Bitcoin-focused investment firm Metaplanet has actually risen practically 190% year-to-date (YTD), leaving Japan’s biggest and most liquid blue-chip business in its wake.
On Wednesday, Metaplanet launched its revenues report for the 2nd quarter of 2025. The report revealed that the business’s YTD efficiency overshadowed the 7.2% typical gain published by the Tokyo Stock Cost Index (TOPIX) Core 30, a benchmark tracking giants like Toyota, Sony and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
Metaplanet’s standout efficiency in 2025 comes in the middle of its aggressive Bitcoin (BTC) pivot, with the Tokyo-listed business broadening its treasury through routine purchases.
Financiers are positioning bets on Metaplanet’s Bitcoin technique settling. According to the report, the variety of Metaplanet investors reached over 180,000 since June 2025, up 350% because it began its Bitcoin build-up technique in the 4th quarter of 2024.
Metaplanet outshines Japan’s TOPIX Core 30 in the middle of Bitcoin technique
Apart from Metaplanet outshining the typical gain by the index, the business has actually likewise gone beyond the efficiency of popular specific stocks.
The report revealed that Metaplanet’s YTD gains surpassed even the top-performing TOPIX Core 30 members, consisting of Mitsubishi, Nintendo and SoftBank Group. These business published double-digit gains throughout the very same period however still dragged Metaplanet by broad margins.
Other index members like Japan Tobacco, Mizuho Financial Group and Tokio Marine Holdings published modest gains. At the very same time, business like Toyota Motor Corp. and Murata Production revealed minor decreases, highlighting a space in market belief.
Established as a hospitality business, Metaplanet rebranded itself in 2024 as a Bitcoin build-up lorry, simulating the playbook of US-based Method. According to the business, it stays the only company offering controlled Bitcoin direct exposure in Japan within a public business structure.
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Metaplanet to raise $3.7 billion to purchase more Bitcoin
Metaplanet formerly revealed that it intends to get 1% of Bitcoin’s overall supply by 2027. This suggests that the business prepares to buy 210,000 BTC over the next 2 years.
To assist attain this objective, the business revealed on Aug. 1 that it will raise $3.7 billion dollars through a stock offering. The business stated it means to actively pursue equity funding as part of its Bitcoin Method.
In August, the business had actually currently invested over $100 million to purchase Bitcoin. On Aug. 4, Metaplanet acquired 463 BTC, with $53.7 million. The business followed it up with a $61.4 million Bitcoin purchase on Tuesday.
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