{"id":8291,"date":"2026-08-28T21:16:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T21:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/28\/bitcoins-moment-has-come-for-the-far-east-says-metaplanet-ceo\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T21:16:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T21:16:15","slug":"bitcoins-moment-has-come-for-the-far-east-says-metaplanet-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/28\/bitcoins-moment-has-come-for-the-far-east-says-metaplanet-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin\u2019s Moment Has Come for the Far East, Says Metaplanet CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bitcoin Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n

Bitcoin\u2019s Moment Has Come for the Far East, Says Metaplanet CEO<\/a><\/p>\n

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Bitcoin\u2019s time has come in Asia \u2014 especially with a changing regulatory landscape \u2014 and its people and companies should take advantage.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That was the message Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich gave at this year\u2019s Bitcoin Asia conference, where on Friday he spoke<\/a> of how his company went from failing to the third biggest bitcoin treasury in the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bitcoin Asia kicked off on Thursday in Hong Kong, bringing the biggest names in the space to Hong Kong to talk about everything from treasury companies to building apps from scratch.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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JUST IN: Japanese public company Metaplanet CEO says the bottom for Bitcoin’s price is in <\/p>\n

“The buyers arriving now aren’t going anywhere. I believe the bottom is in. And I’m expecting a much brighter rest of the year.” pic.twitter.com\/zz0RUxspSz<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) August 28, 2026<\/a>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cThe previous cycles belonged to the West, and the first Asian cycle has already started,\u201d Gerovich said. \u201cThe only question left is who builds it. Will you?\u201d<\/p>\n

Often dubbed Asia\u2019s answer to Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin treasury Strategy, Metaplanet pivoted<\/a> from its core hotel and technology business to buying Bitcoin in 2024. The Tokyo Stock Exchange now holds 43,000 bitcoins worth about $3.3 billion at today\u2019s prices.<\/p>\n

Gerovich said in his speech that his company was small and going nowhere fast until it started putting bitcoin on its balance sheet, basically allowing investors to buy exposure to the biggest digital coin via its regulated shares.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He said that the strategy is a major opportunity for Asian companies, which can now capitalize on the changing regulatory landscape and the growing interest in Bitcoin.<\/p>\n

Asian nations, including Japan, Hong Kong, and Singapore, are making regulatory changes to support digital assets.<\/p>\n

Gerovich noted that Japan in particular is a country where its citizens have saved like no other part of the world \u2014 and that capital can now be put to good use.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHoarding cash has stopped making sense, and every household in Japan can now feel it,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cJapanese households hold roughly 14 trillion dollars in financial assets. About half of that sits in bank deposits, earning almost nothing, and that\u2019s just Japan, add Korea, Southeast Asia, and the wealth managed out of this place, Hong Kong, and you\u2019re looking at the deepest pools of patient savings on Earth.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd for the first time in a generation, these savings are looking for somewhere to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Gerovich added that Asian companies, institutions, and savers should take advantage of the current market conditions and build the Bitcoin infrastructure in their own regions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe end of the cash hoarding strategy and new rules are arriving at exactly the same time, and together, they set up what I think is the single biggest opportunity in Asian markets today,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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