Metaplaneta publicly traded Japanese company, has bought another ¥500 million ($3.7 million) worth of bitcoins. This latest purchase comes after the company secured a 1 billion yen loan last week to acquire bitcoins.
BREAKING NEWS: 🇯🇵 Japanese public company Metaplanet buys another ¥500 million of shares #Bitcoin image.twitter.com/utiXEwsymM
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Metaplanet purchased 57,273 bitcoins at an average price of ¥8.73 million per bitcoin. This brings its total bitcoin holdings to 360,368 bitcoins purchased for ¥3.45 billion (USD 25.6 million).
Metaplanet first announced its plans to raise ¥10.08 billion through a public offering to fund Bitcoin purchases on August 6. A week later, Obtained ¥1 billion loan to buy Bitcoin, which has so far been used to purchase over 100 Bitcoin.
The Japanese firm is aggressively expanding its Bitcoin reserves by borrowing capital at low interest rates. This mimics the “buy Bitcoin strategy” of Microstrategywhich since 2020 has sold debt and equity to accumulate more than 226,500 bitcoins in treasury.
Other public Bitcoin buyers that raised capital recently include Marathon Digital Holdings, which sold $300 million in convertible bonds to buy Bitcoin. Semler Scientist It also issued stocks and debt in part to buy Bitcoin.
Metaplanet’s series of loans and stock offerings to fund Bitcoin purchases illustrates how public companies are using markets to accumulate sats. With Bitcoin gaining mainstream acceptance, companies are treating it as a treasury reserve asset.
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