Quick Facts:
- 1⃣ The Michael Saylor-led Strategy Bitcoin treasury company received a ‘B-’ rating from S&P Global.
- 2⃣ The rating reflects the risks related to Strategy’s narrow focus on Bitcoin, but S&P also shared its confidence in the company’s ability to meet its financial obligations.
- 3⃣ S&P’s rating also puts the spotlight not just on Strategy but also on Bitcoin itself and on Bitcoin-related projects featuring the best altcoins.
- 4⃣ Among these projects is Bitcoin Hyper, which aims to make transaction speeds faster and cheaper within the Bitcoin ecosystem.
Yesterday, leading credit rating agency S&P Global revealed its ‘B-’ rating for Strategy, the world’s largest Bitcoin treasury company.
While the rating still falls under the agency’s ‘speculative grade’ investment, it establishes Strategy’s status as a legitimate investment, although slightly riskier than those with higher ratings.
By extension, it also puts Bitcoin ($BTC) under the radar of investors who wish to dabble in the cryptocurrency either as a direct or indirect holder of the asset.
And for the more risk-on retail investors, this also boosts attention on some of the best altcoins, particularly Bitcoin-related ones like Bitcoin Hyper ($HYPER). See the full context below.
Strategy’s Outlook ‘Stable,’ Says S&P
S&P released its ‘B-’ credit rating for Strategy on October 27, citing its ‘high Bitcoin concentration, narrow business focus, weak risk-adjusted capitalization, and low US dollar liquidity,’ as weaknesses.
However, the agency added that it’s confident that the Michael Saylor-led treasury company will continue to manage its debt well and finance payments of its debt and stock dividends.
In other words, the outlook for Strategy is stable despite some risks on the horizon.
While the rating still falls under the S&P’s ‘speculative grade’ tier, it’s nevertheless a nod of legitimacy for both the company and, indirectly, for Bitcoin as an asset. Even with crypto’s known volatility, this shows that traditional finance is beginning to take Bitcoin-backed strategies more seriously.
As such, the news has huge potential to pump $BTC. This institutional spotlight doesn’t just benefit Strategy and Bitcoin, though, but could spill over to the broader crypto market.
Bitcoin-related projects in particular, including those looking to expand the Bitcoin ecosystem, could attract more players looking for wider crypto exposure.
Bitcoin Hyper ($HYPER) is one such example — an emerging altcoin project building a network specifically for upscaling Bitcoin. Having recently surpassed $25M in presale, this crypto is proof of bubbling enthusiasm among retail investors.
Bitcoin Hyper Presale Pumps, Pushing for a Bitcoin Layer 2 Upgrade
While crypto-related investments are deemed high-risk compared to more stable ones like bonds, they continue to attract investors because of their high yield potential. And no crypto has grabbed the headlines more than Bitcoin.
But as the world’s most valuable crypto, Bitcoin is not without its drawbacks. For one, it can only handle seven transactions per second (TPS), resulting in high transaction costs. In contrast, Solana can theoretically handle up to 65K TPS.
$BTC’s use is also limited to being a store of value. This means that you can’t, for example, use your $BTC freely across programmable smart contracts and DeFi platforms — the type of utility that the best altcoins usually provide.
Bitcoin Hyper ($HYPER) wants to solve these issues with its Layer 2 (L2) network. The L2 will run on a Solana Virtual Machine, which will allow it to provide high transaction speeds with low fees to the Bitcoin ecosystem.
It will also enable Solana-style smart contracts for various use cases, from lending platforms to meme coin launchpads.
See our page on ‘What is Bitcoin Hyper?’ to learn more about the project.
The new ecosystem will also feature a canonical bridge, which will enable you to send your $BTC from the main Bitcoin blockchain to the L2 and use it for things like staking, trading, and interacting with dApps.
See Bitcoin Hyper’s page for further information.
$HYPER Token Raises Over $25M from Early Backers
Bitcoin Hyper ($HYPER) is the native token fueling this emerging ecosystem.
When the L2 launches, you’ll be able to use $HYPER to pay for transaction fees, get perks like governance rights, and access exclusive early dApp rollouts.
But for now, $HYPER is still on presale, raising the funds for its L2 mission. The token costs $0.013185, and still comes with dynamic staking rewards of up to 47% p.a.
Want to join? Our Bitcoin Hyper buying guide has easy step-by-step instructions.
To date, this crypto fundraiser has received over $25M from early adopters. The project has even recorded massive whale buys of up to $379.9K, making it one of this year’s best crypto presales if we’re talking community trust and bullish momentum.
If devs successfully roll out a functional L2 and onboard dApps to fuel adoption, our $HYPER price forecast suggests the project could surge 15x in early 2026.
But time is running out, as the token’s listing is targeted for Q4 2025/Q1 2026. A presale price increase is also due in less than two days.
Join the Bitcoin Hyper presale today.
Disclaimer: Do your own research. This is not investment advice.
Authored by Bogdan Patru, Bitcoinist — https://bitcoinist.com/strategy-b-rating-optimistic-for-bitcoin-best-altcoins-hyper/