Metaplanet Snaps Up 5,419 BTC, Becomes 5th Largest Corporate Holder

Metaplanet, a Japanese public company, bought 5,419 Bitcoin in a single purchase and climbed into the ranks of the world’s largest corporate ￰0￱ Reading: Ripple CTO Drops Bombshell: XRP At The Core Of Trillions In Banking Future According to reports, the buy pushed its total holdings to 25,555 ￰1￱ move now places the firm among the top five corporate Bitcoin ￰2￱ Purchase And New Ranking Reports have disclosed the purchase cost around $632.5 million, at an average price of about $116,724 per ￰3￱ watchers noticed the company surpassed exchange-backed treasuries to claim the fifth ￰4￱ company’s average cost basis across all holdings is said to be roughly $106,000 per ￰5￱ scale is significant, and the shift in ranking was immediate.

Metaplanet’s leap drew attention because the company did not make the purchase ￰6￱ on reports, it has been raising capital specifically to buy more ￰7￱ Japanese firm has announced plans to raise around $1.4 billion through share and warrant issuances and other ￰8￱ funds are earmarked for additional ￰9￱ target gives a sense of their appetite: they aim to hold 210,000 BTC by the end of 2027, a figure that would amount to roughly one percent of all Bitcoin expected to ￰10￱ has acquired 5419 BTC for ~$632.53 million at ~$116,724 per bitcoin and has achieved BTC Yield of 395.1% YTD ￰11￱ of 9/22/2025, we hold 25,555 $BTC acquired for ~$2.71 billion at ~$106,065 per bitcoin. $MTPLF ￰12￱ — Simon Gerovich (@gerovich) September 22, 2025 Funding Moves And Strategy According to reports, the company is using equity sales to fund accumulation, including special share ￰13￱ approach shifts the balance of risk onto shareholders when Bitcoin swings ￰14￱ investors welcome the bold ￰15￱ worry about dilution and how repeated capital rounds could affect existing ￰16￱ strategy is straightforward: raise money, buy Bitcoin, ￰17￱ actions were passive at first, then became aggressive as the company accelerated ￰18￱ response has been ￰19￱ traders reacted with ￰20￱ company’s share price saw both gains and pullbacks after the ￰21￱ analysts flagged the obvious tradeoff—large Bitcoin exposure can deliver big upside when BTC rallies, but it also amplifies losses during sharp declines.

Still, Metaplanet has posted strong headline gains: one source reported a year-to-date yield near 395% tied to the move into Bitcoin, though that figure depends heavily on Bitcoin’s performance over the same ￰22￱ Reading: Bitcoin Is ‘Digital Capital’ That Outpaces Traditional Assets—Michael Saylor Ambitious Targets And Risks Market watchers say reaching 210,000 BTC by 2027 would require continued capital raises and big market ￰23￱ a plan would keep Metaplanet in the headlines for months and years ￰24￱ Bitcoin stumbles, the company’s balance sheet and shareholder returns would be ￰25￱ shifts could also change the calculus, especially in Japan and other major ￰26￱ image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView