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In brief Metaplanet’s board has approved two wholly owned subsidiaries: Metaplanet Ventures and Metaplanet Asset Management. The firm plans to invest $25 million (¥4 billion) over two to three years in Japan’s Bitcoin ecosystem. Its first investment is up to $2.6 million (¥400 million) into JPYC, Japan’s first licensed yen stablecoin, as part of the firm’s Series B round. Metaplanet is moving to broaden its Bitcoin strategy beyond simply accumulating the crypto, unveiling a new venture arm and investment initiative aimed at supporting Japan’s emerging Bitcoin infrastructure ecosystem. The Tokyo-listed firm said on Thursday its board has approved the creation of Metaplanet Ventures and Metaplanet Asset Management, alongside plans to deploy roughly $25 million (¥4 billion) over the next two to three years into companies building Bitcoin financial infrastructure across lending, payments, custody, derivatives, and compliance technologies. Planned initiatives include venture investments in early- and growth-stage companies, an incubator for Japanese founders, and grants for open-source Bitcoin developers and educators, according to a company filing.  “Japan has built the best regulatory framework in the world for digital assets,” CEO Simon Gerovich wrote on X.  “Now it needs the companies, the builders, and the infrastructure to match.” Musheer Ahmed, founder and managing director of Finstep Asia, told Decrypt the investment is “relatively small” for Japan’s scale but said it could help “drive more local blockchain startups” to build products and services for the Bitcoin ecosystem beyond basic mining and payments infrastructure. The expansion is a strategic pivot for a firm grappling with financial strain tied to Bitcoin’s volatility. Metaplanet currently holds 35,102 BTC worth approximately $2.4 billion, at Bitcoin’s current price of $69,540, down 4% over the past seBusven days, according to CoinGecko data.  Last month, the firm disclosed a full-year loss of $605 million (¥95 billion) on $58 million…

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