- Lib Work approved the purchase of ¥500 million in Bitcoin between September and December 2025.
- The firm issued an NFT for a 3D-printed house design and is studying Bitcoin payments for sales.
Japan’s Lib Work said its board approved a plan to acquire ¥500 million in Bitcoin with purchases scheduled from September through December 2025.
Lib Work Board Approves ¥500m Bitcoin Purchases and Quarterly Fair-Value Accounting
The Kumamoto-based homebuilder, listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth market under code 1431, described Bitcoin as increasingly regarded as “digital gold” and cited domestic inflation risks alongside the concentration of cash holdings.
The company plans phased purchases via a licensed exchange and will formalize risk controls and accounting policies before execution. Management said holdings will be measured at fair value each quarter with gains or losses recognized in profit and loss, and that any material impact on earnings will be disclosed without delay.
Lib Work positions the move as treasury diversification aligned with its broader digitization program rather than a shift away from its core housing business. The company’s profile identifies detached housing sales using the internet and virtual reality tools as core activities, supported by a domestic franchise network.
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— リブワーク / Lib Work (@LibWork_jp) August 18, 2025
Company Tokenizes 3D-Printed ‘Lib Earth House’ Design and Explores BTC Settlement
The Bitcoin decision follows a July initiative to tokenize the digital design files of the firm’s 3D-printed “Lib Earth House” as non-fungible tokens.
Lib Work said NFT issuance is intended to record design rights, ownership history and asset identifiers on-chain, with a sales concept that contemplates Bitcoin settlement for domestic and overseas buyers.
The company framed the NFT model as a mechanism to protect intellectual property for structures produced from digital blueprints.
The Lib Earth House program focuses on single-storey homes printed on site using an earth-based mix of soil, lime and plant fibers. Lib Work reports that Model B, a roughly 100 m² residence, was completed on July 22, 2025, after earlier prototyping.
The firm says its earthen printed walls are paired with a timber frame designed to meet Japan’s highest residential seismic standard and that its approach reduces embodied emissions versus conventional concrete methods.
Lib Work’s prospective Bitcoin holdings would sit within a growing set of publicly listed companies that disclose BTC on balance sheets. Aggregated trackers show Japanese names among entities reporting positions, though companies’ rankings fluctuate with market prices and additional acquisitions.
Near term, investors will watch the cadence of purchases and the interaction between treasury policy and Lib Work’s tokenized-design workflow. The company said it will proceed in stages and update the market if the fair-value measurement of Bitcoin materially changes reported earnings.
At the time of this update, Bitcoin is trading at $115,445.00, reflecting a $409.00 gain since the previous close, which equates to a 0.36 % rise in the last 24 hours.
