PANews reported on October 7 that Metaplanet, a Japanese listed company, announced that it had purchased 108,786 bitcoins worth 1 billion yen at an average price of 9,192,359 yen per bitcoin (about 61,863 U.S. dollars). As of October 7, Metaplanet held a total of about 639,503 bitcoins, with a total purchase amount of 5.965 billion yen (about 40 million U.S. dollars), and an average price of 9,326,856 yen per bitcoin (about 62,768 U.S. dollars).