You Won’t Believe How Many Bitcoins This Japanese Firm Scooped Up 🚀🐟

by

If you ever rambled east, far over the hills and across the blue seas to the islands of Japan, you might stumble on a boardroom full of folks at MetaPlanet Inc., scratching the itch for Bitcoin. The bosses swung wide the cash drawer and snatched up another 1,241 coins, as if they were collecting shiny rocks by the creek, bringing the grand haul to a barn-sized 6,796 BTC. That’s a pile high enough to give their accountants nosebleeds and everyone else in Asia pause to wonder where all the coins have wandered off to.

Metaplanet has acquired 1241 BTC for ~$126.7 million at ~$102,119 per bitcoin and has achieved BTC Yield of 170.0% YTD 2025. As of 5/12/2025, we hold 6796 $BTC acquired for ~$608.2 million at ~$89,492 per bitcoin. $MTPLF

— Simon Gerovich (@gerovich) May 12, 2025

Metaplanet Bitcoin Holdings

Ask any rancher, a good herd grows when it’s fed. That’s pretty much MetaPlanet’s philosophy, only their cattle is Bitcoin and their pasture is cold storage wallets. This latest buy cost them about ¥18.42 billion. If that sounds expensive, remember they paid with yen, which sounds more forgiving until you see the $118 million price tag. Their grand pile now sits valued over ¥90.19 billion, high and proud like a farmhouse on the hill. With some clever buying (and perhaps less sleep than a rooster in spring), their average coin cost remains a trim ¥13.27 million. MetaPlanet now wears the crown as Asia’s noblest Bitcoin hoarder, 11th in the world if you’re counting—which they clearly are.

And with Bitcoin strutting north of $104,000, even the rice farmers in the next county can’t help but admire (and maybe wince just a little) at the timing.

Outperforming MicroStrategy on Returns

Meanwhile, MicroStrategy (that giant lumbering bison of Wall Street) watches as this Japanese upstart sprints circles around them. Where MicroStrategy took 19 months to double their stash, MetaPlanet did it in three—maybe they just run faster in Tokyo, or maybe it’s all the ramen and ambition. MetaPlanet’s fancy-pants NAV is multiplying quick, too, ballooning at 3.8x the rate. The bookies, er, analysts, whisper that the stock might leap from ¥533 to ¥1,340. (Wouldn’t you buy a ticket to that rodeo?)

$25 Million Raise to Buy More Bitcoin

And just when you think they’ve filled their boots, MetaPlanet stands up, dusts off, and tips their hat to the market: “We’re raising $25 million to buy more Bitcoin, thanks for asking.” Where MicroStrategy holds a family reunion before every purchase, MetaPlanet just grabs the check and orders seconds. It’s fast, loose, high-leverage investing—hold on to your hats, folks.

MetaPlanet Stock Jumps 13% 

Turns out, investors love nothing more than a company rolling the dice on Bitcoin. MetaPlanet’s stock jumped 13.32% last week, all the way to ¥485, and even flirted with a high of ¥502. The optimism was so thick you could butter toast with it. Now, with a market cap fattened to ¥24.21 billion and a P/E ratio of 25.86, MetaPlanet sits atop the local heap—Japan’s shiniest, strangest Bitcoin adventure 🚜🪙.

FAQs

How much Bitcoin does MetaPlanet own in 2025?

Enough to fill a virtual silo—6,796 BTC, which fattens their title as Asia’s grand poobah of corporate Bitcoin, and 11th globally. If that doesn’t buy bragging rights, nothing will.

Why is MetaPlanet buying more Bitcoin?

Best I can tell, they see BTC as a sturdy fence against storms to come, and with $25 million in fresh pocket change, they figure there’s no such thing as too many coins (or too much excitement in the boardroom).

How much Bitcoin does MicroStrategy own in 2025?

MicroStrategy, king of the Bitcoin buffalo, sits on 555,450 BTC as of May 2025. That’s $57.7 billion of digital cattle—enough to buy a small moon or several large islands, give or take transaction fees.

Read More

2025-05-12 08:38