A startup called Bitcoin Hyper just raised $32.7 million to make Bitcoin transactions faster and cheaper. Meanwhile, another project called LiquidChain raised over $821,000 to do something similar — connect Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana so your money can move freely between them. Both are borrowing technology from Solana, the network known for blazing-fast transactions. But should everyday investors care? Let’s break it down.
By Diego Rivera | June 4, 2026
The Problem: Your Money Is Trapped in Silos
Here’s a frustration every crypto investor knows: moving money between Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana is painful. You have to use “bridges” — services that lock up your coins on one network and create a substitute version on another. These bridges are slow, expensive, and historically have been hacked for billions of dollars.
Bitcoin, despite being worth $63,766 per coin and representing the biggest pile of money in crypto, is basically a vault with no programmability. You can store value, but you can’t do much else with it. Ethereum lets you build apps and smart contracts, but it’s slow and expensive. Solana is fast but separate. Your money is stuck in these silos, and it’s a real headache.
The Idea: Borrow Solana’s Speed for Other Networks
Instead of building new technology from scratch, some projects had a clever idea: why not take Solana’s speed technology (called the Solana Virtual Machine, or SVM) and plug it into Bitcoin and Ethereum? Think of it like putting a sports car engine into a truck chassis — you get the truck’s cargo capacity with sports car performance.
This is the “SVM-on-Everything” trend, and it’s picking up serious steam in June 2026. Developers are realizing it takes years to build a fast transaction engine from scratch and prove it’s secure. Solana already did that work. So why not reuse it?
The Two Projects Making It Happen
Bitcoin Hyper (HYPER) is building a “Layer 2” for Bitcoin — think of it as a faster lane running alongside the main Bitcoin road. It uses Solana’s technology to process up to 100,000 transactions per second (compared to Bitcoin’s usual 7). The project has raised $32.7 million in its presale. The HYPER token costs $0.013681 and offers staking rewards of about 36–37% per year for early participants.
LiquidChain (LIQUID) goes further — it’s a “Layer 3” that aims to connect Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana into one unified system without using those risky bridges. Developers could build an app once and have it work across all three networks. The LIQUID token costs $0.01466, and they’re offering eye-popping staking rewards up to 1,348% per year to attract early users. They’ve raised over $821,000 so far.
Should You Invest? Here’s What to Consider
First, the potential upside. If either project succeeds, it solves a real, billion-dollar problem. Bitcoin’s market cap is massive but mostly sitting idle. Making Bitcoin programmable and fast would unlock enormous value. The demand is clearly there — that’s why Bitcoin Hyper raised $32.7 million from investors who did their homework.
But here are the red flags to watch:
- Bitcoin Hyper has been in presale for over a year with no confirmed exchange listing date. That’s a long time to hold investor money without a clear launch timeline. It raises questions about execution speed and whether the team can deliver.
- LiquidChain’s 1,348% staking rewards are unsustainable. When a project offers quadruple-digit returns, it’s printing tokens to pay you. That creates massive inflation. Unless real usage grows fast enough to absorb all those new tokens, the price will collapse. History is littered with projects that offered insane staking rewards and then crashed.
- The technology is unproven at scale. Connecting Bitcoin’s older architecture with Solana’s fast engine requires complex “translation” software. If that translation layer has bugs, it could become a massive vulnerability. It hasn’t been battle-tested in real adversarial conditions yet.
On the positive side, LiquidChain has completed security audits with both CertiK and SpyWolf — that’s a good sign that they’re taking security seriously, which is unusual for an early-stage project.
What This Means for Regular Investors
The “making Bitcoin faster” narrative is compelling, and the technology trend is real. The SVM approach is gaining momentum across the industry. But for everyday investors, the key question is timing and risk tolerance.
If you’re the type who likes to get in early on infrastructure plays, these projects represent the “picks and shovels” thesis — betting on the tools that others will use to build, rather than betting on specific apps. But the risks are significant: both tokens are in presale (meaning you can’t easily sell), the tech is unproven, and the staking rewards scream “inflation ahead.”
The smart move for most investors is to watch these projects closely as they approach mainnet launches. If Bitcoin Hyper actually delivers a working product with real transaction volume, that’s when it gets interesting. Until then, the $32.7 million raised proves smart money is paying attention — but it doesn’t guarantee success.
The cryptocurrency market remains highly volatile. This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice.
exporting SVM to Bitcoin L3 is wild. the $32.7M raise makes sense if they can actually nail cross-chain state without introducing yet another bridging nightmare
bridging nightmare is exactly right. seen 3 SVM bridge projects this year already rug or pause withdrawals. hope $32.7M buys actual auditors
rekt_solana 3 SVM bridges rug and this one raises $32.7M. at some point investors need to do actual due diligence on these teams
borrowing solana tech to scale bitcoin is like putting a ferrari engine in a tractor. the base layer was never designed for this and forcing it creates new attack surfaces
SOL at $70 and everyone is rushing to put SVM everywhere. feels like the EVM-in-everything phase of 2021 but with better tech. LiquidChain better ship fast before the trend moves on
Kwame the EVM comparison is exactly right. same hype cycle different VM. at least SVM is faster out of the box
kwame is right about the EVM parallel. same narrative different chain. at least SVM is actually fast though, EVM l2s still pretend 15 tps is scalable
32.7m to make btc faster by copying solana tech. we already have lightning doing this with 12 years of battle testing. another bridge project chasing the same problem
bridge_body_count_ lightning has 12 years and still cant move real volume without channel management headaches. if bitcoin hyper actually solves ux thats worth 32m
liquidchain pulling 821k while hyper got 32.7m tells you everything about investor confidence in the also-rans
LiquidChain raising $821K to connect BTC ETH and SOL is the more interesting play honestly. $32.7M for Bitcoin Hyper sounds like another overfunded L2 that will launch to zero volume
821K raise for cross chain interoperability vs 32.7M for another L2. the capital allocation in this space is completely backwards
bridge_burner is right. the capital gap between 32M and 821K tells you everything about how VCs price interoperability vs another me-too L2
821k for liquidchain versus 32m shows where the real money is flowing
Bitcoin Hyper raising 32.7M to put SVM on BTC is the most overfunded L2 narrative since Loopring raised 12M for the same pitch in 2021
LiquidChain got 821K to connect BTC ETH and SOL. Bitcoin Hyper got 32.7M. the market rewards flashier pitch decks over actual shipping products
32.7M to make Bitcoin faster when Lightning already works. feels like VCs funding solutions looking for problems at this point
lightning already works so why throw 32m at another layer
$32m raised for btc speed improvements? finally some real innovation
bridges between btc and other chains are still too risky
saw too many bridge hacks, not touching this with a 10ft pole
bitcoin needs faster transactions if it wants to compete with payment networks
32.7m raised to speed up bitcoin while bridges stay slow and expensive