According to Techub News, Simon Gerovich, CEO of Metaplanet Inc., a Japanese listed company, tweeted that the company increased its holdings of Bitcoin by 500 million yen (about 57,273 pieces) at an average price of 8,730,117 yen (59,613 U.S. dollars). As of August 20, Metaplanet held about 360.368 bitcoins, spending a total of 3.45 billion yen at an average price of 9,573,556 yen (65,373 U.S. dollars).