Metaplanet issued dividend-paying preferred stock to attract overseas institutional investment.

PANews reported on December 22 that Metaplanet, Japan's largest corporate Bitcoin holder, announced a restructuring of its capital structure, receiving approval to issue dividend-paying preferred stock in an effort to attract overseas institutional investors. This move indicates that the company is beginning to focus on attracting stable institutional funding through dividends, rather than solely relying on the appreciation of its Bitcoin assets.

The main changes include:

1. Expand the scale of preferred stock issuance to allow more institutions to participate;
2. Introduce a monthly floating dividend mechanism (Class A preferred stock) and a quarterly dividend mechanism (Class B preferred stock);
3. Class B preferred stock adds a premium buyback option after 10 years and an exit mechanism in case of an unfinished IPO, reducing investment risk.

Currently, Metaplanet holds 30,823 bitcoins (worth approximately $2.75 billion), making it the largest corporate bitcoin holder in Asia and the fourth largest globally. Through preferred shares, institutional investors can indirectly access bitcoin assets, avoiding the volatility risks associated with directly holding bitcoin.