In Japanese language, number 8 has a positive connotation.
Metaplenet intends to accumulate 10,000 bitcoin before the end of 2025.
The Japanese investment company, Metaplenet, bought today, June 2, 2025, 1,088 BTC. In this way, the company raises its total holdings to 8,888 BTC (equivalent to approximately 930 million dollars).
Is recent acquisition Bitcoin cost Metaplenet 16,885 million Japanese yen (about 117.5 million dollars) and The BTC were acquired at a price of 108,051 dollars. The financing was made through the issuance of bonds, following a strategy similar to that of the American company Strategy, led by Michael Saylor.
With these movements, Metapelanet is approaching its goal of having 10,000 bitcoin in his treasury before he finishes 2025.
Metaplenet is, at the time of this publication, the tenth public contribution company worldwide with more Bitcoin in its treasury, surpassing block. That can be seen in the following table provided by the Bitcoin Treasuries portal and has not yet been updated:
Simon Gervich, CEO of Metaplanet, wrote In his X account: «🚀 8,888 BTC. A symbol of abundance. A number of fortune. And today our new reality. 8,888 Bitcoin insured. A new chapter for Metaplenet begins »
It is that the chosen number was not random. In Japanese culture, number 8 (八, Hachi) has a positive and auspicious connotation. This is due to its graphic shape: Kanji’s strokes open to the sides, which is symbolically interpreted as expansion, growth or prosperity. Unlike other numbers that may have negative meanings (such as 4 or 9), 8 is considered good luck in contexts such as businesses, celebrations and numerology.
In the Japanese language, number 8 is phonetically neutral: Hachi is pronounced, without direct associations with negative words, unlike 4 (shi, which sounds like “death”) or 9 (Ku, which may sound as “pain” or “suffering”). This reinforces its use in names of products, brands and room numbers or telephone when it seeks to transmit a positive image.
As reported by cryptootics, in May, Metaplenet had come to accumulate 5,555 bitcoin, a figure that in Japanese reads “go, go, go, go, go” (sound that, in English, is interpreted as “come on, come on, come on, come on, come on!”).
