1. Metaplanet, a Japanese listed company, announced on July 1 that it had purchased another 200,195 yen worth of Bitcoin, reaffirming its continued interest in Bitcoin.
- This move is part of the investment strategy of Metaplanet, which currently holds a total of approximately 161.3 Bitcoins.
- Bitcoin has gained nearly 3% in the past 24 hours, trading above the $63,000 mark, according to CoinMarketCap data. The total cryptocurrency market capitalization surged 2.13% to $2.32 trillion.
- Metaplanet, along with other major global companies such as Microstrategy, have added significant amounts of Bitcoin to their portfolios as part of broader strategies to hedge against economic uncertainty.
- Metaplanet plans to issue 1 billion yen of bonds to raise funds to increase its holdings of Bitcoin, following the example of MicroStrategy in raising funds for Bitcoin investments.
- Metaplanet purchased 20.195 Bitcoins at an average price of 9,903,441 JPY (~$61,492), for a total amount of 200M JPY (~$1.24M).
- Currently, Metaplanet holds a total of 161.3 Bitcoins (approximately $10.1 million worth) at an average price of 10.2 million yen (approximately $63,326) per Bitcoin.
- With the yen continuing to depreciate, Metaplanet turns its attention to Bitcoin. As of this writing, USD/JPY is trading at 161.10 yen.
- As the yen continues to weaken, more companies may start to consider Bitcoin as an alternative, as Japan offers a crypto-friendly atmosphere and starts to solidify itself as an emerging Web3 hub.
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