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Metaplanet Inc. (TYO: 3350) is a company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and has begun a strategic transformation. By leveraging Bitcoin (BTC) as its primary treasury reserve asset, Metaplanet will utilize excess cash flow and implement value-added corporate governance, including financial management strategies such as debt and equity financing, to further accumulate Bitcoin.
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Strategy Leads with $255M, but Momentum Drops Sharply: Purchases Plunge 90%, Several Global Reserve Companies Make Small Follow-Up Buys
according to SoSoValue data, as of 8:00 AM Eastern Time on April 27, 2026, the total net weekly purchase of Bitcoin by global listed companies (excluding mining companies) last week was $260 million, a decrease of 89.8% compared to the previous week.Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) announced an investment of $255 million (down 90% from the previous week) to purchase 3,273 Bitcoins at a price of $77,906, bringing its total holdings to 818,334 Bitcoins.Japanese listed company Metaplanet did not purchase Bitcoin last week.Additionally, three other companies purchased Bitcoin last week. Japanese fashion apparel brand ANAP invested $770,000 on April 21 to increase its holdings by 9.1785 Bitcoins at a price of $84,239.7, bringing its total holdings to 1,431.9716 Bitcoins. UK Bitcoin company The Smarter Web Company announced on April 24 an investment of $3.39 million to purchase 44 Bitcoins at a price of $77,071, bringing its total holdings to 2,750 Bitcoins. A French Bitcoin company announced on April 27 an investment of $460,000 to purchase 6 Bitcoins at a price of $77,151, bringing its total holdings to 2,943 Bitcoins.Metaplanet has issued 8 billion Japanese Yen (approximately $50 million) in zero-interest bonds to purchase Bitcoin.As of press time, the global listed companies tracked in the statistics (excluding mining companies) collectively hold a total of 1,084,909 Bitcoins, an increase of 0.3% compared to the previous week, with a current market value of approximately $84.34 billion, representing 5.4% of Bitcoin's circulating market cap.
Metaplanet Issues ¥8 Billion Zero-Coupon Senior Notes to Purchase Additional Bitcoin
Japanese Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet has issued ¥8 billion in zero-coupon senior notes to purchase additional bitcoin.
Capital Group’s EUPAC Fund Increases Stake in Metaplanet by 2.79 Million Shares
According to BitcoinTreasuries.NET, the American Funds EUPAC Fund—managed by Capital Group, which oversees $3 trillion in assets—has disclosed that it increased its holdings in Metaplanet (3350.T), a Bitcoin reserve company, by 2.79 million shares. Its total holdings now stand at 3.85 million shares, with a corresponding market value of approximately $8.8 million based on the disclosed data.
JPYC, the issuer of the yen-pegged stablecoin, has completed a $17.62 million Series B extension round.
According to NADA NEWS, JPYC, the issuer and operator of the Japanese yen-pegged stablecoin JPYC, announced that it has raised an additional $17.62 million in the second closing of its Series B funding round. Combined with the first closing, the total funds raised are expected to reach approximately $28.93 million. Participating investors include NCB Venture Capital, Metaplanet, Kitao Bank, and Yokohama Capital, among others. The newly raised capital will be primarily used for system and application development, hiring talent for business expansion, stablecoin issuance and redemption, trading, payments, management-related operations, and new strategic investments. JPYC stated that, as of April 15, its cumulative issuance has exceeded approximately $13.21 million. The stablecoin is currently supported on Avalanche, Ethereum, and Polygon, and the company is considering adding support for Kaia and Arc.