Asia’s $1B Bitcoin Fund Launched by Sora Ventures in Bold Institutional Play

Sora Ventures has announced the launch of its dedicated Bitcoin treasury fund, unveiled Friday at Taipei Blockchain ￰2￱ venture capital firm said the fund is backed by an initial $200 million commitment from partners and investors across the region, with a target of acquiring $1 billion worth of Bitcoin within the next six months. Asia’s $1B Bitcoin Treasury Fund Aims to Rival ￰3￱ Adoption According to the announcement, the fund is designed as a centralized pool of institutional capital, marking a shift from Asia’s earlier Bitcoin treasury efforts, where individual companies accumulated Bitcoin directly on their balance ￰4￱ IN: Taiwanese Sora Ventures announces plan to buy $1 billion worth of #Bitcoin for their treasury over the next 6 months ￰5￱ — ￰6￱ (@BTCtreasuries) September 5, 2025 Firms such as Japan’s Metaplanet, Hong Kong’s Moon Inc., Thailand’s DV8, and South Korea’s BitPlanet have already taken that route.

Sora’s initiative seeks to support these pioneers while creating synergies between regional and global treasuries, strengthening Bitcoin’s role as a reserve ￰7￱ Liu, a partner at Sora Ventures, described the launch as a milestone. “This is the first time that Asia has seen a commitment of this magnitude toward building a network of Bitcoin treasury firms, with capital commitment towards Asia’s first $1 billion treasury fund,” he said. Historically, large-scale Bitcoin treasuries have been concentrated in the United States, where corporate adoption was led by firms such as ￰8￱ new fund signals Asia’s bid to position itself as a serious contender in institutional Bitcoin ￰9￱ Fang, founder and managing partner of Sora Ventures, said the initiative addresses what he sees as fragmented efforts across the region.

“This is the first time in history that institutional money has come together, from local to regional, and now to a global stage,” Fang said during a panel titled Introducing BTC Strategy into Major Asia Equity ￰10￱ Ventures has been steadily building its Bitcoin-focused strategy over recent ￰11￱ 2024, it invested in Metaplanet , supporting Japan’s first listed Bitcoin treasury with a ¥1 billion ($6.56 million) ￰12￱ following year, it acquired Moon ￰13￱ Hong Kong and DV8 in Thailand and partnered in the acquisition of BitPlanet in South ￰14￱ move was intended to replicate and expand Bitcoin-first treasury models across ￰15￱ $1 billion fund now formalizes these efforts, offering a framework to attract additional institutional partners and coordinate treasury strategies across ￰16￱ to Sora, the fund will not only accelerate corporate Bitcoin adoption in Asia but also provide a model that could be extended ￰17￱ Family Offices and Japanese Firms Ramp Up Crypto Exposure Wealthy Asian families and their investment vehicles are stepping up crypto allocations, with both private funds and public companies deepening exposure despite recent market volatility.

Singapore’s NextGen Digital Venture recently raised over $100 million for its Next Generation Fund II, a crypto equity ￰18￱ Jason Huang said family offices and fintech entrepreneurs increasingly see digital assets as a necessary part of diversified ￰19￱ are tracking the ￰20￱ reported that some Chinese family offices intend to allocate up to 5% of their holdings to crypto, while younger generations are increasingly driving ￰21￱ is emerging as a corporate ￰22￱ August, Tokyo-listed Lib Work unveiled a $3.3 million Bitcoin treasury strateg y, citing inflation hedging and overseas growth ￰23￱ 3D housing firm Lib Work adopts $3.3M Bitcoin treasury strategy amid explosive corporate crypto adoption wave across Japan. #Bitcoin #Japan ￰0￱ — ￰24￱ (@cryptonews) August 19, 2025 Around the same time, Bakkt Holdings acquired 30% of textile maker MarushoHotta for $115 million , moving to rebrand it as “Bitcoin.

jp” and shift the 120-year-old firm toward crypto treasury ￰25￱ ￰26￱ Japan’s corporate ￰27￱ company disclosed a new purchase of 1,009 BTC this week, lifting its total to 20,000 BTC worth over $2.1 ￰28￱ also approved an overseas share sale of up to $884 million , with most proceeds earmarked for further Bitcoin buys. Metaplanet, once a struggling hotel operator, is now among the top global corporate holders of the ￰29￱ have approved an $884M raise for @Metaplanet_JP as Metaplanet's Bitcoin treasury strategy stalls amid stock declines. #Bitcoin #BTC #Metaplanet ￰1￱ — ￰30￱ (@cryptonews) September 1, 2025 Other Tokyo-listed firms joined in Augus ￰31￱ added 41.5 BTC, bringing reserves to 1,273 ￰32￱ retailer ANAP acquired 11.68 BTC through its investment arm, while Agile Media Network continued incremental ￰33￱ Consulting also announced plans for a treasury ￰34￱ the Bitcoin Asia 2025 conference, Eric Trump added fuel to bullish sentiment , where Eric Trump predicted the cryptocurrency could reach $1 million per coin and described China as “a hell of a power” in the digital asset ￰35￱ from BitcoinTreasuries shows Asia’s biggest corporate holders now include Cango ￰36￱ Bitfufu, holding more than $570 million and $200 million in Bitcoin, respectively.