Both Bitcoin and Solana prices have steadily increased on Monday, rising by 2% and 2.9%, respectively. However, whales from both projects have started rotating their wealth into a new altcoin to maximize their gains for the rest of 2025.
The altcoin is called Bitcoin Hyper (HYPER), and it’s positioned at the intersection of Bitcoin and Solana. It’s a Bitcoin Layer 2 blockchain that runs on the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM), aiming to address Bitcoin’s issues of slow speeds and limited functionality.
It combines Bitcoin’s security and liquidity with Solana’s speed and programmability, paving the way for what could become the most efficient and vibrant ecosystem within the cryptocurrency space.
Bitcoin Hyper is raising development funds through a presale, and they’re having no issue attracting willing investors. They have already raised an impressive $18.8 million, making it one of the largest presales of 2025.
Whales pour into Bitcoin Hyper presale
The presale is bringing in between $200,000 and $300,000 daily, which is a promising sign for its exchange launch. Imagine if there were a presale for a new type of smartphone or laptop, and millions of people took part. This would inform the manufacturer that there will be a significant demand once the product reaches retail stores, encouraging them to produce more units.
However, here’s the kicker: there is a fixed supply of Bitcoin Hyper tokens (21 billion), meaning that those sold during the presale reduce the amount left for exchanges. This creates scarcity, increases FOMO, and ultimately boosts HYPER’s potential for price growth.
Top Bitcoin and Solana holders see the project’s rapid presale growth as a harbinger of explosive price gains. In a recent video, Umar Khan from the popular 99Bitcoins YouTube channel (700K subscribers) predicted that HYPER could achieve 100x gains.
Meanwhile, at the end of last week, whales made a series of purchases that sent shockwaves through the market. There were three purchases totaling $117,000, split between quantities of $87,100, $17.300, and $12.700. It’s unclear whether this was due to one whale spreading his exposure over three wallets or from three different buyers.
Either way, that’s $117,000 in new capital pouring into the HYPER presale from just three orders, reinforcing the immense conviction that sophisticated traders have in this project. But what’s all the hype about?
Turning Bitcoin into programmable money
Bitcoin Hyper’s success is no accident – the project is transforming a $2.3 trillion asset (Bitcoin) from a static store of value into a dynamic form of programmable money that can be used in DeFi, high-frequency payments, or to power decentralized applications (dApps).
Imagine a digital economy that runs not on USD or an altcoin, but on the world’s most trusted and secure digital asset that’s backed by intrinsic scarcity. Bitcoin has averaged a 60.2% return over the past five years and an 81.6% return over the past decade – imagine the appreciating value of Bitcoin compounded by DeFi yield – that’s what Bitcoin Hyper is unlocking.
The project operates as a Bitcoin Layer 2, essentially a sidechain running alongside Bitcoin, offering faster speeds and smart contract support. You can easily deposit and withdraw BTC to the L2 using its trustless canonical bridge, providing a seamless way for Bitcoin liquidity to enter the ecosystem.
It runs on SVM execution, inheriting Solana’s speed and programmability, while also unlocking interoperability with the network. This means Solana dApps can easily migrate to Bitcoin Hyper, whether it’s meme coin launchpads like Pump.fun, perpetual exchanges like Pacifica, or RWA projects like Securitze and Ondo Protocol.
Will HYPER outperform Bitcoin & Solana in 2025?
Bitcoin Hyper clearly has a lot of potential. The big question now is whether it can meet expectations. With capital pouring into the presale, the team certainly has the financial resources to develop the project, and its weekly developer updates show consistent progress toward the launch.
Should development continue to advance and the L2 mainnet successfully launches, then HYPER could be primed for long-lasting success. And with a market capitalization significantly lower than that of top cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Solana, the project also holds massive room for growth.
This combination of a strong use case, early stage, and market appeal is exactly why Bitcoin and Solana holders are investing in HYPER right now, and why analysts are predicting 100x gains. Time will tell if it lives up to its hype, but these factors undoubtedly make Bitcoin Hyper one of the most exciting launches currently happening.
