“As part of its ongoing Bitcoin Treasury Operations,” Tokyo-based Metaplanet Incorporation announced the acquisition of a new batch of Bitcoin. On April 14, 2025, the company purchased 319 Bitcoins at an average price of 11,845,786 yen per Bitcoin, which aggregates to 3.779 billion yen ($26.3 million). With this latest acquisition, Metaplanet now holds 4,525 Bitcoin worth 58.145 billion yen ($406.8 million).
Dubbed as “Asia’s MicroStrategy,” the company’s strategy stems from the ideology “BTC Yield is a key performance indicator (KPI) that reflects the percentage change in the ratio of Total Bitcoin Holdings to Fully Diluted Shares Outstanding over a given period.” as such, “the Company uses BTC Yield to assess the performance of its Bitcoin acquisition strategy, which is intended to be accretive to shareholders.”
The announcement stated that from July 1, 2024, to September 30, 2024, the company’s BTC Yield was 41.7%. From October 1, 202,4, to December 31, 2024, the company’s BTC Yield was 309.8%. From January 1, 2025, to March 31, 2025, the Company achieved a BTC Yield of 95.6%. Quarter to Date, from April 1, 2025, to April 14, 2025, the Company’s BTC Yield is 6.5%
Interestingly, the acquisition of this batch of Bitcoins comes in the wake of digital assets succumbing to tariffs and geopolitical activities. With the US and China going back and forth with the tariff war, the price of Bitcoin reached as low as $83.36K yesterday. However, at press time, Bitcoin is hovering just above its opening market price of $83.39K as it makes higher highs and higher lows, establishing an uptrend.
