Metaplanet plans to increase Bitcoin holdings to 10,000 BTC by 2025

Author: Brayden Lindrea, CoinTelegraph; Compiler: Deng Tong, Golden Finance

Metaplanet aims to expand its Bitcoin reserves more than fivefold to 10,000 BTC in 2025, as analysts predict a bull run this year could push Bitcoin prices past $200,000.

The Japan-based venture capital firm is one of the most high-profile companies following the MicroStrategy Bitcoin investment strategy in 2024 and currently holds 1,762 Bitcoins worth $173.4 million, spread over 19 purchases.

Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich said in an X post on January 5 that the goal this year is to increase its holdings to 10,000 BTC “by leveraging the most value-added capital markets instruments available to us.”

Gerovich also stated that the goal is to drive Bitcoin adoption in Japan and globally, as well as “expand Metaplanet’s influence in Japan and the Bitcoin ecosystem.”

“We’re not just building a company, we’re building a movement,” Gerovich said. Metaplanet is the largest corporate Bitcoin holder in Asia and has the 15th largest Bitcoin holdings among listed companies, according to BitcoinTreasuries.

Source: Simon Gerovich

The plan comes as asset managers VanEck and Bitwise predict Bitcoin will hit $180,000 to $200,000 by 2025 — if the U.S. adopts strategies under an expected crypto-friendly Trump administration Bitcoin reserves, prices may go higher.

Gerovich said that if the United States insists on building Bitcoin reserves, it could "set off a global domino effect."

"Countries around the world will follow suit, and Japan is one of those countries that sees the United States as its big brother and follows in its footsteps, so if President Trump does make it a strategic reserve, Japan and many other countries in Asia will follow suit," Gerovich Explained at Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin New Year’s Party in Florida.

Metaplanet is one of many companies to get involved in Bitcoin in 2024, with Bitcoin rising by approximately 120% in a year.

Metaplanet bought 619.7 Bitcoins on December 23, its largest purchase and accounting for more than 35% of its total reserves. Since it first started accumulating Bitcoin on April 23, its stock price has increased by 27.5%, with an average purchase of 619.7 Bitcoins. Price is $77,196.

Metaplanet share price changes over the past 12 months. Source: Google Finance

Gerovich’s company plans to increase its Bitcoin holdings in 2025 and beyond, using a variety of options including loans, stocks, and convertible bonds.

On December 18, the company forecast an operating profit for the year ending December 31, which would be the first time the company has achieved an operating profit since 2017.