Nikolas Sargeant
Japanese firm Metaplanet has reached the halfway point of its ambitious Bitcoin acquisition goal for 2025, demonstrating its commitment to becoming a leading Bitcoin treasury company.
Metaplanet Achieves Major Bitcoin Milestone With Latest Purchase
Japanese public company Metaplanet, often referred to as Asia's equivalent to Strategy Corp (formerly MicroStrategy), has acquired an additional 145 Bitcoin, pushing its total holdings to the significant milestone of 5,000 BTC.
With this latest acquisition announced Thursday, the company has already achieved 50% of its Bitcoin holding target for 2025.
"We have surpassed 5,000 BTC," Simon Gerovich, Metaplanet CEO, wrote on X.
"Reached 50% of the initial target of 10,000 BTC by the end of 2025. This marks a significant milestone in our aim to become one of the world's leading bitcoin-holding companies. From Japan, we will lead the global bitcoin race."
According to the company disclosure, Metaplanet purchased these 145 BTC at an average price of ¥13,280,472 ($93,327) per Bitcoin. Thursday's acquisition totaled ¥1.926 billion ($13.6 million).
Strong Performance Metrics Show Impressive BTC Yield
Metaplanet has invested a total of $448 million to accumulate its 5,000 BTC holdings at an average price of $89,743 per Bitcoin.
Currently, the company has achieved a BTC Yield of 121.1% YTD 2025, according to Gerovich. The company's impressive BTC Yield figures across recent quarters highlight the effectiveness of its Bitcoin acquisition strategy.
Metaplanet measures its performance using the BTC Yield metric, which reports changes in the ratio of total BTC held to fully diluted shares outstanding over specific periods.
To fund its aggressive Bitcoin accumulation strategy, the company has been actively engaged in the capital markets by issuing stock acquisition rights.
This recent Bitcoin purchase follows closely on the heels of another significant acquisition just days earlier, when Metaplanet added 330 more Bitcoin at a cost of $28.2 million.
CEO Commits to Ambitious Year-End Target Despite Market Volatility
Earlier this week, Gerovich reaffirmed that Bitcoin accumulation remains the company's long-term focus, despite Metaplanet experiencing short-term fluctuations in its stock price.
In a message to his 41,000 followers on X, he emphasized that the firm would continue building its Bitcoin holdings "even in today's volatile market environment."
"We are steadily executing a clear strategy as a Bitcoin treasury company, aiming to become one of the world's most valuable companies in the future," he told shareholders.
"In terms of Bitcoin holding growth rate, we are the fastest in the world, and in absolute volume, we are expanding at a pace second only to Strategy Corp. We aim to achieve our target of 10,000 BTC by the end of the year."
