Animoca and Solv to help Japanese firms earn Bitcoin yield
Animoca Brands has entered into a partnership with decentralized finance platform Solv Protocol to enable Japanese corporations with sizable Bitcoin (BTC) holdings to generate yield, the companies announced on Wednesday.
The collaboration will combine Solv’s infrastructure with Animoca Brands’ institutional network to serve corporations and publicly listed firms maintaining large BTC treasuries.
Kensuke Amo, CEO of Animoca Brands Japan, said the initiative aims to help companies move beyond simply holding BTC by offering ways to utilize it as a revenue source to support business growth.
Bitcoin does not inherently produce yield through holding alone; returns typically require mechanisms such as lending, liquidity provision, or staking programs.
Solv targets between 4% and 12% annual Bitcoin yield
The venture plans to employ Solv’s universal Bitcoin-backed wrapper, allowing treasury teams to pursue an annual percentage yield ranging between 4% and 12%.
According to Solv’s white paper, yield is generated through lending markets, providing liquidity to automated market maker pools, and participating in structured staking strategies.
Ryan Chow, co-founder and CEO of Solv, said the protocol has demonstrated that Bitcoin can function as productive capital, adding that the next stage focuses on offering secure, compliant, high-yield treasury solutions to leading Japanese enterprises.
Solv is backed by investors including Binance Labs and Blockchain Capital and reports managing more than $2.8 billion in assets, according to the company.
Metaplanet holds Japan’s largest corporate Bitcoin reserve
Bitbo data indicates that 11 Japan-based publicly traded companies hold BTC on their balance sheets. The country’s largest corporate holder, and the fourth-largest globally, is Metaplanet, with approximately 30,823 BTC.
Other Japan-headquartered public holders include Nexon, a South Korea–founded game developer with 1,117 BTC, and consulting firm Remixpoint with 1,273 BTC.
Among private entities, the defunct exchange Mt. Gox still retains more than 34,000 BTC despite declaring bankruptcy in 2014.
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