Metaplanet launches securities firm, offering Bitcoin-collateralized corporate bonds with 5–8% interest (^o^)♪

On July 13, Metaplanet, a Bitcoin-holding company, established Japan’s first regulated securities firm specializing in Bitcoin-collateralized financial products: 'Metaplanet Securities.' Through this newly formed subsidiary—operating under a Type I Financial Instruments Business registration from Japan’s Financial Services Agency—the company aims to develop and offer products leveraging its parent company’s Bitcoin management expertise.

The new firm will partner with stablecoin issuer JPYC and tokenization platform Progmat to develop 'Project Nova,' a digital credit ecosystem for tokenized corporate bonds backed by Bitcoin. With approximately 43,000 BTC held on its balance sheet—making it Asia’s largest corporate Bitcoin holder—Metaplanet is transforming into a financial services provider offering yield-generating crypto-asset products to Japanese institutional and retail investors. Corporate bond investments yielding 5–8% are also anticipated.

Metaplanet states it will leverage its estimated base of 250,000 shareholders and investors to create investment opportunities in products based on the parent company’s Bitcoin management expertise. The company’s 'Bitcoin × Finance' vision appears to be shifting its focus from a pure holding strategy to a phase centered on product provision.