According to cryptocurrency fund issuer Bitwise, the amount of Bitcoin held by publicly listed companies will increase by 16.1% during the first quarter of 2025.
On the 14th, Bitwise posted on X's blog that "by the end of the first quarter of this year, listed companies have secured an additional 95,431 BTC in total, bringing their holdings to approximately 688,000 BTC.
The total value of its holdings, based on the Bitcoin price, increased by about 2.2% to $56.7 billion, with the price per BTC reportedly standing at $82,445.
Bitwise also added that the number of publicly listed companies holding Bitcoin has increased to 79, with 12 of those having purchased Bitcoin for the first time during the first quarter.
The largest new Bitcoin purchaser in the first quarter was Hong Kong construction company Ming Shing, which bought Bitcoin through its subsidiary Lead
Through Benefit, he purchased 500 BTC in January and 333 BTC in February, securing a total of 833 BTC.
The second largest early buyer was the far-right YouTube alternative platform Rumble, which purchased 188BT in mid-March.
Hong Kong investment company HK Asia Holdings Limited bought 1 BTC in February, but the announcement caused the stock price to nearly double in a single day.
Meanwhile, Japanese investment firm Metaplanet purchased an additional 319 BTC on the 14th at an average price of 11.8 million yen (about $82,770) per BTC.
This brings the company's total holdings to 4,525 BTC, currently valued at approximately $383.2 million. With this purchase, Meta Planet has become the largest publicly listed company in the world.
It has firmly established itself as the 10th largest Bitcoin holder in the world, and is the largest Bitcoin holder in the world.
Dorsey's Block, which holds 8,485 BTC.
2025/04/16 16:47 KST
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