{"id":12844,"date":"2025-02-13T09:06:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T09:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=12844"},"modified":"2025-02-13T09:06:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T09:06:25","slug":"bitcoin-hodler-metaplanet-to-join-msci-japan-index-raises-26m-to-buy-more-btc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=12844","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin HODLer Metaplanet to Join MSCI Japan Index, Raises $26M to Buy More BTC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Metaplanet (3350), a Japanese bitcoin (BTC) acquirer, will be added to the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Japan index at the end of Feb. 28, according to the firm&#8217;s CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/gerovich\/status\/1889841868256800839\" target=\"_blank\">Simon Gerovich<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The MSCI index tracks mid-to-large-cap Japanese stocks, which serve as a key benchmark for institutional investors worldwide. As a result of inclusion, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/markets\/2025\/02\/10\/bitcoin-hodler-metaplanet-achieves-usd35m-unrealized-gains-in-2024-thanks-to-btc-treasury\" target=\"_blank\">Metaplanet<\/a> will benefit from increased exposure to global investment funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that track MSCI indices.<\/p>\n<p>Gerovich on X highlighted the positive news that comes from inclusion, which includes increased visibility, passive inflows and validation of growth.<br \/>\n&#8220;This milestone further solidifies Metaplanet\u2019s position as Asia\u2019s leading Bitcoin Treasury Company and expands our reach in global markets&#8221;, Gerovich says. <\/p>\n<p>In addition, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Metaplanet_JP\/status\/1889840829893841327\" target=\"_blank\">Metaplanet<\/a> confirmed they had completed a raise for $26 million (4 billion yen) for 0% of unsecured, unguaranteed ordinary bonds to purchase additional bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer: Parts of this article were generated with the 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), a Japanese bitcoin (BTC) acquirer, will be added to the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Japan index at the end of Feb. 28, according to the firm&#8217;s CEO Simon Gerovich. The MSCI index tracks mid-to-large-cap Japanese stocks, which serve as a key benchmark for institutional investors worldwide. As a result of inclusion, Metaplanet [&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-12844","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\/12844","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=12844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12844\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}