Japan’s Metaplanet Becomes 4th Largest Bitcoin Treasury After $615M Buy

Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet has announced a fresh purchase that has brought its holdings to fourth place on the BTC corporate ranking. Metaplanet Has Acquired Another 5,268 Bitcoin As revealed by Metaplanet President Simon Gerovich in a new post on X, the Japan-based Bitcoin treasury company has completed a new acquisition. In all, the company has added 5,268 BTC to its holdings at an average price of $116,870 per BTC or $615.67 million in total with the purchase. The buy has arrived just nine days after the firm made its record acquisition of 5,419 BTC. This latest purchase has only been slightly smaller than this biggest buy, indicating that the treasury company is currently participating in some rapid accumulation. This is in contrast to the trend developing in the purchases of Strategy (formerly Microstrategy), the popularizer of the Bitcoin corporate treasury strategy. Although Michael Saylor’s firm has continued to buy recently, its purchases have been significantly smaller than earlier in the year. The aggressive buying from Metaplanet has meant that its standing among Bitcoin treasuries has changed, with its holdings now ranking the fourth largest. Below is a table from BitcoinTreasuries.net comparing the top 10 BTC corporate holders. Before the latest two massive purchases, Metaplanet was below Bitcoin Standard Treasury Company and Bullish, but now it has leapfrogged both with total holdings of 30,823 BTC. The firm acquired its BTC stack for a total cost of $3.33 billion. At the current exchange rate, its value stands at $3.61 billion, implying the company is sitting on an unrealized gain of around 8.4%. A chart shared by CryptoQuant community analyst Maartunn shows how the profit-loss balance of Metaplanet has changed since adopting a Bitcoin treasury strategy. As displayed in the above graph, the recent bearish retrace in Bitcoin has meant that Metaplanet’s holdings have lost some of the gains from during the cryptocurrency’s peak earlier in the year. Another chart posted by the analyst puts into perspective where the company’s break-even line lies. At the moment, Metaplanet’s cost basis sits at $107,912. BTC came close to retesting the level during its recent decline, but its price has since gained a decent gap over it again. Metaplanet set out a target of 30,000 BTC for financial year 2025, which it has now exceeded following its latest acquisition. According to the company, its “ Phase II ” will involve a 2027 target of 210,000 BTC, equivalent to 1% of the cryptocurrency’s total circulating supply. BTC Price Bitcoin has seen a jump of almost 4% over the last 24 hours that has taken it back to the $117,600 mark.