Strategy and Metaplanet Bought Combined $870 Million Worth of Bitcoin
May 19, 2025
In brief
- Michael Saylor’s Strategy purchased 7,390 Bitcoin for $764.9 million, bringing its total holdings to 576,230 BTC (2.74% of Bitcoin’s total supply).
- Tokyo-listed Metaplanet acquired 1,004 Bitcoin for $104.8 million as part of its goal to reach 10,000 BTC by year-end.
- These major purchases likely contributed to Bitcoin’s weekend surge above $106,000, putting it within $3,000 of reaching a new all-time high.
Strategy and Metaplanet both announced huge Bitcoin buys on Monday, as the world’s biggest cryptocurrency edges closer to fresh all-time highs.
On X, Michael Saylor confirmed the Bitcoin treasury company has snapped up another 7,390 BTC, costing a cool $764.9 million.
A typo in his initial post, which was quickly amended, initially suggested the acquisition was worth $764.9 billion.
Strategy’s near-weekly purchases mean the former business intelligence firm now owns 576,230 BTC,or roughtly 2.74% of the digital asset’s total supply.
Hours earlier, Saylor had predicted the “digital gold rush” will end in January 2035, telling his followers: “Get your Bitcoin before there is no Bitcoin left for you.”
Meanwhile, Metaplanet is burnishing its reputation as Asia’s answer to Strategy.
The Tokyo-listed firm revealed on X that it has added 1,004 BTC to its reserves, spending $104.8 million in the process.
Both of these transactions likely contributed to Bitcoin’s brief surge above $106,000 over the weekend—just $3,000 away from uncharted territory.
Data from BitcoinTreasuries.net suggests Metaplanet now owns 7,800 BTC worth $803.7 million at current market rates.
An average purchase price of $91,340 per coin means it’s sitting on paper profits of $90.9 million at the time of writing, a 12.7% gain.
While that’s not to be sniffed at, MicroStrategy’s reserves have appreciated by close to $20 billion since August 2020, which represents a 48.6% unrealized gain.
The announcement means Metaplanet appears well on track to hit its target of acquiring 10,000 BTC by the end of this year.
But a document uploaded to X shows that the company’s Bitcoin yield, calculated by multiplying gains by market price, is dwindling.
This hit 309.8% between October and December 2024, falling to 95.6% between January and March. Incomplete figures for this quarter, from April 1 to May 19, suggest Metaplanet’s BTC yield currently stands at 47.8%.
Saylor’s confirmed that Strategy has achieved BTC yield of 16.3% so far in 2025, with the company’s stock—which trades under the MSTR ticker on the Nasdaq—surging by 25.8% over the past month.
Edited by Stacy Elliott.
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