Tokyo Firm Hoards 5,000 BTC-Third Place Fame, Infinite Worry

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What to know:

  • In a quiet frenzy worthy of an overworked clerk, Metaplanet added 5,075 BTC in Q1 2026 for $398 million, raising its hoard to 40,177 BTC, worth approximately $3.9 billion-enough to make one sigh contemplatively.
  • The company, once humble in ambition, now awkwardly overtakes MARA Holdings to claim third place, though one suspects the victory is bittersweet, since MARA had generously lightened its load.
  • Meanwhile, Twenty One Capital (XXI) smugly holds second place with 43,514 BTC, and the colossal Strategy (MSTR) towers above all with over 762,000, looking down on the smaller folk like a bemused general inspecting troops.

Metaplanet (3350) continues its slow, meticulous accumulation strategy, buying 5,075 BTC for roughly $398 million-an average price of $78,000 per coin, though one wonders if the accountants occasionally weep in the quiet hours.

The Tokyo-based firm has squeezed out a modest BTC yield of 2.8% year-to-date, like a careful gardener tending an overgrown bonsai that stubbornly refuses to bloom.

As of March 31, the company’s coffers held 40,177 BTC, acquired for roughly $3.9 billion, giving an average cost of $97,000 per coin. A figure that might provoke either pride or a faint twitch of despair.

Thus, Metaplanet now claims the uncomfortable honor of being the third largest bitcoin treasury worldwide, a distinction achieved as MARA Holdings, for reasons known only to their accountants, drastically trimmed their holdings.

Meanwhile, Twenty One Capital maintains second place with 43,514 BTC, while the unrivaled Strategy (MSTR) looms with over 762,000 coins, like an indifferent landowner watching villagers squabble over a handful of wheat.

In a final, almost comedic twist, shares of Metaplanet fell 2%, trading at 302 yen ($1.89), a gentle reminder that even kings of virtual treasure occasionally stub their toes on reality.

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2026-04-02 12:06