Metaplanet's Bitcoin (BTC) Holdings Reach 44,000, Second Only to Strategy
Key Takeaways
- •Metaplanet holds 44,000 BTC, ranking it as the second-largest corporate Bitcoin holder behind Strategy, per COINOTAG data from October 9, 2026.
- •During the third quarter, Metaplanet sold 10,000 BTC and repurchased 11,000 BTC, resulting in a net addition of 1,000 BTC to its treasury.
- •The repurchases were executed at slightly higher prices than the sales, according to the company's quarterly filing.
- •Metaplanet stated the sell-and-repurchase round trip was designed to demonstrate its treasury capabilities, with the stated rationale documented in its third-quarter disclosure.
- •Any change in Metaplanet's position among corporate Bitcoin holders going forward would be reflected in updated holdings disclosures.
Japan-based Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet now holds 44,000 BTC, a total that ranks it second only to Strategy among corporate holders of the asset, according to COINOTAG on October 9, 2026.
For readers tracking corporate Bitcoin adoption, the ranking serves as a benchmark: it sizes Metaplanet's treasury directly against Strategy, the top corporate holder in the comparison, and shows the scale at which the company now operates within the corporate-treasury category.
Update, 22:29 UTC: The third-quarter disclosure behind that ranking also carried a detail on liquidity: the filing showed Metaplanet sold 10,000 BTC during the quarter, then repurchased 11,000 BTC at slightly higher prices — a round trip the company said was designed to demonstrate that its treasury…
On the disclosed figures, those transactions amount to a net addition of 1,000 BTC — 11,000 repurchased against 10,000 sold — with the repurchases executed at slightly higher prices than the sales. The company's stated rationale for the round trip is documented in its third-quarter disclosure, the same filing behind the ranking above, and any change in that ranking going forward would be reflected in updated holdings disclosures.
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