Metaplanet denies selling Bitcoin; 43,000 BTC holdings remain intact, the Tokyo-listed bitcoin holder confirmed that its reported total holdings are unchanged after the transfer. The company reported that 5,014 BTC were transferred between Metaplanet custodial addresses within the past 24 hours, characterizing the movement as a routine custody operation and stating that no bitcoin was sold. Using the cited spot price of approximately $63,836.56 per bitcoin, the 5,014 BTC transfer equated to roughly $320 million at the going spot price.
Metaplanet moved 5,014 BTC between its custodial addresses within the past 24 hours, a quantity the company highlighted in its public statement about the transfer. In that statement, the firm characterized the blockchain movement as a routine custody operation and explicitly asserted that no bitcoin was sold in connection with the transaction. Metaplanet is identified in the report as a Tokyo-listed bitcoin holder, a description included alongside the transfer details. The company framed the operation as an internal reallocation among custody accounts rather than an outbound sale of assets.
The company reported the 5,014 BTC transfer had a dollar value of $320 million at the going spot price, presenting the dollar figure together with the bitcoin quantity in the same disclosure. That reported valuation used a cited bitcoin price of approximately $63,836.56 per BTC, as noted in the firm’s figures accompanying the transfer notice. The timing, quantity and corresponding dollar valuation were described in the same reporting line about the custody movement. No further operational or counterparty details were provided in the company’s brief description of the transfer.
The company Strategy has been selling portions of its BTC holdings to fund dividends on its STRC preferred shares and to replenish its U.S. dollar reserve. This activity is described in the provided facts as a deliberate measure tied to preferred-share dividends and liquidity management. The mention links the BTC dispositions specifically to funding dividend payments on STRC preferred shares and to restoring the firm’s U.S. dollar reserve. No additional operational detail about timing, volumes or mechanisms for those sales was provided in the facts.
Despite the stated practice of selling portions of BTC for those purposes, the most recent transfer did not involve a sale of bitcoin. The facts indicate the transfer was characterized as a routine custody operation and not an outbound sale. That clarification was presented alongside reporting about the firm’s broader approach to managing BTC assets. No further information about subsequent sales or changes to the stated strategy was included in the provided facts.
Metaplanet denied selling Bitcoin and said its holdings remain 43,000 BTC, reiterating that the recent custodial movement was a routine transfer rather than an outbound sale. The firm described the operation as an internal reallocation among custody accounts and emphasized that no bitcoin was sold in that action. The company also notes a broader strategy in which portions of its bitcoin holdings have been sold to fund dividends on STRC preferred shares and to replenish its U.S. dollar reserve.
