Metaplanet joins FTSE Japan Index after mid-cap upgrade

Metaplanet, the Tokyo-based Bitcoin treasury firm, has been bumped into mid-cap territory and listed on the FTSE Japan Index, according to FTSE Russell’s September 2025 Semi-Annual ￰0￱ upgrade followed the company’s financial performance in Q2 and its explosive rise on the Tokyo Stock ￰1￱ FTSE Japan Index is a collection of mid- and large-cap stocks traded in Japan, and entry into it automatically feeds companies like Metaplanet into the FTSE All-World Index, which is tracked by funds across international ￰2￱ listing means passive investment capital from traditional finance now flows straight into a company holding Bitcoin on its balance sheet.

metaplanet’s treasury currently holds 18,888 BTC, ranking it as the seventh-largest publicly traded Bitcoin ￰3￱ stash is larger than the holdings of Tesla, Coinbase, and Canadian miner Hut ￰4￱ is now also the largest BTC-holding company in ￰5￱ firm started life as a hotel operator but completely rebranded in 2024 to become a dedicated Bitcoin treasury company. Metaplanet’s market value climbs past traditional giants The company’s stock has soared over 700% in the past year, despite losing nearly half its value after peaking in ￰6￱ with that drop, the firm still trounced most ￰7￱ August, Metaplanet reported year-to-date gains of 187%, while the TOPIX Core 30, which tracks Japan’s largest blue-chip firms like Sony , Toyota, and Nintendo, only managed a 7.2% rise.

Metaplanet’s breakout on the Tokyo market is now pulling in political ￰8￱ Trump, son of ￰9￱ Donald Trump, plans to travel to Tokyo next month to attend Metaplanet’s shareholder meeting scheduled for September ￰10￱ will also be in Hong Kong from August 28–29 for the Bitcoin Asia conference, further signaling his family’s deepening involvement in crypto ￰11￱ the September 1 meeting, Metaplanet shareholders will vote on new capital-raising strategies, a move expected to strengthen its balance sheet for future ￰12￱ attendance of Eric at the meeting has already drawn attention, especially in the wake of a separate $1.5 billion agreement announced by a Las Vegas firm with biotech and fintech ￰13￱ deal involves the conversion of the company into a full-scale buyer of virtual tokens, including assets issued by Trump-affiliated World Liberty ￰14￱ opens gates to crypto while Metaplanet builds a Bitcoin war chest Japan’s growing openness to crypto has created fertile ground for Metaplanet’s ￰15￱ August 18, the country’s Financial Services Agency signed off on the first-ever yen-backed stablecoin, giving legitimacy to tokenized assets in a country known for tight financial ￰16￱ officials aren’t sitting on the sidelines ￰17￱ Minister Katsunobu Kato and other lawmakers are expected to speak at WebX2025, a two-day digital forum set for August 25–26 in Tokyo, where industry heads and regulators will meet to discuss the next phase of crypto policy.

Metaplanet’s ambitions go beyond holding ￰18￱ Simon Gerovich said in July that the firm may start using a portion of its Bitcoin to buy revenue-generating businesses, specifically pointing to the possibility of acquiring a crypto-adjacent firm, like a digital ￰19￱ and his team have already made it clear how far they want to ￰20￱ has set a target of holding 210,000 BTC by 2027, which would account for 1% of Bitcoin’s fixed 21 million coin ￰21￱ goal would place them in the company of sovereign buyers, ETFs, and major ￰22￱ ￰23￱ they reach it or not, they’ve already pushed Bitcoin exposure into the FTSE index ecosystem, and dragged institutional cash right into the world of crypto.

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