In just a few months, Metaplanet has acquired half of its goal to boost Bitcoin stash, which it’s argued will be 10,000 Bitcoin by 2025, as with the recent purchase of 319 Bitcoin now it holds 4,525 BTCs.
In a X post dated April 14, 2025 the Chief Executive Officer of Metaplanet said that the company has acquired 319 BTC for a total price of $26.3 million.
The post by Simon Gerovich, reads that the Metaplanet’s BTC yield year to date is 108.3% and its holdings Bitcoin holdings are worth $386.3 million, which means $85,366 per BTC.
With companies like Strategy (earlier MicroStrategy) and Metaplanet showing a keen interest in Bitcoin, a global institutional sentiment has been triggered, and now the majority of them are rushing to invest in BTC.
Are Whales & institutions buying the lower lows
In the past few weeks, Bitcoin seems to be tumbling below the mark of $85k, and as of writing, it was exchanging hands at $84,542. With this volatility in the prices, BTC has mirrored mixed sentiments, with some times bulls over bears, and on the other hand, bears hitting pulls very hard.
According to the data from TradingView the prices of Bitcoin are down by 10.62% in the past 3 months and are at a loss of 9.70% in the year to date time frame.
It is worth noting that the highest trading price of Bitcoin in the monthly time frame is $88,758 and it recorded a lowest trading price of $74,436.
At the same time Bitcoin was dominating 62.1% of the crypto market with Ethereum at 8% and the rest was held by cryptos like Solana, Cardano, Dogecoin, BNB and Bitcoin Cash including a few others.
As per market experts the prices of Bitcoin are expected to see a slight correction in the coming days. A few nations have planned to clear their stance on digital assets in the coming week.
What else is driving the popularity of Bitcoin globally?
Bitcoin ETF, the most opted product in crypto market, has attracted millions of new users towards cryptocurrencies and especially the user base of BTC grew 10x as the ETF offers an opportunity for a common man to hold any big commodity and assets for the amount he/she has.
In very simple words, Bitcoin ETFs are smaller forms of BTC which can be held by an investor or traders and on their behalf the company offering the ETF will be holding the amount of BTC that a single investor has invested for, and have some commonness to stocks.
The 4th halving of Bitcoin is also termed as the reason for sudden change in analytics, including growth in adopters, usage, volume, market capitalization, and prices. The revenue of Bitcoin miners has reached new peaks after the halving that occurred in April last year.
And the growing interest of youngsters in crypto has shaped brighter paths for digital assets and blockchain technology. Blockchain technology was pre-existing technology before crypto, but it gained mainstream recognition after the excellent achievements of Bitcoin and Ethereum.
