Metaplanet, a Bitcoin (BTC) treasury business, has actually been updated from a small-cap to a mid-cap stock in index service provider FTSE Russell’s September 2025 Semi-Annual Evaluation, bumping it up for addition in the flagship FTSE Japan Index.
The index service provider updates and rebalances the indices quarterly, and following Metaplanet’s strong Q2 efficiency, included it to the FTSE Japan Index, a stock exchange index of mid-cap and large-cap business noted on Japanese exchanges.
Metaplanet’s addition in the FTSE Japan Index implies it is instantly contributed to the FTSE All-World Index of the biggest publicly-listed business by market capitalization in each geographical area.
The addition of Metaplanet in significant, internationally acknowledged stock exchange indices implies the business will reroute capital circulations into Bitcoin from standard monetary markets and offer passive stock financiers indirect direct exposure to the world’s biggest cryptocurrency.
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Metaplanet surpasses Japan’s blue chip stocks, as it considers growth
Metaplanet exceeded the Tokyo Stock Rate Index (TOPIX) Core 30, a stock exchange benchmark index, including Japanese production and innovation giants Toyota, Sony, Nintendo, and others, according to the business’s Q2 monetary report.
The Bitcoin treasury business revealed year-to-date (YTD) gains of about 187% in August, compared to the TOPIX 30’s 7.2% YTD gratitude.
Metaplanet presently holds 18,888 BTC in its business treasury, making it the seventh-largest openly traded holder of the supply-capped coin, according to BitcoinTreasuries.
Initially a hotel operator, Metaplanet rebranded itself as a Bitcoin treasury business in 2024. The business now holds more BTC than Coinbase, Tesla, the Hut 8 mining company, and is Japan’s biggest BTC treasury business by BTC holdings.
In July, Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich indicated that the business would utilize a part of its BTC stash to purchase extra income-generating services, and drifted the possibility of getting a digital bank or a service surrounding to digital possessions and cash.
The business’s executives have actually set a target to build up 210,000 BTC by 2027, 1% of the currency’s overall 21 million supply.
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