Metaplanet Raises $1.4 Billion to Boost Bitcoin Storage Amid Japan's Economic Crisis.
Metaplanet Group (ticker: MTPLF), a Tokyo-based fund management company, has announced plans to issue 385 million new shares to expand its large-scale Bitcoin accumulation strategy. The move, approved by its board of directors in late August and officially announced this week, marks an ambitious move amid Japan’s economic woes.
The new shares will be offered internationally at 553 yen per share (about $3.75), according to the announcement. The total Capital raised is expected to reach 204,123 million yen (about $1.4 billion). Metaplanet initially planned to issue only 180 million shares, but later doubled the size due to high demand from global investors.
The company said the new Capital will be allocated as follows:
183,711 million yen (equivalent to 1.2 billion USD) to continue buying Bitcoin.
20,412 million yen ($138 million) to expand its Bitcoin income-generating business, including options trading and Derivative.
As of September 1, 2025, Metaplanet has owned more than 20,000 BTC , becoming one of the largest public Bitcoin holdings in the world. In the second quarter of 2025 alone, the company earned 1,904 million yen from Bitcoin options trading. Recently, earlier this week, Metaplanet continued to spend another 15 million USD to buy more Bitcoin, bringing its total holdings to 20,136 BTC , ranking 6th globally after Strategy, Marathon (MARA), XXI, Bitcoin Standard Treasury Company and Bullish.
Metaplanet's management emphasized that the reason the company chose Bitcoin as its strategic reserve asset is because of the increasingly difficult economic situation in Japan: record high public debt, persistent negative real interest rates, and the continuous depreciation of the yen. Since May 2024, the company has officially announced a change in its treasury management policy, using Bitcoin as the main reserve asset instead of the yen.
