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Capital to Fall to 1 Yen for a Third Straight Year — Inside Metaplanet's Capital Reduction Strategy

  • Metaplanet plans to reduce its registered capital to 1 yen for the third year running.
  • The reduction is a bookkeeping/tax maneuver, not an indicator of the company's actual net assets or Bitcoin holdings.
  • Japan's local inhabitant tax tiers are based on stated capital, so minimizing it on paper lowers the fixed tax burden regardless of real company size.

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