Metaplanet paid an average of $79,898 per Bitcoin for its Q1 buy. Bitcoin is trading around $67,000 today.

That gap is not a small rounding error. It means Japan's most aggressive Bitcoin accumulator is sitting on paper losses on its latest tranche, and they still filed the disclosure with zero hesitation.

Metaplanet added 5,075 BTC between January and March, spending $405.48 million to get there. Total stack is now 40,177 BTC, making them the third-largest publicly traded corporate Bitcoin holder in the world, behind Strategy at 762,099 BTC and Twenty One Capital at 43,514 BTC. They overtook MARA Holdings, which has been selling.

The stock barely moved on announcement day. Shares closed down roughly 2% on April 2, which tracks with broader market pressure, not panic selling over the disclosure itself. Shareholders clearly know what they signed up for.

What makes this interesting is the cost basis across their entire holdings. Metaplanet's average acquisition price sits at $97,593 per BTC across all 40,177 BTC. At current prices they are underwater on the full position. Most companies would slow down or quietly stop. Metaplanet filed a TDNet disclosure and moved on.

The accumulation strategy here mirrors Strategy almost exactly, aggressive buying regardless of price, treating dips as irrelevant to the thesis.

Whether that thesis plays out is another conversation entirely.

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