Japanese listed company MetaPlanet, which has been accumulating Bitcoin, announced that it has purchased an additional 2823 BTC. It currently holds a total of 43,000 BTC. Meanwhile, in its BTC income business for the second quarter of this year, it recorded sales of 1.7473 billion yen (approximately 16.7 billion KRW). Cumulative sales for the first half of the year reached 4.717 billion yen. Although second-quarter sales were lower than the first quarter (2.9693 billion yen), cumulative sales over the past 12 months hit a record high of 11.3964 billion yen since the start of the business. The Bitcoin income business generates operating profit through BTC-related option trading, and sales reflect option premiums, realized gains/losses, and year-end valuation gains/losses.