{"id":613203,"date":"2026-06-12T13:52:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T13:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/metaplanet-to-form-securities-arm-through-siiibo-acquisition\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T13:52:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T13:52:40","slug":"metaplanet-to-form-securities-arm-through-siiibo-acquisition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/metaplanet-to-form-securities-arm-through-siiibo-acquisition\/","title":{"rendered":"Metaplanet to form securities arm through Siiibo acquisition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy1pbWFnZXMuY3RtZWRpYS5pby9tZWRpYS9hcnRpY2xlLWNvdmVycy9oaS1kZWZpLXdvbnQtbGFzdC1sb25nLXdpdGhvdXQtdW5sb2NraW5nLWJpdGNvaW5zLXRyZWFzdXJlLWNoZXN0LW1ldGFwbGFuZXQuanBn.jpg\" alt=\"Metaplanet to form securities arm through Siiibo acquisition\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Metaplanet will acquire Siiibo Securities and rename it Metaplanet Securities as it builds out Project Nova, its Bitcoin-centric finance strategy in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Metaplanet announced on Friday that it has agreed to acquire Siiibo Securities in a 2.1 billion yen ($13.1 million) deal to form a securities arm. <\/p>\n<p>The Tokyo-listed Bitcoin (BTC) treasury company <a href=\"https:\/\/contents.xj-storage.jp\/xcontents\/33500\/79a81772\/dbcf\/498b\/8a40\/f8c346a63f56\/140120260612569956.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> it entered into a share transfer agreement to acquire 100% of the Japanese securities company, a licensed financial instruments business operator. After closing, expected in July, Siiibo Securities will become a wholly owned subsidiary and be renamed Metaplanet Securities.<\/p>\n<p>Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/gerovich\/status\/2065350567774527524\">said<\/a> the acquisition is the first step in Project Nova, the company&#8217;s strategy to build a Bitcoin-centric financial ecosystem in Japan. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/metaplanet-to-form-securities-arm-through-siiibo-acquisition\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metaplanet will acquire Siiibo Securities and rename it Metaplanet Securities as it builds out Project Nova, its Bitcoin-centric finance strategy in Japan. Metaplanet announced on Friday that it has agreed to acquire Siiibo Securities in a 2.1 billion yen ($13.1 million) deal to form a securities arm. The Tokyo-listed Bitcoin (BTC) treasury company said it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":613204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-613203","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=613203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/613204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=613203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=613203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=613203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}