Key facts
- Vanguard's FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap ETF bought 4.5 million Metaplanet shares for $7.5 million.
- Metaplanet's Bitcoin holdings reached 44,000 BTC.
- Metaplanet's stock closed at 263 JPY on Monday.
Vanguard's FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap ETF has made its first disclosed purchase of shares in Metaplanet, a Bitcoin treasury company. The ETF acquired 4.5 million shares valued at $7.5 million, according to a report on October 26. This move by the world's second-largest asset manager, Vanguard, with over $13 trillion in assets under management, highlights a growing institutional interest in companies holding Bitcoin on their balance sheets. Previously, other Vanguard funds, including the Total International Stock Fund and the FTSE Japan ETF, had also invested in Metaplanet.