Japanese Bitcoin Treasury Metaplanet Sold BTC Last Quarter To Demonstrate Liquidity

It may have sold some of its stash last quarter, but Japanese bitcoin giant Metaplanet has said it was just to demonstrate to investors that it could if it wanted to. 

In a filing Monday, the Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed firm said that it bought a total of 1,000 bitcoin in the third quarter of this year — landing it a spot as the second biggest bitcoin treasury. 

“The transaction was intended to strengthen confidence in the company’s creditworthiness and broaden its access to future financing, including corporate bonds and preferred shares, with the ultimate objective of increasing the group’s bitcoin holdings,” Metaplanet said on Monday regarding its sale. 

Metaplanet’s announcement comes as the price of bitcoin surges, giving bitcoin treasuries a boost. The business model of buying and holding bitcoin and other digital assets with spare cash suffered with a plunge in crypto prices last year. 

Such companies are now seeing their stock prices go up again as the price of the biggest digital asset rallies again. 

Metaplanet stock was up on Monday. Year-to-date, it has dropped but is up over the past month.

The company said in its filing that it sold 10,000 BTC for approximately $789.2 million before purchasing 11,000 BTC for $948.7 million at an average of $86,246 in the third quarter of 2026.