The Japanese metaplanet has announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2025 and these show impressive figures. The company, which can increasingly be found in the crypto news, reported a total turnover of ¥ 877 million, which amounts to around $ 6.0 million. This means an increase of 8% compared to the previous quarter.
Bitcoin Options as driving force
A striking detail is that no less than 88% of this turnover, or ¥ 770 million ($ 5.2 million), came from the Bitcoin (BTC) positions of the company. This underlines the crucial role that Bitcoin plays in the Metaplanet business strategy. The remaining ¥ 104 million ($ 712,200) stemmed from the hotel activities of the company, which makes it clear that the focus is shifting further and further to the cryptomarkt.
The considerable growth of sales can be attributed to the successful implementation of the ‘Bitcoin Income Generation’ strategy. This strategy, which was launched at the end of 2024, helped the company to achieve an operational profit of ¥ 593 million (~ $ 4.0 million), an increase of 11% compared to the previous quarter. This marks a new record for Metaplanet.
Strong balance and ambitious goals
Metaplanet’s balance also looks impressive in the meantime. The total assets of the company have risen by 81% to ¥ 55 billion ($ 376.6 million), while the net assets even grew by 197% to ¥ 50.4 billion ($ 345.1 million). The company now owns 6,976 BTC, a stock that was recently expanded with a purchase of 1,241 BTC. With this, Metaplanet reached 68% of its goal for 2025 to possess 10,000 BTC. CEO Simon Gerovich gave an explanation of this strategy through X:
“We have booked a valuation loss of ¥ 7.4 billion because the BTC prize was lower at the end of March than at the end of last year, but BTC has since recovered. On 12 May we had ¥ 13.5 billion in unrealized profits.”
Explosive growth of shareholders
In addition to the impressive financial figures, Metaplanet also saw a sharp increase in the number of shareholders. The number of investors grew by 500% to 64,000 in Q1 2025, which indicates widely supported trust in the strategy of the company.
Metaplanet has since grown into the 11th largest public Bitcoin holder in the world and has the largest Bitcoin treasury in Asia. This growth has also had a positive effect on the stock price, which has already risen by more than 70% this year. With these results, Metaplanet shows that the company has positioned itself firmly as a dominant player in the world of institutional Bitcoin investments. Copying the Bitcoin strategy of Strategy appears to be a great success and the company seems to be on its way to achieving its ambitious goals for 2025.
Source: https://newsbit.nl/metaplanet-boekt-recordomzet-in-q1-2025-dankzij-bitcoin-strategie/
