According to Bitcoin Magazine, Metaplanet, a publicly traded Japanese company, has outperformed a number of major assets after adopting a bitcoin strategy. According to the data, Metaplanet's stock price has risen 443.2 percent in yen terms since adopting the Bitcoin standard, far outperforming other assets. Over the same period, the price of gold rose 17.8 percent, while bitcoin itself fell 10.1 percent. The Nikkei and the U.S. dollar fell 7.1 percent and 6.4 percent, respectively.