Bitcoin Hyper Wants To Be The L2 Bitcoin Never Asked For. I'm Watching Anyway.
Bitcoin Hyper just crossed $32.7 million in its presale. That's the number that made me stop scrolling. Not because $32 million is huge by 2026 standards, plenty of rounds clear that, but because of what the project claims to be: a Layer 2 for Bitcoin that runs the Solana Virtual Machine. Read that twice. A chain bolted onto Bitcoin, but executing transactions the way Solana does.
№ 242PresalePepeto Crossed $10.2 Million While Bitcoin Bled. That Tells Me Something.
Here's a number that stopped me. Pepeto's presale has pulled in more than $10.2 million, and it did most of that climbing while the rest of the market was getting its teeth kicked in. Bitcoin slid under $66K. Fear and Greed sat around 22. And a frog meme token kept filling its raise anyway.
№ 243Price PredictionMy Bitcoin Call for the Next Few Weeks: Boring, Then Maybe Not
Bitcoin's sitting near $65K as I write this, on June 17, 2026. It just gave back roughly 15% over the month. And honestly? I think the next stretch is going to be a grind before it's a rally. Let me walk through why, and where I'd put my money if you held a gun to my head.
№ 244Price PredictionMy Ethereum Price Call for the Next Few Weeks: Boring, Then Maybe Better
Ethereum has been the punching bag of 2026, and I'm done pretending otherwise. ETH sits around $1,790 as I write this, the worst-performing major of the year, while Bitcoin gets the institutional love and Solana gets the activity headlines. So what happens next? My honest read: more chop near-term, with a cautiously constructive lean into late summer. Let me show my work, because anybody throwing out a number without one is selling you something.
№ 245BlockchainMost Ethereum Layer 2s Have No Reason To Exist, And That's Finally Getting Obvious
Zero Network is shutting down. When I read that, I didn't feel surprise. I felt the slow nod you give when a thing you predicted out loud finally happens. Because the truth a lot of people in this space avoided saying for two years is simple: we built way too many Layer 2s, and most of them were never going to matter.
№ 246BlockchainRestaking Promised Shared Security. A Year After Slashing Went Live, Here's What It Actually Bought.
Restaking sounded too good when it showed up. Take the ETH you've already staked to secure Ethereum, point it at a second service, earn a second yield, all while your stake keeps doing its first job. Free money, basically. I was skeptical then. I'm less skeptical now, but for reasons that have nothing to do with the yield.