{"id":10020,"date":"2025-01-28T09:18:42","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T09:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=10020"},"modified":"2025-01-28T09:18:42","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T09:18:42","slug":"metaplanet-announces-largest-raise-by-an-asian-listed-firm-to-buy-bitcoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=10020","title":{"rendered":"Metaplanet Announces Largest Raise by an Asian-Listed Firm to Buy Bitcoin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Metaplanet_JP\/status\/1884154361301065806\" target=\"_blank\">Metaplanet (3350)<\/a>, the Japanese hotel investor, has announced the largest capital raise in Asian equity market history to buy bitcoin (BTC).<\/p>\n<p>Metaplanet has issued 21 million shares through 0% discount moving strike warrants, raising approximately 116 billion yen ($745 million). This allows holders to buy shares at an exercise price equal to the market price, minimizing dilution for existing shareholders.<\/p>\n<p>The issuance is part of the company&#8217;s &#8220;Bitcoin-first, Bitcoin-only&#8221; strategy, which aligns with its plans to continue increasing its bitcoin holdings amidst the yen&#8217;s devaluation and Bitcoin&#8217;s all-time high.<br \/>\nThe stock acquisition rights were issued at 363 yen per unit ($2.33) and have adjustable exercise prices based on market value.<\/p>\n<p>Metaplanet is the <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcointreasuries.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">fifteenth largest publicly<\/a> traded bitcoin holder, with 1,762 BTC. It closed 3% higher on the day, and its shares are up 16% year-to-date.<\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer: This article, or parts of it, was generated with assistance from AI tools and reviewed by our editorial team to ensure accuracy and adherence to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/ethics\" target=\"_blank\">our standards<\/a>. For more information, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/coindesk-news\/2023\/04\/14\/how-coindesk-will-use-generative-ai-tools\" target=\"_blank\">CoinDesk\u2019s full AI Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metaplanet (3350), the Japanese hotel investor, has announced the largest capital raise in Asian equity market history to buy bitcoin (BTC). Metaplanet has issued 21 million shares through 0% discount moving strike warrants, raising approximately 116 billion yen ($745 million). This allows holders to buy shares at an exercise price equal to the market price, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-10020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10020\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}