{"id":73307,"date":"2026-02-20T13:16:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T13:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=73307"},"modified":"2026-02-20T13:16:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T13:16:33","slug":"metaplanet-ceo-fires-back-at-critics-we-have-not-underperformed-bitcoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=73307","title":{"rendered":"Metaplanet CEO Fires Back At Critics: &#8216;We Have Not Underperformed Bitcoin&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Metaplanet <\/strong><a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"MTPLF\" data-exchange=\"OTC\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/MTPLF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(OTC:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/MTPLF\">MTPLF<\/a>) CEO <strong>Simon Gerovich<\/strong> fired back at critics claiming the company lacks transparency and mismanaged <strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) purchases, defending a 23% stock decline versus BTC\u2019s 24% drop as proof the strategy works.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Transparency Defense<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Gerovich <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/gerovich\/status\/2024646152877133907\">published<\/a> a detailed rebuttal on X on Friday, addressing accusations that Metaplanet engaged in dishonest disclosures and concealed high-priced Bitcoin purchases. He called the claims factually incorrect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s easy to hide behind an anonymous account, criticize others, and stir up flame wars without taking any responsibility whatsoever,\u201d Gerovich wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, I have absolutely no hesitation about publicly taking full responsibility for every single statement I make and every action Metaplanet takes,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>All Bitcoin addresses are publicly available on a live dashboard for shareholders to check holdings in real time. Gerovich said this makes Metaplanet \u201cone of &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/02\/50746165\/metaplanet-ceo-fires-back-at-critics-we-have-not-underperformed-bitcoin?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Metaplanet\" ceo fires back at critics: have not underperformed bitcoin>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metaplanet (OTC:MTPLF) CEO Simon Gerovich fired back at critics claiming the company lacks transparency and mismanaged Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) purchases, defending a 23% stock decline versus BTC\u2019s 24% drop as proof the strategy works. The Transparency Defense Gerovich published a detailed rebuttal on X on Friday, addressing accusations that Metaplanet engaged in dishonest disclosures and [&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-73307","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\/73307","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=73307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73307\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}