Japanese tech conglomerate Metaplanet caused a stir after it revealed it will purchase ¥10.08 billion worth of Bitcoin or around $70 million. This move essentially involves one of the biggest investments into the top digital currency asset by a larger stakeholder.
At a recent press conference, Metaplanet laid out some strategic rationales on why it embarked on the courageous Bitcoin investment move. The first of which is due to the need to diversify the treasury reserves during times of global economic instability. Gold and other government bonds, which investors generally turn to in times of economic uncertainty to avoid greater losses, appear even more dangerous when central banks raise interest rates. The returns, which come together with the Bitcoin scarcity, in the digital age make the cryptocurrency more appealing in comparison with the depreciating fiat money.
As long-term drivers, the firm also expects the institutional acceptance of Bitcoin and the creation of financial rails for digital assets. Market capitalization recently shot past $1 trillion showing further sign of being embraced globally. While regulation continues to evolve, it is also being defined to allow for smoother channels for getting visibility for both the retail and the institutional players. By investing early into these areas, Metaplanet probably expects a profit from such changes in the society since they are secular.
From a business strategy perspective, Metaplanet aims to drive new Fintech innovations based on Bitcoin & blockchain. It has created a lending company to buy and sell crypto assets, in addition to researching tokenization companies for secured offerings. On a larger organizational level, the Bitcoin acquisition is instrumental in obtaining required resources and motivating the wider organization for the creation of new generation financial products.
Furthermore, it is crucial to note that the actual balance of $70 million was primarily drawn from Metaplanet’s balance sheet. The business also had large cash balances which were generating virtually no returns, thus providing the impetus to move into higher returning cryptocurrencies. Even in terms of total returns, it is clear that Bitcoin has risen exponentially compared to bonds and gold in the last ten years.
On the talent side of things, thus making such a large bet on the future of digital currencies shows the company’s intention to target Metaplanet at engineers, coders, and designers interested in crypto products. To offset this, the firm can embrace disruptive trends in order to sustain its edge in the hiring process.
The last motivation is purely that the CEO of Metaplanet thinks that the world is no longer going to regain the trust in central authorities and incumbent payment rails which have violated the public interest time and again. Public ledger of bitcoin along with decentralized control of on-chain settlements gave an substitute to store and transfer value censorship free. It can be seen this philosophy is well embedded in the cultural orientation of the company.
Though there are potential risks including the fluctuation of cryptocurrency market and regulatory issues, Metaplanet has enough belief in the possibility of gains from the ‘fat tail’ of Bitcoin within 5-10 years to place its biggest non-operating investment into it. It is also possible to bring the strategic motivations to the financial, technological and cultural levels. However, it is still uncertain if other Japanese megacorps will also invest in Bitcoins of similar proportions similar to the way Metaplanet did. However, the message is not mixed – Bitcoin is ready to take on a serious place in corporate America boardroom.
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