Bitcoin Hyper raises 16 million USD: The wave of the BitcoinFi boom begins with HYPER

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Monday, September 15, 2025 – Although Bitcoin (BTC) is the most valuable cryptocurrency in the world, its financial layer (BitcoinFi) significantly lags behind the second largest blockchain Ethereum (ETH). Ethereum has a total locked value (TVL) of 64.6 billion USD, while Bitcoin only has 7.39 billion USD. This difference highlights the enormous untapped potential in the BitcoinFi ecosystem.

Bitcoin Hyper (HYPER) was created to bridge this gap – it is the fastest built Bitcoin Layer-2 network. It combines the efficiency of Solana (SOL) with the security of Bitcoin, thereby opening up space for programmability and scalable applications directly on Bitcoin.

The project has already raised 16 million USD during the presale in just three months. It ranks among the largest token launches of 2025 and demonstrates strong investor confidence in its future. In the current round of presale, the price of the HYPER token is set at 0.012925 USD, with seven hours remaining until the price increases in the next phase.

BitcoinFi report Q2: increasing TVL and the race for programmable Bitcoin

The data platform Maestro published the State of BitcoinFi report last month, which provides key statistics on the development of BitcoinFi – essentially DeFi solutions on Bitcoin.

According to the report, staking reached 7.39 billion USD in TVL. Although this is a significant number, it is still considerably lower than the range of Ethereum and even only about half compared to Solana, which has 14.37 billion USD.

Stablecoins are gaining ground in the Bitcoin ecosystem.

Currently, 860 million USD is locked in stablecoins. The largest growth is led by Avalon’s USDa, a stablecoin based on the CDP mechanism that allows users to lock BTC as collateral and create USDa. Another strong player is Hermetica, which offers a synthetic dollar backed by bitcoin reserves and hedging strategies.

A key trend is also the emergence of programmability – up to 5.52 billion USD (approximately 52,000 BTC) is already in environments where it can be used for DeFi, lending, issuing stablecoins, token creation, and other smart contract applications.

Stacks more than doubled its TVL in the second quarter of 2025, adding approximately 2,000 BTC, while sidechains continue to maintain the largest share of BTC. At the same time, new solutions such as zk-rollups and SVM-based architectures are emerging and diversifying.

These numbers clearly show that institutional investors and developers are pushing for Bitcoin to become more than just a static reserve asset. And the interest does not only come from the institutional sphere – the cultural boom of BRC-20 tokens demonstrates that retail users are also ready to experiment with the programmability of Bitcoin, albeit in less efficient ways.

Problem with BRC-20 and how Bitcoin Hyper solves it

Nothing proves users' desire for greater functionality of Bitcoin more than the rise of BRC-20 tokens. Launched as a simple recording standard on top of Ordinals, BRC-20 was never designed as a full-fledged financial layer. Nevertheless, it has experienced explosive growth – according to a Maestro report, daily volumes reached as high as 128 million USD. Meme tokens like ORDI and SATS have sparked an entirely new market segment.

Problem with BRC-20 and solution through Bitcoin Hyper

The main problem with BRC-20 lies in the fact that it is more of a workaround than a true innovation. Balances rely on off-chain indexers instead of native validation, which makes ownership ambiguous. Furthermore, each transfer puts a strain on the Bitcoin base network, increasing fees and generating controversy. And without smart contracts, tokens remain limited to speculation rather than driving loans, stablecoins, or complex applications.

This is exactly the space where the opportunity for the next wave of BitcoinFi projects is showing. BRC-20 proves the undeniable demand for tokens and programmability on Bitcoin, but at the same time reveals the limits of building without a scalable foundation.

Bitcoin Hyper is designed to provide this foundation. As the fastest Bitcoin Layer-2 network in history, it combines the performance of Solana with the security of Bitcoin, enabling the operation of smart contracts, DeFi, and entire token ecosystems on a large scale.

Why is Bitcoin Hyper a better foundation

Bitcoin Hyper is built around a canonical bridge that allows direct transfer of BTC into the Layer-2 environment. After bridging, Bitcoin gains full programmability. The model is similar to how users mint USDa on Avalone by locking BTC as collateral, but in this case, the resulting asset is much more versatile.

This design provides a foundation that previous projects have failed to build. The canonical bridge is secured by zero-knowledge proofs that anchor transactions back to the Bitcoin base layer, while scalability is ensured by the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM).

Developers will gain access to the Rust environment with tools like Anchor, significantly simplifying the creation of secure and efficient applications. Users benefit from parallel processing, low fees, and confirmations within seconds – all while maintaining the security guaranteed by Bitcoin.

The key point is that Bitcoin Hyper is transparent in its development. The team regularly publishes updates on X, including ongoing research in the area of execution layer.

Instead of settling for the Ethereum Virtual Machine and its series limitations, Hyper demonstrates how to transfer parallel transaction processing to Bitcoin settlement without compromising trust. This commitment to open development sharply contrasts with projects like Fractal Bitcoin or SatoshiVM, which promised innovations but never built a secure and sustainable infrastructure.

Result: modern applications with Bitcoin as the foundation

The result is an environment for executing transactions where modern, parallel-processing applications can function fully – while Bitcoin remains the ultimate settlement layer. This combination of speed, security, and developer readiness makes Bitcoin Hyper the most trusted foundation for the next phase of BitcoinFi growth.

Purpose of the HYPER token and how to obtain it

The native token HYPER powers the entire Bitcoin Hyper ecosystem. It serves as:

• gas token for transactions on the network,
• staking asset that secures the chain,
• governance token that allows holders to co-decide on further development.

Many analysts – including the leading crypto educational portal 99Bitcoins – label HYPER as a potential 100× token, as every application built on the Bitcoin Hyper Layer-2 operates precisely on it.

Bitcoin Hyper has already raised more than 15.5 million USD in pre-sale and is regarded as one of the largest Layer-2 projects on Bitcoin in 2025.

If you want to acquire it, visit the official Bitcoin Hyper website and purchase tokens during the ongoing presale. Payments can be made using SOL, ETH, USDT, USDC, BNB, or even a credit card.

The project recommends the Best Wallet, where HYPER is already listed in the Upcoming Tokens tool. This allows you to easily track, purchase, and later claim tokens after the project launches.

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