{"id":15973,"date":"2025-03-03T22:32:20","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T22:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=15973"},"modified":"2025-03-03T22:32:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T22:32:20","slug":"metaplanet-acquires-156-btc-bringing-total-holdings-to-2391","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=15973","title":{"rendered":"Metaplanet Acquires 156 BTC, Bringing Total Holdings to 2,391"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Metaplanet has acquired an additional 156 Bitcoin (BTC) for approximately $13.4 million.<\/p>\n<p>The Japanese investment firm is also exploring a potential listing outside of Japan.<\/p>\n<h2>Details From the Latest Buy<\/h2>\n<p>CEO Simon Gerovich <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/gerovich\/status\/1896399244183195916\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">announced<\/a> on X that the BTC was purchased at an average price of about $85,890 per BTC. The latest buy brings its total holdings to 2,391 BTC. The company reported a bitcoin yield of 31.8% for Q1 2025, following a 310% yield in Q4 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Metaplanet disclosed the purchase of <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/metaplanet-buys-the-dip-scooping-up-135-btc-el-salvador-back-buying-bitcoin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">135 BTC<\/a>, following earlier acquisitions of <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/metaplanet-expands-bitcoin-holdings-to-2100-btc-with-6-6m-acquisition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">68 BTC<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/metaplanet-buys-25-6m-in-bitcoin-boosting-holdings-to-2031-btc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">269 BTC<\/a> in February. According to its \u201cBitcoin Plan,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/metaplanet-targets-10000-btc-ceo-simon-gerovich-shares-2025-vision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">shared<\/a> on January 28, Metaplanet aims to accumulate 10,000 BTCC by the end of 2025 and 21,000 by the end of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The latest purchase follows the company\u2019s announcement of a $13.6 million issuance in zero-interest bonds to fund its bitcoin dream. On February 27, Metaplanet <a href=\"https:\/\/contents.xj-storage.jp\/xcontents\/33500\/64bcf6e3\/4e28\/43cb\/bf64\/3354cb5362f0\/140120250227583436.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">issued <\/a>40 ordinary bonds, each with a face value of 50 million yen, totaling 2 billion yen.<\/p>\n<p>These bonds carry no interest and will be redeemable in full on August 26, 2025. The proceeds from this initiative will be allocated to Evo Fund, Metaplanet\u2019s Bitcoin acquisition fund.<\/p>\n<h2>Metaplanet Evaluates International Listing Options<\/h2>\n<p>The development comes after Gerovich met with officials at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMetaplanet is a company of the future built on the Bitcoin standard and continues to grow steadily every day,\u201d he wrote in a March 3 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/gerovich\/status\/1896337626589716815\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">post<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n<p>The executive also revealed that the outfit is evaluating ways to make its shares more accessible to investors worldwide. He emphasized that the Tokyo-listed firm aims to demonstrate that Japanese companies can be at the forefront of financial innovation and long-term value creation.<\/p>\n<p>Metaplanet (MTPLF) shares have been trading on OTC Markets since November 2024. OTC Markets is a U.S.-based financial market that provides price and liquidity information for approximately 12,400 over-the-counter securities, including those of international companies.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the shares have been one of the top-performing stocks on the Tokyo Stock Exchange over the last 12 months. According to Google Finance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/finance\/quote\/3350:TYO?window=1Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">data<\/a>, MTPLF stock has surged by over 1,800% during this period.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/metaplanet-acquires-156-btc-bringing-total-holdings-to-2391\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Metaplanet Acquires 156 BTC, Bringing Total Holdings to 2,391<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metaplanet has acquired an additional 156 Bitcoin (BTC) for approximately $13.4 million. The Japanese investment firm is also exploring a potential listing outside of Japan. Details From the Latest Buy CEO Simon Gerovich announced on X that the BTC was purchased at an average price of about $85,890 per BTC. The latest buy brings its [&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-15973","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\/15973","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=15973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15973\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}