Metaplanet has become the fourth largest publicly traded company by Bitcoin holdings with the latest purchase of 5,268 Bitcoin for $623 million on 1 October 2025. The Japan-listed company now holds 30,823 BTC, worth approximately $3.33 billion. Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich took to X to celebrate and said, “Metaplanet is now the 4th largest publicly-traded Bitcoin treasury company in the world.”
“Metaplanet has acquired 5268 BTC for ~$615.67 million at ~$116,870 per bitcoin and has achieved BTC Yield of 497.1% YTD 2025. As of 10/1/2025, we hold 30,823 $BTC acquired for ~$3.33 billion at ~$107,912 per bitcoin,” he added.
Metaplanet is now the 4th largest publicly-traded Bitcoin treasury company in the world pic.twitter.com/kg8quw2JYR
— Simon Gerovich (@gerovich) October 1, 2025
However, in the past five days, the Metaplanet’s stock has seen barely 0.19% in the green.
(Source: TradingView)
The Tokyo-listed company’s aggressive latest purchase of Bitcoin for ¥91.6 billion was at an average price of $116,870. The new purchase was followed by a September buy of 5,419 BTC for $632.53.
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Just two days ago, on 29 September 2025, Michael Saylor’s Strategy acquired another 196 BTC for over $22 million, bringing its total to 640,031 BTC. It remains the largest corporate holder.
Strategy, formerly MicroStrategy, has become the market’s main Bitcoin proxy. Shares soared 2,600% since 2020, but in 2025, it’s not all perfect: MSTR Stock is down 20% since June while Bitcoin gained 6%, per Bloomberg.
On September 22, CNBC analyst Jim Cramer said on X to sell both your crypto and gold. Now he’s advocating to buy. So crypto is either going to the moon, or it will be a catastrophic bitcoin liquidation event like no one has ever seen.
Strategy keeps accumulating despite a shrinking MSTR premium.
Strategy declared cash dividends on STRC payable Oct 31, 2025, and increased the STRC dividend rate by 25 bps from 10.00% to 10.25%. $STRC https://t.co/JF6xrtScwm
— Michael Saylor (@saylor) September 30, 2025
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On 22 September, the company stunned the crypto world with a record purchase of 5,419 Bitcoin worth over $632 million.
Metaplanet’s rapid accumulation of Bitcoin has been funded through strategic capital raising initiatives. The company raised ¥213 billion through overseas share offerings. The company now sits behind three major players: the Bitcoin behemoth -Strategy, Marathon Digital Holdings with around 50,000 BTC and Twenty One Capital with around 37,230 BTC.
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