MetaPlanet once again increases its Bitcoin holdings, with total holdings exceeding 90 billion yen

MetaPlanet, a Japanese listed company, recently announced that the company recently purchased an additional 1,241 bitcoins, with an average transaction price of 14,848,061 yen per bitcoin, totaling about 18.426 billion yen. After the completion of this increase, MetaPlanet's total bitcoin holdings have increased from 5,555 to 6,796, and the average holding cost has also increased accordingly to 13,270,989 yen per bitcoin, with a total value of about 90.19 billion yen.

According to the announcement, the average purchase price of this round of increase is about 1,577,072 yen higher than the company's current average holding cost, indicating that MetaPlanet is still optimistic about the future trend of Bitcoin in the long term. As of the day of the announcement, Bitcoin has rebounded to about 13,276,000 yen on the daily chart, which is higher than the company's overall holding cost, but still lower than the average price of this increase, which means that MetaPlanet is still in a book loss state on this part of the new position in the short term.

This increase in holdings is another large purchase by MetaPlanet since the beginning of the year. As early as 2024, the company had bought Bitcoin through the open market many times, with a total investment of more than 70 billion yen. The company's management said that Bitcoin, as "digital gold", has the dual functions of hedging inflation and diversifying portfolio risks, and has become an important supplement to corporate asset allocation. MetaPlanet's CFO emphasized in the announcement: "We believe that Bitcoin will show greater value potential in the uncertainty of global sovereign currencies and traditional financial systems."

Globally, more and more listed companies are including Bitcoin in their balance sheets. Since 2020, many US companies such as Tesla and MicroStrategy have successively purchased Bitcoin on a large scale, and MetaPlanet is one of the few companies in the Japanese market that has publicly disclosed such investment actions. Industry analysts pointed out that MetaPlanet's move may have a certain demonstration effect on Asian investment institutions and companies, and promote more capital to pay attention to the field of encrypted assets.

Overall, MetaPlanet's continuous increase in Bitcoin positions reflects the company's firm confidence in the long-term development prospects of cryptocurrencies. In the future, as the global central bank’s digital currency and blockchain technology become more popular, Bitcoin’s market positioning and valuation system may be recognized by more institutions. Whether MetaPlanet can obtain substantial returns in the future market by continuously increasing its holdings is worthy of continued market attention.