Metaplanet’s 88% Rout Forces a Pivot: Loyalty Rewards and a Securities Arm Try to Win Back Investors
26.06.2026 - 16:27:15 | boerse-global.de
The boardroom is suddenly full of ideas, but the market isn’t listening. Japan’s most aggressive Bitcoin proxy has unveiled a trio of blockchain partnerships and a planned securities business in recent days—yet its stock continues to sink toward uncharted depths. At €1.09, Metaplanet now trades just a few cents above a fresh 52-week low of €1.06, having shed nearly 88% of its value over the past twelve months.
The bear market in Metaplanet shares mirrors the pain in Bitcoin itself, but the damage has been magnified by the company’s extreme leverage to a single asset. The treasury holds 40,177 bitcoin, with more than 27,000 added last year alone, and management has vowed to accumulate 210,000 by 2027. That bet paid off handsomely when crypto was rising, but the current slide toward $58,000 has turned the strategy into a millstone. Annualized volatility of 63% reminds investors that borrowing to buy a volatile asset can cut both ways.
Technicals paint a grim picture even by crypto-standards. The relative strength index has fallen to 27.6—deeply oversold territory—while the stock trades roughly 54% below its 200-day moving average of €2.36. Earlier in the week the RSI stood at 29.9, indicating that selling pressure has only intensified. Contrarian traders often eye such extremes for a bounce, but the persistent barrage of bad news has kept buyers on the sidelines.
Should investors sell immediately? Or is it worth buying Metaplanet?
Desperate for a catalyst, Metaplanet is trying to build revenue streams that do not depend solely on Bitcoin’s price. It has agreed to acquire Siiibo Securities for ¥2.1 billion with the aim of rebranding it as “Metaplanet Securities” and launching Bitcoin-linked financial products. At the same time, it announced a new shareholder-loyalty program in partnership with HashPort, stablecoin issuer JPYC, and major exchange Coincheck. The programme will offer digital rewards to holders, attempting to strengthen ties with Japan’s retail crypto community.
CEO Simon Gerovich has also hinted at share buybacks should the stock trade at a deep discount to net asset value. Yet the math is unforgiving: with a market capitalisation of €1.62 billion and a balance sheet weighed down by unrealised losses, the room for such manoeuvres is narrow. Investors increasingly fear further dilution as the company will need fresh capital to continue its Bitcoin purchases. That creates a vicious circle—a higher share price is needed to finance cheap Bitcoin buys, but those same buys are depressing the stock.
The parallels with other Bitcoin proxies are sobering. In a recent five-day stretch, shares of Strategy tumbled 25% when Bitcoin slipped below $60,000, and Metaplanet was pulled along for the ride. The key question now is whether the securities pivot and loyalty programme can decouple the stock from Bitcoin’s daily swings. For the moment, all eyes are on the support level at €1.06. If that breaks, there is no obvious chart floor beneath.
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