Instead of waiting around for regulatory approval to list their preferred equity on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Metaplanet acquired their own Japanese brokerage.
They now have direct distribution for Bitcoin-backed fixed income products without needing anyone's permission.
We are pleased to announce that Metaplanet has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of Siiibo Securities, a licensed Type I securities firm and a pioneer of Japan's online corporate bond market. Following closing, expected in July, the company will be renamed Metaplanet Securities. This is Metaplanet's first major acquisition and the first concrete step in Project Nova, our long-term strategy to build a Bitcoin-centric financial ecosystem in Japan.
The significance is hard to overstate. Japanese households hold roughly $7.4 trillion in cash, deposits and low-yield products, and as Japan shifts from deflation to inflation, that capital has begun searching for yield. By bringing Siiibo's Type I registration and online securities platform into the group, we will develop and distribute Bitcoin-related yield products directly to Japanese investors, supported by the 40,177 BTC on our balance sheet, the largest corporate Bitcoin treasury in Asia.
We have great respect for Kazuki Komura and the team at Siiibo Securities and what they have built. Together, as Metaplanet Securities, we will bring new yield opportunities to Japan.
@Loriss65 I’ll pay you a hundred thousand dollars if you can kill bitcoin in the next month.
Rekt Bitcoin so nobody wants it, render it under $100/unit, by July of this date.
I’ll pay you a hundred thousand USD if this happens.
What will you pay me if not?
@mattkratter BTC Yield measures the increase in BTC per share, not total shareholder accretion. Last week Strategy added ₿1,550 of BTC and $100 million of USD Reserve. When both assets are included, the transaction was accretive to MSTR shareholders.
Strategy has acquired 1,550 BTC for $101 million to increase our $BTC Reserve to ₿845,256. We have also increased our USD Reserve by $100 million to $1.0 billion. $MSTR $STRC https://t.co/1Zf1AVsP1H