Corporate Finance

Metaplanet’s Q1 purchase of 5,075 BTC—raising its public holdings to 40,177 BTC—highlights a shifting corporate treasury landscape where concentrated buyers and occasional sellers change market dynamics. This piece unpacks the acquisition, motives, balance-sheet math, comparisons with peers, and scenarios for supply-side pressure.

As BTC drifts lower, the once‑comfortable strategy of holding Bitcoin on corporate or sovereign balance sheets is under stress. This article breaks down market‑impact channels, recent sovereign transfers such as Bhutan’s, and a practical CFO playbook for accounting, hedging and staged unwinds.

Sberbank’s reported crypto-backed corporate loan to Intelion Data marks a turning point for mining finance, where mined BTC collateral is used to secure balance-sheet lending. This piece explains deal mechanics, how banks value mined BTC, and the regulatory and custody issues corporate borrowers and lenders must navigate.