The Japanese game company and Blockchain Gumi announced an investment of 1 billion yen ($ 6.5 million) in Bitcoin (BTC) in a letter of February 10 at the market.
The investment will occur from February to May and represent 4.3% of the $ 150 million in Gumi capitalization. After the news, the Gumi stock climbed 3.65%.
The company also revealed that it had become the first Japanese company listed on the stock market to participate as a validator for the BTC Babylon implementation protocol in the second quarter of the financial year ending in April 2025.
Babylon allows users to play their bitcoin to win rewards. The marked BTC is used as security for other protocols, creating a layer of Bitcoin secure networks. TProtocol has more than $ 5.4 billion of total locked value (TVL), based on Defilma data.
The Board of Directors of GUMI approved the purchase as part of its strategy aimed at strengthening financial operations within its blockchain -oriented activities, which has become a central pillar of business growth.
According to Babylon websiteGUMI A 7.99 BTC – worth more than $ 770,000 – marked out on the platform, winning a commission of 5%.
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GUMI provides new sources of income for the capital assessment and the awards of additional validators by buying bitcoin and using it for implementation.
The decision alignments with the company’s web3 ambitions, because it seeks to deepen its presence in decentralized financial financial services (DEFI) and based on blockchain.
In particular, the Gumi website revealed The company is already an operator of nodes for eight blockchains, including Ethereum, sui and avalanche.
In addition, the Japanese game publisher has a blockchain unit responsible for mixing games and non -buttocks (NFTS). CAPCOM and Double JUMP games are reported as GUMI partners.
The GUMI website also highlights investments in the NFT Marketplace OpenSea and the Guild Organization Games focused on games.
The company plans to carry out quarterly assessments of its Bitcoin holders and to integrate gains or losses in its financial statements. He also declared that any significant financial impact of this investment will be disclosed rapidly.
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