Metaplanet Hits 85% of Bitcoin Yearly Target, Becomes Fifth-Largest Corporate Holder

Metaplanet is vaulted worldwide in the top five of Bitcoin holders, and announced a takeover of 5,419 BTC on Monday worth around $ 632.53 million.

The investment firm of Tokyo-exhibited listed listed people bought the coins at an average price of $ 116,724 (¥ 17.28 million) per Bitcoin” bring its total interests Up to 25,555 BTC, with a value of approximately $ 2.91 billion for an average acquisition costs of $ 106,065 per coin.

The purchase rises metaplanet beyond Peter Thiel-Stuned Bullish to claim fifth place between Business Bitcoin HoldersAccording to Strategy, Marathon Digital, XXI and Bitcoin Standard Treasury Company, according to Bitcoin Treasuries -Data.

“Note: this purchase is only the first tranche!” Dylan Leclair, director of Bitcoin Strategy at Metaplanet, tweeted Monday.

The acquisition, mainly funded by the recently completed international share of the company of the company of $ 1.45 billion, positions metaplanet at 85.2% of the end of the year 2025 of 30,000 BTC, and a quarter to its 2026 goal of 100,000 times.

“This company has become our motorcycle of growth, which generate consistent income and net income,” said Simon Gerovich, Metaplanet, last week, referring to the Bitcoin Treasury activities of the company that officially became a business line in December 2024.

As Bitcoin wins increasing acceptance with institutional investors and business treasury, the observers in the industry ask for the importance of maintaining the core principles of the active.

“Every urge for adoption must retain the decentralized ethos of Bitcoin,” said Lionel Iruk, senior adviser of NAV markets and the managing partner at Empire Legal, said Decrypt.

“Excessive centralization or compromise of BTC’s core principles would run the risk of undermining the characteristics that distinguish Bitcoin and stimulate the worldwide credibility and attraction,” he added.

The value proposition of Bitcoin depends on the remaining “independent, transparent and censorship -proof,” Iruk noted, even while it gets “legitimacy” in traditional financial channels.

MetaPlanet has achieved a BTC yield of 95.6% in Q1 2025, followed by 129.4% in Q2 2025. For the current quarter, from 1 July to 22 September 2025, the company reported a BTC yield of 10.3% according to the statement.

Recently also the company Established Metaplanet Income Corp.A subsidiary based in Miami with $ 15 million in capital, to manage derivatives activities separately from Treasury activities.