Japanese listed company MetaPlanet, which has incorporated Bitcoin as a primary asset, aims to hold 210,000 BTC by 2027, an amount equivalent to 1% of Bitcoin's total supply, according to foreign medi...

Japanese listed company MetaPlanet, which has incorporated Bitcoin as a primary asset, aims to hold 210,000 BTC by 2027, an amount equivalent to 1% of Bitcoin's total supply, according to foreign media reports. The company plans to raise funds for the acquisitions by launching new financial products, a strategy enabled by a capital structure reorganization approved at a recent extraordinary shareholders' meeting. According to Bitcoin Treasuries, Strategy is currently the largest corporate holder with 671,268 BTC as of Dec. 26. If MetaPlanet achieves its goal, it would become the world's second-largest corporate Bitcoin holder.

MetaPlanet targets holding 210,000 BTC by 2027

Over the past six months, I've gone from being an observer of Web3 to entering the payment industry. Now, I've chosen to stop and cease working on Web3 payments.

This isn't a retreat after a failure, but rather a judgment and adjustment made after truly getting involved. In these past six months, I've traveled to Yiwu, Shuibei, Putian, and even Mexico, seeing how payments are actually implemented in the most prominent places mentioned in reports. I've also been involved, building a Web3 payment MVP, taking over accounts, developing Web3 payment tools, and trying to run my imagined path from the first step to the last.

But the further I went…

An entrepreneur's account: From beginning to end, why I stopped developing Web3 payments.

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