The Japanese stadium investment company Metaplanet announced its first purchase of Bitcoin (BTC) of 2025. The company revealed that it had acquired 269 BTC for around 4 billion yen, or $ 26 million.
Metaplanet continues to strengthen its Bitcoin reserves
Metaplanet, often called “Japan microstrategy” because of its aggressive Bitcoin treasure strategy, confirmed its latest acquisition of 269 BTC – its first purchase of the year. The transaction cost the company a total of $ 26 million.
This latest purchase increased the company’s total BTC holdings of the company to 2,031 BTC, acquired at a total cost of $ 195 million, with an average of $ 80,674 per room. Commenting on the development, the CEO of Metaplanet, Simon Gerovich, said:
We have finished the first Bitcoin purchase of 2025. We believe that this year will be important for our company. After a long break, we are happy to resume the acquisition of Bitcoin.
Earlier this year, Metaplanet unveiled an ambitious target to accumulate 10,000 BTC by the end of 2025 and 21,000 BTC by the end of 2026. To achieve this, the company announcement plans to raise up to $ 745 million by issuing 21 million shares.
In addition to the purchase of today, the CEO Gerovich stressed that the company had generated a BTC return of 15.3% on the basis of one year on the date of the start of the year (YTD) . He also noted that Metaplanet set a quarterly objective of 35%.
For those who are not familiar, BTC yield is a key performance measure which indicates the percentage ratio of BTC assets with actions entirely diluted over a specific period. It serves a function similar to action by action (BPA) for companies with substantial BTC Holdings. Gerovich has developed:
This is the clearest indicator of how we effectively increase BPS (Bitcoin by action). Our objective is to accelerate Bitcoin accumulation thanks to effective Bitcoin Treasury management, to maximize BP using capital market strategies and thus improve shareholders’ value.
After today’s announcement, Metaplanet’s shares closed the day from 2.2% to 6,040 yen, or $ 39.88. On a ytd basis, the action jumped 73.58%, while in the past year, it has book An astonishing yield of 3,600%.
BUT BTC purchases in 2025
The year 2025 has already experienced significant adoption of BTC companies. Less than two months, several companies have added substantial quantities of bitcoin to their corporate treasury bills.
For example, the strategy led by Michael Saylor – formerly known as Microstrategy – recently added 7,633 BTC to its reserves, bringing its total assets of the Pivot brand closer to 500,000 BTC. It was after the company already had Scotland 10,107 BTC in January.
Likewise, Semler Scientific acquired 871 BTC earlier this month. At the time of the press, BTC is traded at $ 96,702, down 0.4% in the last 24 hours.
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