Solid interview just dropped with Komura-san (head of Metaplanet Securities) explaining why Metaplanet acquired a broker-dealer instead of just copying MSTR:
- In the US, Strategy relies on Wall Street to sell listed preferreds. In Japan, listed preferred stock is practically non-existent. Domestic money wants senior debt. Since traditional mega-banks won't touch it, Metaplanet bought their own brokerage to control the distribution pipe directly.
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$SUPA: Komura-san confirmed he didn't even know about the US deal until it went public due to insider firewalls. Cross-border synergies are being hashed out right now, but the immediate priority in Tokyo is scaling JPY bonds.
- The Aug 200M Yen BitBonds debut was just a test run. The goal now is scaling to "unprecedented size" and moving into public bond offerings. They aren't even pledging the BTC as collateral—the thesis is that holding thousands of BTC fundamentally re-rates their corporate credit.
Key takeaway:
Metaplanet Securities is preparing the internal compliance and operational framework to transition BitBonds from private placements into public bond offerings, targeting "tens of billions of yen" scale.
#Metaplanet $3350
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