PANews reported on April 15 that according to Globenewswire, Japanese medical service company SBC Medical Group Holdings announced that based on the announcement of the decision to purchase Bitcoin disclosed on February 12, 2025, as of April 14, 2025, it had completed the purchase of 5 BTC (approximately 60 million yen/400,000 US dollars).

Earlier in February , SBC Medical announced plans to purchase 1 billion yen (about 6.7 million US dollars) worth of Bitcoin to achieve the long-term strategic goal of asset diversification and combating inflation, which is expected to be completed between February and May 2025.