According to Odaily, Simon Gerovich, CEO of Japanese publicly traded company Metaplanet Inc., announced that the company has increased its Bitcoin holdings by 5 billion yen, purchasing approximately 57.273 BTC at an average price of 8,730,117 yen per BTC. As of August 20, Metaplanet holds around 360.368 BTC, valued at 3.45 billion yen, with an average acquisition price of 9,573,556 yen per BTC.