Bitcoin (BTC) is trading at a 30-day low below $88,000, but the new Bitcoin Hyper (HYPER) Layer 2 continues to point to an adoption explosion. Bitcoin Hyper is about to deliver the fastest layer in Bitcoin history, with lightning transaction speeds at ultra-low cost, by leveraging the power of Solana.
Such is the excitement around the project that it has become the most valuable Bitcoin-focused ICO of recent times, having raised more than $31 million to date.
However, there are fewer than 7 hours left to join the Bitcoin Hyper presale before its native HYPER token increases from $0.013635.
The Future IS $HYPER. 🔥
31M Raised! 🚀https://t.co/VNG0P4GuDo pic.twitter.com/KPxcSkiStV
— Bitcoin Hyper (@BTC_Hyper2) January 26, 2026
The token can be staked immediately upon purchase to start earning a 38% yield. Although the price of Bitcoin may be looking increasingly favorable for new entrants, those who bought at around $100,000 or higher during the bull market are sitting on losses.
Yet, when others are fearful, it is the time to be greedy, or at least to average down your basis cost by topping up existing holdings. Yet, as we explain below, for those who do not already hold Bitcoin, the best way to gain exposure to the coming upside is to allocate to Bitcoin Hyper.
Protocol changes a threat to Bitcoin? Bitcoin Hyper is the best safe way to sidestep those issues
While Bitcoin’s much-vaunted safe-haven properties may appear less convincing right now, it is protocol-level developments that are garnering renewed attention.
Still, as the dollar weakens, macroeconomic uncertainty and doubts about US governance reemerge, the ‘sell America’ trade might be coming back, alongside the debasement trade – all of which means that Bitcoin’s digital gold properties are sure to shine through once more.
As gold soars to new all-time highs ($5,100) and Bitcoin struggles to build on New Year gains, Coinbase has recently created an independent advisory board to address the risks to blockchain cryptographic security posed by quantum computing.
Meanwhile, Strategy CEO Michael Saylor has raised concerns about changes to the Bitcoin protocol that could lead to unintended consequences and new security risks.
https://twitter.com/saylor/status/2015140226314686768
Saylor has in mind the BIP 110 software update proposal, which aims to cap the non-monetary data embedded in Bitcoin transactions.
BIP 110 was spawned by the backlash against the removal of the limit on the space allocated in the OP_RETURN area of the Bitcoin transaction code, which is used, among other things, to facilitate the growth of Ordinal Inscriptions. The Bitcoin Core Version 30 upgrade was introduced late last year.
The removal of the OP_RETURN limit has led to what detractors designate as ‘spam’ – growing congestion issues, and upward pressure on fees. A fierce divide has now opened up between the purists who want nothing to do with Ordinals, NFTs, and the other ‘non-monetary’ innovations enabled by the OP_RETURN change, and those who wish to exploit the opportunity it created to expand Bitcoin’s programmability.
The good news, however, is that Bitcoin Hyper’s Solana Virtual Machine-powered Layer-2 provides a way to sidestep the BIP 110 farago, whatever the outcome of the wrangling might be. Bitcoin Hyper delivers a way to add utility without changing the underlying protocol. In other words, regardless of whether the BIP 110 is implemented, Bitcoin Hyper will still be able to offer the scaling benefits of increased transaction speeds.
Bitcoin Hyper can adopt well-advanced Solana quantum resistance solutions
And what of the quantum risks – is this being overplayed? At the most optimistic estimate, it will be at least 5 years before usable quantum computers exist to threaten public-private key pair cryptography. Other experts say it will not be until the mid-2030s at the earliest before the threat materializes. Either way, prudent projects and companies are moving to get ready in good time, hence the Coinbase advisory board.
A quantum machine could run Shor’s Algorithm, developed by Peter Shor in 1994, to derive private keys from the public key. This is a problem that would impact all of cryptography, from the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption used by HTTPS web addresses to the entire digital financial world.
Public-key encryption, such as RSA and ECC, is used to secure almost all of our digital data, so the advent of Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) is not a threat that’s unique to Bitcoin.
As we saw with BIP 110, Bitcoin Hyper sits aloof from the fray to some extent, but with Q-Day (the date when quantum computers become powerful enough to crack public-key encryption), it has a different sort of advantage.
Because Bitcoin Hyper is a Layer-2 running on Solana, it can leverage quantum-resistant advances already under development, such as the Solana Winternitz Vault technology, which is being tested by Project Eleve, and has recently raised $20 million from investors, including Coinbase Ventures.
Other solutions are in the works, such as tech from qLabs, initially aimed at ERC20 tokens (HYPER is currently an ERC20 token but will migrate to the Solana chain when the Layer-2 is live), but will also roll out to Layer-1s like Solana.
Suffice to say then, with Bitcoin Hyper in your corner, Bitcoin is in the fast lane, both as a high-transaction-speed asset that can fulfill Bitcoin’s original promise of becoming digital cash, but also as a secure base layer that is transformed into a decentralized application-capable asset that is not dependent on the whims and techno-ideological biases of Bitcoin Core developers.
Bitcoin price set to hit $250,000 in 2026
Wall Street guru Tom Lee, founder of Bitmine and Fundstrat, is pencilling in a Bitcoin price of $250,000 this year as he holds firm to the digital gold thesis. He also recommends buying the yellow metal too. Lee says that as sellers seeking to recoup losses are eventually squeezed out near the $100k level, the upturn in the BTC price will resume. With its deep integration within the Bitcoin ecosystem, HYPER will be a key beneficiary.
Take part in the blockbuster Bitcoin Hyper presale
To participate in the Bitcoin Hyper presale, visit the Bitcoin Hyper website and purchase using SOL, ETH, USDT, USDC, BNB, or even a credit card.
The Bitcoin Hyper team recommends connecting using Best Wallet, widely regarded as the best crypto and Bitcoin wallet available. HYPER is already listed in Best Wallet’s “Upcoming Tokens” section, making it easy to buy, track, and claim once the token is live.
Join the vibrant Bitcoin Hyper community on Telegram and X.
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