Metaplanet added to the FTSE Russell Japan and All-World stock market indices

Metaplanet, a Bitcoin (BTC) treasury firm, has been upgraded from a small-cap to a mid-cap stock in index supplier FTSE Russell’s September 2025 Semi-Annual Evaluate, bumping it up for inclusion in the flagship FTSE Japan Index.

The index supplier updates and rebalances the indices quarterly, and following Metaplanet’s strong Q2 performance, added it to the FTSE Japan Index, a stock market index of mid-cap and large-cap corporations listed on Japanese exchanges.

Metaplanet’s inclusion in the FTSE Japan Index means it’s robotically added to the FTSE All-World Index of the largest publicly-listed corporations by market capitalization in every geographic area.

The inclusion of Metaplanet in main, globally acknowledged stock market indices means the firm will redirect capital flows into Bitcoin from conventional monetary markets and give passive stock traders oblique publicity to the world’s largest cryptocurrency. 

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Metaplanet outperforms Japan’s blue chip shares, because it eyes enlargement

Metaplanet outperformed the Tokyo Stock Worth Index (TOPIX) Core 30, a stock market benchmark index, that includes Japanese manufacturing and know-how giants Toyota, Sony, Nintendo, and others, in accordance to the firm’s Q2 monetary report.

The Bitcoin treasury firm introduced year-to-date (YTD) positive factors of about 187% in August, in contrast to the TOPIX 30’s 7.2% YTD appreciation.

Metaplanet at the moment holds 18,888 BTC in its company treasury, making it the seventh-largest publicly traded holder of the supply-capped coin, in accordance to BitcoinTreasuries. 

Initially a resort operator, Metaplanet rebranded itself as a Bitcoin treasury firm in 2024. The corporate now holds more BTC than Coinbase, Tesla, the Hut 8 mining agency, and is Japan’s largest BTC treasury firm by BTC holdings.