Key Highlights
- Japanese firm Metaplanet raised ¥212 billion in an upsized stock sale to buy more Bitcoin
- The company will use over $1.25 billion of the proceeds to expand its existing Bitcoin treasury with over 20,000 Bitcoins
- The firm’s Bitcoin strategy has caused its stock price to surge an incredible 2,450% year-to-date in 2025
The Japanese investment firm Metaplanet has raised a massive $1.4 billion to buy as much Bitcoin as possible.
Metaplanet Inc., which has been called the “Japanese MicroStrategy,” announced on September 9 that it had finalized an enormous international share offering.
*Notice Regarding Determination of Issue Price and Other Matters* pic.twitter.com/DWM3r1oYCC
— Metaplanet Inc. (@Metaplanet_JP) September 9, 2025
The demand from investors was so strong that the company significantly increased the size of the offering, ultimately selling 385 million shares at ¥553 per share to raise ¥212 billion.
Metaplanet has finalized its international offering, upsized from 180M underwritten to 385M shares. Total raise: JPY 205B (~USD 1.4B). More Bitcoin purchases incoming. https://t.co/4iQOHVaXsD
— Simon Gerovich (@gerovich) September 9, 2025
The move solidifies the company’s strategy to use the digital currency as its primary treasury asset, betting big on its future value.
The company’s CEO, Simon Gerovich, left little doubt about the plan, declaring, “Metaplanet has finalized its international offering, upsized from 180M underwritten to 385M shares. Total raise: JPY 205B (~USD 1.4B). More Bitcoin purchases incoming.”
The vast majority of the funds, approximately $1.25 billion, is earmarked to buy more Bitcoin between September and October of this year.
A Hedge Against a Weak Japanese Economy
Metaplanet’s strategy is a direct response to Japan’s long-standing economic turbulence. The country has been grappling with a weakening yen, negative interest rates, and a massive national debt. Also, the U.S. rising debt crisis and inflation rate could bring a negative impact worldwide.
The firm sees Bitcoin, with its limited supply and decentralized nature, as the perfect shield against these pressures and a way to protect shareholder value.
This is not a new direction for the company. Metaplanet has been steadily accumulating Bitcoin since May 2024 and already holds over 20,000 BTC, worth roughly $2.2 billion.
Its stock price has exploded this year, soaring an incredible 2,450% as investors have cheered its crypto-focused transformation.
Global Corporate Trend of Bitcoin Treasury
Metaplanet is following a playbook written by the American software company Strategy(MicroStrategy), which is the world’s largest corporate holder of Bitcoin. Strategy’s enormous success and soaring stock price have inspired a wave of companies to consider adding Bitcoin to their balance sheets.
Metaplanet’s ambitions are huge. Its long-term “21 Million Plan” aims for it to eventually hold 210,000 BTC, which would be 1% of all the Bitcoin that will ever exist. This recent $1.4 billion raise is a giant leap toward that goal and would catapult it into the ranks of the top four publicly-traded Bitcoin holders globally.
The move highlights a growing trend of traditional companies using cryptocurrency not just for speculation, but as a core part of their financial strategy. As more firms look for ways to protect themselves from inflation and currency devaluation, Metaplanet’s massive bet is a clear signal that Bitcoin is being taken seriously on the world’s corporate stage.
Bitcoin Price Aims $120,000
Bitcoin has decisively broken through the critical $111,000 resistance level, trading around $111,300 and igniting trader speculation of an imminent $10,000 price swing. This significant technical breakout suggests the cryptocurrency could be entering a new phase of price discovery, but the path forward remains highly volatile.
The outlook is cautiously bullish, with analysts identifying $118,000 to $122,000 as the next major target zone. This optimism is fueled by continued institutional inflows into Bitcoin ETFs and growing stablecoin liquidity on exchanges, indicating traders have capital ready to deploy.
However, significant downside risks persist. The market is saturated with high leverage, making it vulnerable to a sharp liquidation cascade if momentum falters. A failure to hold the $112,000 level could trigger a rapid pullback toward the $100,000 to $104,000 support range. Ultimately, Bitcoin’s next major move hinges on whether bulls can sustain the breakout or if bears will force a reversal.
