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The Japanese hotel and investment firm Metaplanet has gobbled up another $115.6 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC).
The firm announced over the weekend that it had acquired another 1,088 Bitcoin, bringing its total holdings to 8,888 BTC.
With Bitcoin trading at $106,309 at time of writing, that means Metaplanet now holds nearly $945 million worth of the top crypto asset. The Japanese firm’s stock is up 263.48% year-to-date.
Metaplanet chief executive Simon Gerovich says the firm’s 8,888 BTC are a “symbol of abundance” and a “number of fortune.” The CEO has said previously that he “worries every day” that the company doesn’t own enough Bitcoin.
“The window to buy won’t stay open forever. Soon, there will be two kinds of people: those who own Bitcoin and those who regret not buying it. At Metaplanet, we’re accumulating as much as we can so our shareholders can relax.”
Gerovich also said earlier this year that he thinks more financial institutions will show interest in adopting BTC. Metaplanet aims to acquire 10,000 Bitcoin by the end of 2025 and 21,000 BTC by the end of 2026.
The firm, which is the 11th-largest corporate holder of BTC, also continues to operate a Tokyo hotel, which it plans to renovate and rebrand into “the Bitcoin Hotel.”
