Metaplanet Hits 5,000 BTC Mark Amid Strategic Treasury Expansion

Japanese firm Metaplanet adds 145 BTC to treasury, achieving a 121.1% BTC Yield Year-to-Date in 2025.

By James Van Straten, AI Boost|Edited by Parikshit Mishra

Apr 24, 2025, 11:05 a.m.

The National Diet Building, home of Japan's national legislature, in Tokyo (Shutterstock)

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Metaplanet (3350) has reached a major milestone in its bitcoin (BTC) strategy, the Japanese hotel company now holds 5,000 BTC as part of its treasury operations.

Its BTC stash is valued at approximately $428.1 million at an average acquisition cost of around $85,621 per coin.

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The Tokyo-listed firm continues to double down on bitcoin as a reserve asset, with its latest purchase of 145 BTC made at an average price of approximately $93,327 per coin, totaling roughly $13.6 million.

The accumulation strategy has achieved a year-to-date (YTD) BTC Yield of 121.1% in 2025. This yield metric reflects the company’s effective increase in bitcoin per share held.

Notably, BTC Yield is a proprietary KPI Metaplanet uses to track treasury performance. It isolates gains driven purely by bitcoin acquisition strategies while neutralizing dilution from newly issued shares. In Q1 2025 alone, the company saw a yield of 95.6%.

Shares of Metaplanet were trading 5% lower at the time of writing.

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James Van Straten

James Van Straten is a Senior Analyst at CoinDesk, specializing in Bitcoin and its interplay with the macroeconomic environment. Previously, James worked as a Research Analyst at Saidler & Co., a Swiss hedge fund, where he developed expertise in on-chain analytics. His work focuses on monitoring flows to analyze Bitcoin's role within the broader financial system.

In addition to his professional endeavors, James serves as an advisor to Coinsilium, a UK publicly traded company, where he provides guidance on their Bitcoin treasury strategy. He also holds investments in Bitcoin, MicroStrategy (MSTR), and Semler Scientific (SMLR).

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