Bitcoin is having a powerful begin to the week, with a slew of firms including to their bitcoin company treasuries and one altcoin founder asserting plans to discovered one.
Strategy, as common on Monday morning, announced it had acquired more bitcoin, including 10,100 tokens for $1.05 billion, bringing its complete to 592,100 bitcoin. Cofounder Michael Saylor additionally lately suggested Pakistan on its bitcoin reserve. In April, Binance founder CZ was appointed as an adviser to the Pakistan Crypto Council.
Metaplanet, the No. 1 Asian bitcoin holder, additionally acquired 1,112 bitcoin for $117.2 million, and now holds an excellent 10,000. With this newest acquisition, the Japanese firm has grow to be the ninth-largest bitcoin company holder, dethroning Coinbase, which holds 9,627 bitcoin.
Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich additionally posted that “10,000 BTC is simply the begin line.”
“Path to 210,000 BTC… This isn’t simply steering — it’s a declaration… Now we speed up. This period shall be divided between those that purchased Bitcoin and those that had been left behind,” Gerovich wrote.
In the meantime, movie studio Angel, which has been sitting on a 125-bitcoin “rainy day fund” since 2021, reentered the chat with a purchase order of 300 bitcoin.
Lastly, in a transfer that few noticed coming, cardano founder Charles Hoskinson introduced on Sunday that the platform is planning to purchase bitcoin with its $1.2 billion treasury, by changing $100 million value of cardano tokens into bitcoin and stablecoins.
“We may take $100 million of ADA in the treasury, convert it to a mix of stablecoins incumbent in cardano, so USDM and USDA, and convert a few of it in bitcoin to prime bitcoin DeFi,” Hoskinson stated.
He known as critics of his plan “inexperienced,” saying that the transfer “wouldn’t trigger any issues in any respect.”
This morning, he continued to dismiss his detractors in a lengthy post:
It is Monday, June sixteenth, 2025. Whereas a few of you babble on about emotions, ego, narcissism, and no matter else makes you’re feeling psychological security, others are coding, investing, partnering, and buying and selling.
We aren’t in a static game with a assured seat at the desk. We’re in an…
— Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) June 16, 2025