
UK expat living in USA | Certified #Umbraco Master & MVP #GoldPartner | #ConnectIQ for #Garmin devices | @MetaPlanet investor
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📢 What are the benefits of an international public offering?
🟧 Access to a deeper global funding pool, accelerating strategic growth.
🟧 Demonstrates institutional credibility by passing rigorous underwriter due diligence.
🟧 Likely to secure broad analyst coverage from top-tier investment banks, amplifying research visibility.
🟧 Opens direct dialogue with leading global asset managers and institutions that prioritize making initial investments through new issues.
🟧 Attracts investors whose mandates favor primary offerings, overcoming size limits on open-market accumulation.
🟧 Expands near- and long-term liquidity through stronger brand recognition, greater institutional awareness, and direct portfolio manager relationships.
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What about Metaplanet resonated with global investors?
🔶 Japan’s structural advantage: low interest rates and unique tax benefits
🔶 Cleanest balance sheet among Bitcoin treasury companies
🔶 Proven execution by the management team
🔶 Robust retail demand via NISA and a significant geographic moat in Japan
🔶 Two preferred share classes and a roadmap to Japan’s first BTC-backed yield curve
Metaplanet is positioned to do what no other company in Japan can.
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1) On the September-October Bitcoin purchase window:
The Sept-Oct timeframe in our disclosure is simply a regulatory window we had to define - it's not a hard constraint on our execution timeline. Our actual approach prioritizes speed while being thoughtful about market impact. We're balancing three objectives: maximizing BTC yield, minimizing market impact on Bitcoin prices, and optimizing revenue generation from our Bitcoin income business. We have zero intention of being indecisive with these proceeds. That said, dumping all into the market in one day would be irresponsible. We'll be diligent but decisive in our execution.
2) On the announcement-to-pricing timeline and stock pressure:
Short selling stock and covering with shares from the offering is illegal. Every broker in Japan was explicitly informed of this fact. The ~30% decline during that window was obviously not what we planned or wanted.
Could there have been factors at play? Absolutely - market uncertainty about the deal size, confusion about proceeds versus share count, general market sentiment, or other dynamics. But I cannot speculate publicly on specific market activities.
What I will say is that the Japanese market has different rules and timelines than other markets. The timeline requirements are what they are, but we're certainly aware of how this window played out.
3) On lessons learned and future offerings:
The most valuable part? We met with approximately 100 institutional investors over that week and told our story directly. More importantly, a large amount of the capital we spoke to came from long-only investors; serious institutional allocators who will be monitoring Metaplanet for years to come. That alone made this process supremely valuable.
Will we do this again? We're keeping all fundraising options open. Every tool in the toolkit matters. The experience and relationships we built are invaluable for maximizing shareholder value both today and indefinitely into the future. But each situation will be evaluated on its own merits.
4) On sub-1x mNAV scenarios:
If we trade below 1x mNAV, selling equity becomes mathematically destructive - it would be negative for BTC yield. At that point, we'd evaluate options like issuing preferred shares, and potentially, stock buybacks, possibly in tandem. This is exactly why we're laser-focused on getting perpetual preferred stock as a tool in our arsenal. Having multiple financing instruments gives us flexibility to create value regardless of where the common equity trades.
The key is having options. We're aiming to build a full toolkit so we can optimize our approach regardless of market conditions.
Hope this helps clarify our thinking.
Hi @gerovich @dylanleclair
First of all, congrats on the success of completing int'l offering and be able to raise substantial amount for acquiring Bitcoin.
Even @saylor has mentioned today that he believes Metaplanet will become the most valuable company in Japan and he gets up everyday to make sure that Metaplanet will not outrun Strategy. This is a huge accomplishment and complement!
In the Q&A disclosure that you have released last night, you have explained in details about the purpose of doing this overseas offering even during the negative downtrend sentiment nowadays.
I have add’t questions that would like to ask.
1⃣ Why would the fund raised ¥183.7 billion will be used to purchase Bitcoin between Sept and Oct’25 instead of immediate purchase? If the goal is to expand BTC NAV as soon as possible and trying to get a piece of supply pie before other treasury companies, this seems like a contradiction?
2⃣ Any reason why the lead time between the initial announcement (8/27/25) and the pricing date (9/9 - 9/11/25) is about 9-11 days such that short sellers had plenty of times suppressing Metaplanet stock during this lead time and result in a very depressed (> -30%) closing price ref. point of ¥614?
For ex. if we would had a short lead time, the ref. closing price would had been higher and we would be able to get a lot higher than ¥ 255.255 billion capital raised.
3⃣ Based on the Int’l fund raising experience so far, what is the most important lesson that you learn?
Will you be doing another similar type of int’l fund raising in the near future outweighing between all of these plus and minuses that you have laid out in the disclosure?
4⃣ What is your plan if Metaplanet mNAV kept decompressed and fell below mNAV 1?
Feel free to answer these questions as you’re legally allowed. I’m sure these questions would help and clarify some of the negative sentiment in Metaplanet community.
Once again thank you for your hard work and the whole @metaplanet team. It is a big accomplishment to be able to gain lots of international demand and exposure.
Appreciate your input..
Cheers!
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@Shinpei3350
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$MTPLF #メタプラネット 3350
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ビットコイン トレジャリーのゴッドファーザー、マイケル・セイラー氏が昨日ニューヨークで開催された「BTC Treasury Unconference」で語りました👇
「メタプラネットは世界で最も成功するホテル会社となり、日本で最も成功する企業になると思います」
どうやら… メタプラネットがセイラー氏のモチベーションらしいです🤭
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Metaplanet has published details why they chose to conduct the international offering at this particular time.
They also made it clear that they want to be the #2 global Bitcoin Treasury company. 🔥
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Replying to @maxddc
The “silence” was a legally mandated quiet period.
We spoke around the clock for over a week to the largest institutional investors in the world about our story, our BTC thesis , and our vision of BTC backed fixed income, while raising $1.4b.
Metaplanet is now on the map.
With the successful closing of our public offering today, we are proud to welcome a world-class base of leading global institutional investors—including some of the largest mutual fund complexes, sovereign wealth funds, and hedge funds. Their participation is a powerful endorsement of Metaplanet and a clear signal of growing institutional interest in our Bitcoin treasury strategy.
Nearly 100 investors joined our roadshow, many hearing the Metaplanet story for the first time. More than 70 ultimately invested, creating a truly global and long-term oriented shareholder base. This positions us to deepen relationships with leading institutions worldwide and build lasting support for our growth.
Behind the scenes, it was an intense 10 days—back-to-back calls every day, a wall cross completed in less than 24 hours, and a book that was covered almost immediately. Exhausting, but immensely rewarding.
This financing positions us to advance to the next phase of Metaplanet’s growth—equipped with an even stronger and pristine balance sheet, a world-class investor base, and the momentum to accelerate our mission as Asia’s leading Bitcoin Treasury Company.
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🚀 From losses to ₿18,113 in Bitcoin!
Metaplanet just flipped the script in Q2 💥
Would you bet against Bitcoin now? 👀🔥
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Einstein. Bitcoin. The red planet. 🚀
Somewhere in this vision of the future, 3350 is hidden in plain sight…
Can you find it? #MetaplanetGames #BitcoinArt @metaplanet
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🍶 The bottle turns. The chart begins to pour.
Metaplanet is loading up...
Level Up is coming. ₿
The Shogunate of Sound Money waits — sake in hand.
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🇯🇵 From the Dip, We Rise — Metaplanet Rebounds 🚀
After over a week of red, Metaplanet (3350) closes green in the US and surges on the Tokyo exchange.
The Shogunate of Sound Money refuses to fall.
連続の下落から反発!メタプラネット再び上昇中📈
米国市場で緑の終値、日本市場で急騰。
サウンドマネーの幕府は、沈まない。
#Metaplanet #Bitcoin #3350 #反発 #LimitUp #メタプラネット #サウンドマネー #Japan
RT @readingdancer: 🏯 Vault of 17,595 Suns
Metaplanet now holds 17,595 BTC — the largest Bitcoin treasury in Japan.
Each coin, a rising su…
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🚀 MetaPlanet goes all-in: 13,350 BTC & counting after a 30B yen power move! Like if BTC is the ultimate inflation shield, RT if you’re riding the #MetaMoon, and follow for MetaPlanet & Bitcoin treasury updates!

























