Despite Recent Chaos and Recession Fears, Strategy and Metaplanet Double Down on Bitcoin Purchases

Despite recent chaos and fears of a recession, public companies Strategy and Metaplanet are doubling down on new Bitcoin purchases.

Despite recent market chaos and fears of a recession, two public companies, Strategy and Metaplanet, have announced new Bitcoin purchases. Strategy, formerly known as MicroStrategy, has disclosed acquiring BTC worth $285 million, while Japan’s Metaplanet invested $26.3 million.

The announcement from Metaplanet is especially interesting given the context. As reported by CCNews, the company continues to buy Bitcoin despite the rapid increase in Japan’s 30-year treasury yields. For public companies in Japan, conventional economic practice is to pull back from the dollar and decrease investments in U.S. assets when the yen strengthens and bond yields rise. However, committing to Bitcoin despite these trends is a bold strategy.

Strategy and Metaplanet Continue Their Bitcoin Accumulation

Strategy, one of the world’s largest Bitcoin holders, has been going through a chaotic period as it rapidly cycles through phases of massive BTC purchases and abrupt acquisition pauses.

However, Chair Michael Saylor announced a major new Bitcoin buy at $285 million. In a post on Thursday, Saylor announced via social media: “Strategy has acquired 3,459 BTC for ~$285.8 million at ~$82,618 per bitcoin and has achieved BTC Yield of 11.4% YTD 2025. As of 4/13/2025, Strategy holds 531,644 BTC acquired for ~$35.92 billion at ~$67,556 per bitcoin.”

A lot of this chaos is due to fears of a US recession, which has made the price of Bitcoin (BTC) swing wildly. When Bitcoin was down, it prompted speculation that MicroStrategy may have to dump its assets to avoid bankruptcy.

However, since BTC has started to recover and the company’s stock price has seen better days, the firm is back on the market.

Critically, Strategy isn’t alone in its Bitcoin acquisitions. Also in the news today, we have Metaplanet, a Japanese firm with substantial BTC holdings and ambitions to acquire even more.

Two days before Strategy’s own major purchase, Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich announced a similar investment, adding: “Metaplanet has acquired 319 BTC for ~$26.3 million at ~$82,549 per bitcoin and has achieved BTC Yield of 108.3% YTD 2025. As of 4/14/2025, we hold 4525 BTC acquired for ~$386.3 million at ~$85,366 per bitcoin.”

This commitment from Metaplanet is particularly noteworthy because it contradicts near-term macroeconomic headwinds. The global market is filled with risk-averse behavior right now, and Japan’s 30-year bond yields just surged to the highest level in over two decades.

Despite this clear signal, the Japanese firm is continuing to make major Bitcoin investments. The latest purchases also had a positive impact on the company’s stock market. It’s currently up by 3% today, after suffering notable losses the past month.

In short, major corporate Bitcoin holders like Strategy and Metaplanet aren’t interested in tapering off yet. Despite the recent chaos, there is serious confidence that BTC will either gain in price or represent a stable store of value.

Either way, when public firms like this take a bullish stance, it can shore up confidence across the entire market.