PANews reported on July 18 that Planet Ventures Inc., a Canadian listed company, purchased 3.02 BTC for 500,000 Canadian dollars, increasing its total holdings to 25.8 BTC, with an average cost of about $112,603.66 per coin. As of July 17, the number of satoshis distributed per share was about 12.53, an increase of 670% from 1.65 in June. The company's cumulative investment in Bitcoin is about $2.9085 million.

Earlier news, Canadian listed company Planet Ventures increased its Bitcoin reserves to 19.71 .