Japan sits on $14.9 trillion in household financial assets, yet its fixed income market offers some of the lowest returns in the developed world. The 10-year Japanese Government Bond yields just ~1%, and corporate bonds often struggle to clear 2%. For decades, pension funds, insurers, and banks have been locked into low-return allocations simply because there were no compliant, familiar alternatives.

Metaplanet’s Q2 earnings announcement aims straight at this gap. The company unveiled:

“Metaplanet Prefs” — a program of Bitcoin-Backed Preferred Shares designed to scale its Bitcoin treasury operations.

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