Metaplanet Boosts Bitcoin Holdings by 119% Year-to-Date, Surpasses $400 Million

Japanese investment firm Metaplanet has significantly increased its Bitcoin holdings, surpassing $400 million after its latest purchase. The firm acquired 330 Bitcoin (BTC) for $28.2 million at an average price of $85,605 per BTC, bringing its total holdings to 4,855 Bitcoin worth $414 million. This acquisition was announced by Simon Gerovich, the CEO of Metaplanet, in an April 21 post.

The firm’s Bitcoin yield has surpassed 119% year-to-date after its latest investment. Metaplanet issued 2 billion Japanese yen ($13.3 million) of bonds to buy more Bitcoin on March 31. This strategic move has positioned Metaplanet as Asia’s largest and the world’s 10th-largest corporate Bitcoin holder.

Metaplanet’s latest acquisitions are part of its ambitious plan to accumulate 21,000 BTC by 2026, aligning with its mission to drive Bitcoin adoption across Japan. The firm has drawn comparisons to Michael Saylor’s company Strategy, which continues to top the list of public Bitcoin holders. Metaplanet’s investment was announced a week after the latest purchase by Strategy, the world’s largest corporate Bitcoin holder, which bought 3,459 BTC for $285.5 million at an average price of $82,618 per BTC, bringing its total holding to 531,644 BTC acquired for a cumulative $35.92 billion.

Despite tariff uncertainty limiting risk appetite among traditional and crypto investors in the short term, analysts are optimistic about Bitcoin’s price trajectory for the next decade. According to Enmanuel Cardozo, a market analyst at the asset tokenization platform Brickken, the growing institutional presence of firms, such as Strategy and Tether, is accelerating the four-year Bitcoin cycle. “That puts the bottom around Q3 this year and a peak mid-2026, but I think we might see things move it a bit sooner because the market’s more mature now with more liquidity,” the analyst told Cointelegraph.

Bitcoin may surpass $1.8 million by 2035, driven by its growing recognition as a superior savings technology, set to rival or surpass gold’s $21 trillion market capitalization, Joe Burnett, director of market research at Unchained, told Cointelegraph during the Chainreaction live show on X.