{"id":26296,"date":"2025-05-12T11:06:34","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T11:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/from-tokyo-with-bitcoin-metaplanet-tops-el-salvador-in-crypto-holdings\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T11:06:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T11:06:34","slug":"from-tokyo-with-bitcoin-metaplanet-tops-el-salvador-in-crypto-holdings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=26296","title":{"rendered":"From Tokyo With Bitcoin: Metaplanet Tops El Salvador In Crypto Holdings"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Metaplanet, which is listed in Tokyo, has added nearly $130 million to its Bitcoin reserve to become among the largest holders globally, surpassing El Salvador.<\/a> The company says the latest purchase increases its balance to 6,796 Bitcoin, just a whisker above the 6,714 coins possessed by the Central American country.<\/p>\n

Market Push In Asia<\/strong><\/h2>\n

On May 12, Metaplanet announced it purchased 1,241 BTC at 14.8 million yen (about $101,843) per coin. That single deal is worth around $129 million at today\u2019s prices. The firm first started piling into Bitcoin in April 2024. Since then, it has made ever-larger buys each month.<\/p>\n

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*Metaplanet Acquires Additional 1,241 $BTC<\/a>* pic.twitter.com\/zrJYzaZJq6<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Metaplanet Inc. (@Metaplanet_JP) May 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Rising Holdings And Paper Gains<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Metaplanet\u2019s per-coin average price paid is currently around $91,000. At that price, the firm is holding around a $13,000 profit for each Bitcoin it purchased. With 6,796 coins in its treasury, those profits total a paper profit of over $88 million at current market value of approximately $707 million.<\/p>\n

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Metaplanet now holds more Bitcoin than El Salvador. From humble beginnings to rivaling nation-states, we\u2019re just getting started.<\/p>\n

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\u2014 Simon Gerovich (@gerovich) May 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Steady Growth By The Numbers<\/strong><\/p>\n

The company\u2019s recent buying sprees<\/a> have been incessant. In March, it acquired 18,925 coins in six transactions. April featured another four buys worth 18,586 coins. And on May 7, it purchased 5,555 more Bitcoin prior to this week\u2019s transaction. It\u2019s obvious they\u2019ve taken each month as a new chance to stock up some more.<\/p>\n

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Yield Figures Show Momentum<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to its most recent financial releases, Metaplanet<\/a> has reported a BTC yield of almost 40% to date for the current quarter. That is up from a 96% yield in the first quarter of 2025. In those instances, \u201cyield\u201d represents how much the value of its Bitcoin holdings appreciated relative to its fully diluted share base.<\/p>\n


\nBeating A Nation-State Holder<\/strong><\/p>\n

El Salvador continues to be the sixth-largest holder of countries with 6,714 Bitcoin worth approximately $642 million, according to the National Bitcoin Office. Metaplanet\u2019s crossing beyond that threshold places it in rare company. Only nine other entities in the world hodl more, including Michael Saylor\u2019s Strategy.<\/p>\n

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Saylor\u2019s Suggestion Of Another Purchase<\/strong><\/p>\n

Talking of Saylor, Strategy\u2019s CEO taunted another buy on May 12 by posting a \u201cSaylor Tracker\u201d<\/a> chart and stating, \u201cConnect the dots.\u201d His firm already owns 555,450 Bitcoin, which is nearly $58 billion today. In the past, such teases have been preceded by new buys.<\/p>\n

A New Chapter For Corporate Treasuries<\/strong><\/p>\n

Metaplanet\u2019s approach illustrates how certain companies now view Bitcoin as something more than a wager\u2014they handle it as a staple asset. To investors who have been monitoring institutional adoption, each new owner who creeps past a nation or a big-name company is big news. And in this competition, Metaplanet just outran everyone.<\/p>\n

Featured image from Gemini Imagen, chart from TradingView<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Metaplanet, which is listed in Tokyo, has added nearly $130 million to its Bitcoin reserve to become among the largest holders globally, surpassing El Salvador. The company says the latest purchase increases its balance to 6,796 Bitcoin, just a whisker above the 6,714 coins possessed by the Central American country. Market Push In Asia On […]<\/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-26296","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\/26296","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=26296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26296\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}