Simon Gerovich, similarly verified the acquisition in an X (previously Twitter) post, noting the company’s ongoing work in building future-proof business infrastructure founded on Bitcoin. “This surging growth verifies the correctness of our strategy, building a sustainable, scalable, and operationally efficient business on a BTC standard,” he tweeted last Wednesday, following the firm’s Q2 earnings report.
The company’s financing supports its aggressive ambitions. The firm recorded 1.1 billion yen ($7.6 million) in second-quarter 2025 revenue, 42.4% greater when matched against the prior-year period. Its shift towards a Bitcoin-focused model accounts for most of this growth in its books, and it has simplified processes, secured crypto-sympathetic investors, and extended its market penetration into the worldwide market.
Metaplanet Sets Bold 210,000 BTC Goal
Metaplanet recently unveiled an ambitious new goal: striving to own more than 210,000 BTC by the end of 2027. If it were to materialize, it would find the company standing shoulder-to-shoulder with MicroStrategy and other institutional titans in the crypto space.
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This goal not only indicates Metaplanet’s optimism in the long-term prospects for BTC but also represents, potentially, a larger movement in Japanese companies growing increasingly willing to adopt blockchain-driven asset strategies.
However, the response in the market to the latest news was bittersweet. Until 2:10 p.m. local time Monday, the Metaplanet stock had dropped 1.8%, according to Yahoo Finance data. But the broader tapestry is still extremely upbeat; the stock has gained 13.9% this past month and 339% this year as investors show greater confidence in its crypto-focused strategy.
With ever-increasing momentum in the rise in the use of Bitcoin around the world, Metaplanet’s bold moves can potentially make it the flagship player in the drive for conventional companies into the era of internet finance. Its story can become the model for institutions aiming to close the distance between legacy finance and distributed tech.
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