{"id":615848,"date":"2025-01-06T08:08:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T08:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/?p=615848"},"modified":"2025-01-06T08:08:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T08:08:09","slug":"japans-metaplanet-plans-to-grow-bitcoin-holdings-5x-to-10k-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/japans-metaplanet-plans-to-grow-bitcoin-holdings-5x-to-10k-in-2025","title":{"rendered":"Japan&#8217;s Metaplanet Plans To Grow Bitcoin Holdings 5X To 10K In 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Japan-based venture capital firm Metaplanet plans to grow its Bitcoin holdings by more than fivefold to 10,000 in 2025 as asset managers predict BTC could soar to as high as $200,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a Jan. 5 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/gerovich\/status\/1875777564184342786\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">post<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;on X, Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich said the company will utilize the &ldquo;most accretive capital market tools available&rdquo; to the firm to grow its holdings in the largest crypto by market cap.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cryptometer.io\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_2299.jpeg\" alt=\"Metaplanet\" width=\"800\" height=\"398\"><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Metaplanet To Advocate For Bitcoin Adoption<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to growing its <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/bitcoin-price-prediction-after-microstrategys-year-end-btc-buy-and-tethers-780m-btc-reserve-move-traders-shift-to-this-crypto-wallet-for-its-347-apy\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bitcoin<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> holdings, Gerovich also said that the company aims to advance the adoption of BTC in Japan and the rest of the globe. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re not just building a company but driving a movement,&rdquo; he said.&nbsp; This comes after the company took a page from MicroStrategy&rsquo;s Bitcoin investment playbook in 2024.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Metaplanet currently holds 1,762 BTC, making the firm the 15th largest Bitcoin holder, according to data from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bitcointreasuries.net\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BitcoinTreasuries<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. With the crypto trading at $99,700.97 as of 1:43 a.m. EST, the company&rsquo;s holdings are worth more than $175.6 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asset Managers Predict BTC Will Soar To As High As $200,000 In 2025<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Metaplanet&rsquo;s intention to buy more <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/microstrategy-plans-11-billion-share-issue-to-buy-more-bitcoin\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BTC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> comes amid a series of bullish predictions for the crypto king from leading asset managers, including VanEck and Bitwise. Both predict that BTC might reach between $180,000 and $200,000 this year, with the potential to soar even higher if the US forms a strategic Bitcoin reserve.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Should the Donald Trump administration form a strategic BTC reserve to help combat the nation&rsquo;s ballooning debt, it could &ldquo;trigger a global domino effect,&rdquo; Gerovich said at Michael Saylor&rsquo;s Bitcoin New Years Eve party in Florida.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#127482;&#127480; The U.S. adopting a Bitcoin Strategic Reserve could trigger a global domino effect. As game theory kicks in, nation-states will race to accumulate Bitcoin, knowing the last to act will pay the highest price. Fixed supply. Infinite demand. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hoFsbW8jvv\">https:\/\/t.co\/hoFsbW8jvv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Simon Gerovich (@gerovich) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gerovich\/status\/1874628643491926261?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Metaplanet CEO believes that other countries could follow suit. One such country will be Japan, who currently &ldquo;look to the US as their big brother,&rdquo; he said. 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