Metaplanet Buys 518 Bitcoins for $61M, Total Holdings Reach 118,113 Coins
Metaplanet Inc (TYO:3350) announced on Tuesday that it had purchased an additional 518 bitcoins, bringing the total holdings of the Japanese hotel company—now refocused on cryptocurrency investments—to 118,113 coins.
Metaplanet acquired the 518 bitcoins at an average price of $118,519 for a total of $61.4 million, increasing the value of its assets to approximately $1.85 billion.
The company is the sixth-largest corporate holder of bitcoins in the world, after mining company Riot Platforms (NASDAQ:RIOT), and has been steadily increasing its purchases of the world’s largest cryptocurrency over the past year.
Earlier this month, Metaplanet announced plans to raise $3.7 billion through a large-scale share offering aimed at acquiring more bitcoins.
This strategy closely mirrors that of Michael Saylor’s MicroStrategy Incorporated (NASDAQ:MSTR), which has used a series of successful stock offerings to boost its bitcoin holdings to 628,946 coins.
The approach has proven highly successful for MicroStrategy, now known as Strategy, as the company’s share price has largely tracked the impressive rise in bitcoin’s value over the past year.
Metaplanet shares fell 2.4% on Tuesday. Bitcoin was trading down 2.6% at $118,926.8 after approaching record highs of over $123,000 earlier this week.
See also: "Bitcoin Price Expected to Break All-Time High This Week"
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