Metaplanet has outperformed the Topix Core 30 index year-to-date, a benchmark tracking corporate giants like Toyota, Sony and Mitsubishi. Bitcoin-focused investment company Metaplanet has surged almost 190% year-to-date (YTD), leaving Japan’s largest and most liquid blue-chip companies in its wake. On Wednesday, Metaplanet released its earnings report for the second quarter of 2025. The report showed that the company’s YTD performance dwarfed the 7.2% average gain posted by the Tokyo Stock Price Index (TOPIX) Core 30, a benchmark tracking giants like Toyota, Sony and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Metaplanet’s standout performance in 2025 comes amid its aggressive Bitcoin (BTC) pivot, with the Tokyo-listed company expanding its treasury through regular purchases. Read more
The growing role of platforms like BitGo in spot Bitcoin products worldwide is a double-edged sword, according to market observers. BitGo, a US-regulated crypto custodian, will safeguard assets for Central Asia’s first spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), which debuted Wednesday on the Astana International Exchange in Kazakhstan. The Astana International Exchange (AIX), a stock exchange operating within the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) framework, announced the listing of the Fonte Bitcoin Exchange Traded Fund (BETF) on Wednesday. Managed by AIFC-registered asset manager Fonte Capital, BETF offers indirect investment access to Bitcoin (BTC) to a wide range of investors, including retail participants, AIX said. Read more