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According to a report by cryptocurrency fund issuer Bitwise, the amount of Bitcoin held by publicly traded companies increased by 16.1% in the first quarter of 2025.
By the end of the first quarter, the companies' Bitcoin holdings rose to approximately 688,000 BTC, with an addition of 95,431 BTC during the quarter. Bitwise mentioned this in a post on X on April 14.
As Bitcoin's price reached $82,445, the total value of Bitcoin holdings grew by about 2.2%, bringing the total value to $56.7 billion.
Source: Bitwise
Bitwise noted that the number of publicly traded companies holding Bitcoin has increased to 79, with 12 companies making their first Bitcoin purchases in the first quarter of 2025.
The largest first-time Bitcoin buyer is the Hong Kong construction company Ming Shing, whose subsidiary Lead Benefit purchased a total of 833 BTC during the quarter, including 500 BTC bought in January and 333 BTC bought in February.
The next largest first-time Bitcoin holder is the right-wing supported YouTube alternative platform Rumble, which purchased 188 BTC in mid-March.
One notable first-time Bitcoin buyer is the Hong Kong investment company HK Asia Holdings Limited, which bought just 1 Bitcoin in February, but this announcement nearly doubled its stock price in a single trading day.
Metaplanet purchased 319 Bitcoins
Meanwhile, the Japanese investment company Metaplanet reported on April 14 that it purchased 319 Bitcoins at an average price of 11.8 million yen (approximately $82,770) per Bitcoin, increasing its total holdings to 4,525 Bitcoins, with a current total value of $383.2 million.
However, the company has spent a cumulative 58.145 billion yen, approximately $406 million, to acquire its existing Bitcoin holdings.
According to Google Finance, Metaplanet (3350) fell by 0.5% during the midday trading session on April 15, after rising by 3.71% in trading on April 14.
Metaplanet's stock opened flat on April 15 after disclosing a Bitcoin purchase the previous day. Source: Google Finance
The Tokyo-based company’s latest Bitcoin purchase keeps it among the top ten publicly traded companies holding Bitcoin globally, ranking tenth, just behind Jack Dorsey's Block, Inc., which holds 8,485 Bitcoins, according to Coinkite data.
According to CoinGecko, Bitcoin is currently trading at approximately $84,440, with stable price changes over the past 24 hours. Since the end of the first quarter on March 31, Bitcoin has risen about 2.3%, recovering from a low of below $75,000 after a significant drop in the global market due to a new round of tariffs from the U.S. on April 7.
Related: Analyst: If the U.S. Treasury continues to inject liquidity, Bitcoin prices could soar to $137,000 in the third quarter.
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