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The world’s third-largest public holder of Bitcoin made a substantial transfer hours ago, which raised some questions given the peculiar timing.<\/p>\n
Metaplanet, which adopted its BTC strategy a few years ago and was described as Japan’s Strategy, has moved 3,881 units (worth around $250 million), according to data from Arkham and Lookonchain.<\/p>\n
The company currently holds 43,000 BTC after its latest purchase, which was announced<\/a> in early July, of 2,823 units for $222 million. Its goal of holding 100,000 BTC by the end of 2026 appears unreachable at the moment, given its current portfolio and a substantial reduction in the frequency of its purchases.<\/p>\n Its average acquisition price remains just over $96,000, meaning it has spent over $4.1 billion to accumulate its BTC fortune. However, the asset’s significant correction over the past several months has put Metaplanet’s position well in the red, with a paper loss of $1.4 billion.<\/p>\n Metaplanet (@Metaplanet<\/a>) transferred a total of 3,881 $BTC<\/a> ($247.3M) over the past 3 hours.<\/p>\n Metaplanet bought a total of 43,000 $BTC<\/a> at an average price of $96,191 and is currently sitting on a loss of $1.4B(-34%).https:\/\/t.co\/HGljOETBsX<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/L0JeP8wHxv<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Lookonchain (@lookonchain) August 12, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The timing of the transfer is interesting. There’s no confirmation that the company intends to sell, but it wouldn’t be a surprise since many other BTC treasury companies have done so, including the leader, Strategy.<\/p>\n The largest corporate holder of the cryptocurrency has completed<\/a> several sales this year, and the trend was mimicked<\/a> by miners and other firms that hold Bitcoin on their balance sheets. Metaplanet has refrained from doing so for now, but such transfers raise some questions.<\/p>\n The post Metaplanet Moves $250M in Bitcoin as Paper Loss Swells to $1.4B<\/a> appeared first on CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n