Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has issued a stark warning that a proposed Bitcoin quantum defense fix is both technically flawed and functionally inadequate, potentially leaving 1.7 million BTC permanently vulnerable. The revelation comes amid bullish Bitcoin price predictions, with Hoskinson asserting the BIP-361 proposal—marketed as a soft fork—would actually require a disruptive hard fork by invalidating existing signature schemes.

Bitcoin Price Prediction: Fork or no Fork, $250,000 the Target

Hoskinson’s skepticism about Bitcoin’s protocol governance hasn’t dampened his price outlook. He publicly predicted BTC reaches $250,000 by mid-2026, a 3X from current levels, citing institutional inflows, Magnificent 7 tech integration, the incoming Clarity Act, and sustained end-user growth as primary drivers. He reiterated the forecast in a Bloomberg interview at TOKEN2049 Singapore.

HOSKINSON PUSHES HIS $250K BITCOIN TARGET TO LATE 2026.

After calling for $250,000 $BTC by end-2025 in April and then moving it to mid-2026 in October, he now expects it to happen by the end of 2026. pic.twitter.com/uyCKexxoKF

Technically, Bitcoin’s current position at just under $74,000 reflects a meaningful recovery from the sub-$66,000 low due to the fear of an Iran war. Early this month, the peak stood at $73,000; BTC has now cleared that level convincingly. Analyst consensus has been steadily repricing upward as macro headwinds ease.

The quantum debate is a wildcard that existing price models don’t price cleanly. If BIP-361 stalls, or forces a hard fork, short-term volatility is the near-certain outcome.

Bitcoin is Getting Forked, Hyper is Here to Fix

Bitcoin’s limitations are precisely what’s fueling conviction in the layer-2 thesis right now. To be back to $120,000+ high, BTC’s upside requires institutional scale, an asymmetric early-stage return that individual traders once found in spot BTC is largely gone.

Bitcoin Hyper ($HYPER) is positioning directly inside that gap. It’s the first Bitcoin Layer 2 integrating the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM), delivering faster smart contract execution than Solana itself while preserving Bitcoin’s underlying security.

The project has raisedat a current presale price of, with a highstaking already live. Key infrastructure includes a Decentralized Canonical Bridge for BTC transfers and extremely low-latency transaction processing, addressing Bitcoin’s three core bottlenecks simultaneously: slow speed, high fees, and zero programmability.

The presale has been gaining traction precisely as the Bitcoin protocol debate raises questions about the base layer’s adaptability.