Metaplanet Has an Edge Over US-Based DATs Due to JPY Weakness: Analyst

Metaplanet, a Bitcoin () treasury company, may have a financial edge over other digital asset treasury companies due to structural weakness in the Japanese yen (JPY), according to BTC analyst and crypto treasury company investor Adam Livingston.

Japan’s debt-to-gross-domestic-product ratio is about 250%, Livingston . This high debt level continues to weaken the yen, which must be printed to shore up deficits every year, contributing to an even higher debt level and an erosion of the yen’s value.

Measured in US dollar terms, BTC has appreciated by about 1,159% since 2020, but BTC gained 1,704% over the same time period if measured against the Japanese yen, he said.

A weaker yen means that Metaplanet’s liabilities are denominated in fiat currency that is weaker than the dollar, which gives the company cheaper access to financing “per unit” of fiat currency spent, Livingston said. He added:

“Every coupon Metaplanet pays is in a currency that has been losing value relative to both BTC and USD, so the real, BTC-denominated, cost of that 4.9% coupon keeps shrinking. Strategy pays its 10% coupon in dollars, a stronger unit, so its liability erodes more slowly.”

The analysis came amid a, some of which lost over 90% of their value from their peaks, as crypto markets struggle to regain momentum and form new all-time highs after a .

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Metaplanet holds 35,102 BTC in its reserve at the time of this writing. This makes Metaplanet the by its BTC holdings, according to data from .

The company’s most recent BTC purchase occurred on Tuesday, when it for about $451 million.

However, despite accumulating a large amount of BTC, the company’s stock price has fallen in step with the rest of the crypto treasury sector, including Strategy — the biggest BTC treasury company, BitMine, Nakamoto, and others.

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