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On May 23, 2025, Metaplanet topped the list of Japanese stocks as the most active stock. The same day, Metaplanet became the top loser, which didn’t stop it from being the biggest stock in Japan as it still leads by a large margin. The company is allegedly on the brink of a huge short squeeze similar to the GameStop 2021 situation. How did this small hotel operator become the fastest-growing stock in Japan and an international role model Bitcoin accumulator? Table of ContentsHow Metaplanet chose BitcoinMetaplanet todayShort squeeze speculations and parallels with GameStop How Metaplanet chose Bitcoin While currently Metaplanet poses itself as “Japan’s first and only publicly listed Bitcoin Treasury Company,” it hasn’t always been like that. The company has a rich history predating Bitcoin’s existence, and Metaplanet’s newfound Bitcoin fame is just the latest episode of a long run. The company started in 1999. At the early stage, it had a different name and was working in various spheres. In 2010, Simon Gerovich, Metaplanet’s CEO, founded a hotel business with budget hotels in Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Japan.  The COVID quarantine harmed the hotel business. Around the same time, Gerovich learned about Michael Saylor’s Stratgy switch to Bitcoin. The crucial change occurred in 2024. Here’s how the company puts it on its website: “In 2024, Metaplanet’s management embarked on a strategic pivot, recognizing Bitcoin as the world’s most scarce monetary asset and transformed the company into a Bitcoin Treasury Company.” Metaplanet sold all the hotels but one. Ever since, Metaplanet has been following its new plan to aggressively stack bitcoins, which are seen as a long-term reserve asset. The company is working to accrue the wealth of Metaplanet’s shareholders and harness transparency and fairness. The company’s aim is to make its stock more profitable than Bitcoin. On top of this, Metaplanet consults other companies about Bitcoin and Web3. Read more:Metaplanet CEO eyes 10k Bitcoin goal, vows long-term value creation In 2026, Metaplanet plans to open its Bitcoin Hotel in Tokyo, blending its hotel business origins and the company’s current Bitcoin strategy. I’m standing on top of the next Bitcoin Hotel in Japan.365 days from now Metaplanet will transform this hotel, the Hotel Royal Oak, to the first Bitcoin Hotel in Tokyo. pic.twitter.com/c4btm151zM— isa⚡️ (@isabellasg3) March 27, 2025 Metaplanet today Today, Metaplanet is one of the few companies that followed the footsteps of Strategy, becoming a Bitcoin-centred company, sometimes referred to as “MicroStrategy of Asia.”  As of May 23, 2025, Metaplanet holds 7,800 BTC. It may seem that it’s a humble amount if we compare it to Strategy, with its BTC stack exceeding 576,000 units. However, Strategy’s treasury is extraordinary, and Metaplanet is actually one of the leading corporate Bitcoin holders. Its Bitcoin treasury is around $800 million in value and ranks tenth globally. To emphasize the significance of Bitcoin over fiat money, the main KPI metric used by Metaplanet is BTC Yield. Metaplanet is Japan’s most volatile stock.Volatility is the pulse, the flame, the fuel,and Bitcoin is the spark that keeps it burning bright. $MTPLF pic.twitter.com/WwQZfEjAaO— Simon Gerovich (@gerovich) May 23, 2025 Earlier this May, the company went through a strong short-seller pressure that didn’t stop it from gaining more value and continuing its exponential growth. It took only a year for Metaplanet to grow its stock price from around 40 JPY to 1,000 JPY. In 2025, the stock’s price gained over 420%.  Metaplanet’s year-to-date 291.3% return strikingly contrasts with the nearly 5% decline of the Nikkei 225, a compound index reflecting the average value of the top 225 Japanese stocks. Short squeeze speculations and parallels with GameStop Despite aggressive Bitcoin accumulation and speedy growth, not all the stats are bullish. According to Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich, Metaplanet is the most shorted stock in Japan. While Bitcoin treasuries are somewhat trendy, and this trendiness attracts retail and institutional investors, hedge funds are betting against Metaplanet and shorting its stocks in bulk. High volatility within 12 months signals an intense battle between Metaplanet bears and bulls. High volatility and nine-digit trading volumes on the stock exchange signal a possible high-scale short squeeze of the Metaplanet stock. It loosely resembles the 2021 GameStop stock case. In 2021, hedge funds were betting against GameStop. However, the activism of hobby traders from the Reddit group who collectively started to open long positions resulted in an explosive 3,200% growth of the GME stock. Hedge funds couldn’t predict such an outcome and lost $838 million in a single day. As of May 23, 2025, it is unclear what the future holds for Metaplanet stock and if it will repeat the GameStop trajectory. If hedge funds are not right about the future of Metaplanet, they will pay a hefty price for their mistake. However, if the Bitcoin strategy fails for Metaplanet, the company may get a serious slap. You might also like:GameStop dives into Bitcoin, but investors aren’t buying it…yet

加密货币交易所 HashKey 推出其首款人工智能驱动产品 ModAI。该公司还计划扩展其产品，包括可以在区块链上交易的人工智能代理。 4 月 3 日，这家总部位于香港的加密货币交易所发布了其最新产品 ModAI，迈出了进军人工智能领域的第一步。根据其官方网站介绍，HashKey 的 ModAI 旨在审核内容、生成虚拟化身、以聊天机器人的身份与用户互动并提供客户支持。 据《南华早报》报道，该公司表示，这款人工智能驱动的工具可能会将运营成本降低 80%，并使用户参与度翻一番。ModAI 使用大型语言模型或 LLM 的组合，包括 DeepSeek、OpenAI、Anthropic 和 Meta Platforms。 该人工智能工具可以用多种语言回应用户，包括中文、英语、日语和越南语。该公司计划在今年晚些时候在其知识库中添加更多语言。 你可能还喜欢：OpenAI 宣布 5000 亿美元 AI 项目后 Stargate Finance 上涨 13% HashKey 的产品副总裁兼人工智能团队负责人 Sean Wang 表示，该加密公司最初计划开发自己的 LLM，但由于创建 LLM 所需的成本太高而决定放弃。 另一方面，王先生表示，公司计划扩展其人工智能工具，包括可以为用户执行各种任务的人工智能代理。王先生解释说，HashKey (HSK) 希望其人工智能代理未来能够完成的任务之一是根据用户的资本和目标回报自动投资加密资产。 人工智能代理已成为加密货币领域的热门话题，因为交易者倾向于使用这些代理来管理财务，因为这些代理提供便利和创新。然而，也有一些人批评了它们在加密货币社区中的实用性和功能。 近日，币安联合创始人赵长鹏表示，大多数时候，AI代理开发者花费太多时间专注于为他们的AI代理开发代币，而不是代理的实用性。因此，他建议开发者在推出代币之前，先制作一个“真正优秀的代理”。 今年 1 月早些时候，CZ 还批评人工智能聊天机器人带来“懒惰”，因为它们只能告诉用户他们已经知道的内容，而不能为他们提供新的信息。 “人工智能聊天机器人的问题在于，我经常不知道我不知道什么。我不知道该问什么。如果它能告诉我我应该知道的事情就好了。太懒了，”CZ 在他的帖子中写道。 上个月，HashKey 启动了一项新举措，对香港的加密货币和加密货币交易所进行评级，以帮助当地加密货币公司遵守该地区的虚拟资产监管框架。 你可能还喜欢：CZ 批评 AI 聊天机器人 “懒惰”，CZ 对加密货币中的 AI 有何看法？

为响应美国总统唐纳德·特朗普最近发布的推广美元支持的稳定币的行政命令，欧洲央行强调需要数字欧元来保持欧元区银行的竞争力。 欧洲央行董事会成员 Piero Cipollone 向路透社表达了对美国举措可能吸引欧洲银行客户流失的担忧，凸显了欧洲央行开发自己的数字货币的紧迫性。 特朗普总统的行政命令旨在“促进全球合法、合法的美元支持的稳定币的发展和增长”，使美国成为加密货币领域的领导者。 此举被视为对欧洲银行的潜在威胁，因为稳定币（通常与美元挂钩的加密货币）可能会吸引寻求传统银行服务替代方案的客户。 稳定币的功能类似于货币市场基金，通过提供官方货币（主要是美元）的短期利率敞口。 相比之下，数字欧元将充当由欧洲央行担保但由银行等实体运营的在线钱包。该系统将使个人（包括没有银行账户的人）能够进行支付，持有金额可能不超过几千欧元，而且不会产生利息。 你可能还喜欢：SEC 废除 SAB 121，放宽加密货币托管规则 数字欧元对银行构成威胁 然而，欧洲银行表示担心，数字欧元可能会导致客户将资金转入欧洲央行支持的钱包，从而可能减少银行存款。 据路透社报道，欧洲央行目前正在探索数字欧元的实际实施，最终决定需获得欧洲立法者的立法批准。 特朗普总统的行政命令还禁止美联储发行自己的中央银行数字货币，这进一步将美国的做法与潜在的欧洲战略区分开来。 随着欧洲央行考虑推出数字欧元，全球数字货币格局也在不断演变。尼日利亚和中国等国家已经推出了自己的数字货币或正在进行试点，这反映了全球范围内采用央行数字货币的广泛趋势。 你可能还喜欢：Algorand 推出质押奖励计划

Ethereum price may be on the verge of a bullish breakout to $4,000 after forming a bullish flag and a golden cross pattern, and as the iShares Ethereum ETF nears a crucial milestone. Ethereum (ETH) was trading at around $2,500 at last check on Saturday — higher than this week’s low of $2,380. A potential catalyst for ETH is the ongoing exchange-traded fund inflows, which have surged in the past few weeks. SoSoValue data shows that these funds have added substantial inflows in the past three weeks. They added $25 million on Friday, the 15th consecutive day of gains, bringing the cumulative inflows to over $3.3 billion. All these funds now hold over $9.4 billion in assets, equivalent to 3.1% of Ethereum’s market cap. You might also like:IOST price surges amid $21m raise to accelerate RWA growth The iShares Ethereum ETF, whose ticker symbol is ETHA, has had a cumulative inflow of $4.85 billion and is slowly nearing the $5 billion milestone. This growth is likely because BlackRock is the biggest name in the ETF industry, and it trades at a 0.35% discount to net asset value. Rising Ethereum ETF inflows are notable because it is an indirect signal that American institutional investors are buying.  More data shows that Ethereum’s network is doing well. For example, the total value locked in its decentralized finance ecosystem has jumped by 26% in the last 30 days to $130 billion. Its bridged TVL has moved to about $400 billion, while the stablecoins in its network have jumped to $125 billion. Ethereum price technical analysis ETH price chart | Source: crypto.news The daily chart shows that ETH price surged in May and reached a high of $2,743, which coincided with the 50% Fibonacci Retracement level.  It has now formed a bullish flag pattern, a common bullish continuation sign. This flag pole is about 50% long, and measuring the distance from its breakout zone gives the target price of $4,097. This target coincided with its highest point in 2024. The other bullish case is that Ethereum price has formed a golden crossover as the 50-day and 200-day Weighted Moving Averages have crossed each other. This crossover often leads to more gains. For example, it happened in November last year, triggering a 35% jump.  Read more:Here’s why UMA token price just surged

Coinbase has agreed to acquire Deribit, the world’s largest trading platform for bitcoin and ether options, for approximately $2.9 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal.  The acquisition, Coinbase’s largest to date, includes $700 million in cash and 11 million shares of Coinbase Class A stock. Founded in 2016 and based in Dubai, Deribit offers options, futures, and spot trading. In 2024, trading volume nearly doubled to $1.2 trillion, driven by growing institutional demand post-election, according toWSJ. “This will make us the most comprehensive player in derivatives,” said Greg Tusar, Coinbase’s VP of institutional product. Coinbase, which has a market value above $50 billion, already offers futures in the U.S. and perpetual futures abroad. You might also like:Expanding RWA on-chain: ArbitrumDAO chooses Franklin Templeton, Spiko, and WisdomTree for STEP 2 Other crypto acquisitions The move comes amid a resurgence in crypto dealmaking, fueled by a more favorable regulatory climate under President Trump.  Industry players, buoyed by renewed political backing, are racing to expand their product offerings. Kraken, for example, recently acquired retail futures platform NinjaTrader for $1.5 billion, and Ripple struck a $1.25 billion deal for credit network Hidden Road. Coinbase’s Deribit acquisition highlights a strategic bet on crypto derivatives as a key growth area, especially with global institutions increasingly active in the space.  Other recent Coinbase acquisitions include One River Digital (now Coinbase Asset Management) and Tagomi (now Coinbase Prime). You might also like:Bitcoin approaches $100K as Trump teases major trade deal with “big” country