Metaplanet Adds Another 775 Bitcoins to $2 Billion Crypto Treasure Trove

18 August 2025 - 17:38 CEST

Metaplanet has purchased a further 775 Bitcoin at $120,006, spending around $93 million, according to President Simon Gerovich. 

The company now holds a treasury of 18,888 Bitcoin, acquired at an average of $102,653 for a total of nearly $1.94 billion. At 1330 UTC on Monday the holding was worth nearly $2.2 billion. The stated target is to hold 210,000 Bitcoin by the end of 2027, representing 1% of the total Bitcoin supply.

Bitcoin yield 

Metaplanet relies on Bitcoin Yield as a Key Performance Indicator for its investments. The metric tracks how much Bitcoin the company holds per fully diluted share and how that ratio changes over time. 

Bitcoin Yield is, therefore, based on accumulating more Bitcoin relative to shares outstanding, making it a growth efficiency metric. Yields in traditional finance are more commonly defined as generating cash flow, or an investment return, from an asset.

Gerovich said Metaplanet “has achieved BTC Yield of 480.2% YTD 2025”, outstripping its published target of 232% yield for the year. 

Preferred stock sale

On 1 September, the Metaplanet Board will vote on plans for a preferred stock sale to raise £3.7 billion for further Bitcoin acquisition, with shares offering dividends of up to 6%.

The returns to investors will ultimately depend on a long-term increase in the price of Bitcoin.

Strategy also acquires more Bitcoin

Michael Saylor’s firm Strategy also bought more Bitcoin during the week commencing 11 August, acquiring 430 bitcoins at an average price of $119,666, bringing its total holding to 629,376, according to a regulatory filing. The company bought at an average price of $73,320 resulting in holdings worth just under $73 billion at today’s price.

Its Bitcoin Yield for the year to date is 25.1%, based on a similar formula to Metaplanet’s.