Eric Trump to Attend Japanese Metaplanet Meeting – Here’s What to Expect

Eric Trump, the second son of ￰0￱ Donald Trump, is set to attend a Metaplanet shareholder meeting in Tokyo on Monday as part of expanding the Trump family’s crypto businesses ￰1￱ visit to Japan follows his attendance at the Bitcoin Asia conference in Hong Kong last ￰2￱ March, Japan’s largest Bitcoin treasury firm Metaplanet, appointed Eric Trump as its ￰3￱ company, which boasts holdings exceeding $2 billion in Bitcoin, said at the time, his appointment would foster Metaplanet’s “Bitcoin adoption.” Metaplanet currently holds 18,991 Bitcoin, valued at $2.04 billion. Metaplanet, previously a hotel operator, has announced plans to raise 180.3 billion yen ($1.2 billion) through an overseas share issuance, with $837 million earmarked for fresh BTC purchases.

Besides, American Bitcoin, co-founded by Eric Trump and his brother Donald Trump Jr, is keen on listing on Nasdaq ￰4￱ company is finalizing a merger with Gryphon Digital ￰5￱ brothers, together with Hut 8, will hold a combined 98% of the entity, ￰6￱ Genoot, CEO of American Bitcoin, confirmed Eric Trump’s attendance at the Metaplanet meeting, as reported by Bloomberg ￰7￱ is thrilled to welcome Eric Trump to our newly formed Strategic Board of ￰8￱ business expertise and passion for BTC will help drive our mission forward as we continue building one of the world’s leading Bitcoin Treasury ￰9￱ aboard @EricTrump ! ￰10￱ — Simon Gerovich (@gerovich) March 21, 2025 Metaplanet Shareholders Due to Vote on Fund-Raising Proposal Amid Eric Trump Visit Eric Trump’s Monday meeting will involve a vote by Metaplanet shareholders on a capital-raising proposal, per a Reuters ￰11￱ plan would sell 550 million new shares overseas, raising 130.3 billion yen ($884.41 million), primarily for Bitcoin purchases.

Metaplanet, formerly known as Red Planet Japan, has seen its shares skyrocket by nearly 760% in the past ￰12￱ Stock Sinks – Fundraising Crisis Ahead? The shares of the Japanese aggressive Bitcoin accumulation firm tumbles, threatening the Metaplanet’s capital raising ￰13￱ shares have fallen 2.62% on Monday per Yahoo Finance data , putting its fundraising proposal under ￰14￱ an interview with Bloomberg, Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich called the preferred shares a “defensive mechanism,” that would allow capital infusion without diluting common shareholders if the stock tumbles ￰15￱ is aiming for a stash of 100,000 BTC by the end of 2026, and 210,000 BTC by ￰16￱ other words, it wants to multiply its current holdings by more than 11.