What is Bitlayer and what does it offer?

Bitlayer is a Layer-2 solution for Bitcoin that implements the BitVM paradigm. It allows the execution of fully EVM-compatible smart contracts, offering native Bitcoin security, scalability, and low latency.

It uses an optimistic rollup architecture that validates on the main Bitcoin chain, alongside a real-time EVM engine and reliable bridges for interoperability between chains like Arbitrum, Base, Sui, and Starknet.

Token $BTR: utility and distribution

The native token, $BTR, has a total supply of 1 billion tokens.

Its main uses are:

Incentives for the ecosystem (for developers, users, partners).

Participation in governance, voting on key proposals in the network.

Payment of transaction fees and use of bridges, staking, and liquidity mining.

According to a breakdown of the tokenomics model:

40% goes to the community and ecosystem (linear release over 36 months).

20% to the team and advisors (4-year vesting with a 1-year cliff).

20% for strategic investors (1-year cliff, 18-month vesting).

10% funds for ecosystem and partnerships (24 months of release).

10% liquidity and emergency reserve.

Funding and valuation

Total raised: about $31 million so far:

$25 million in private rounds (Seed, Series A, and extension).

$6 million in the public sale (ICO/Token Sale) held between July 31 and August 7, 2025.

Fully diluted valuation (FDV) estimated between $200 and $300 million.

Ecosystem and growth

Bitlayer has already launched its mainnet v1, with over 100,000 daily transactions and more than $350 million in TVL (Total Value Locked).

Various projects are being developed within its ecosystem, such as Pumpad, Macaron, Nekoswap, among others, promoted by events like Ready Player One with attractive incentives.

Opportunities and risks

Opportunities:

Offers a unique infrastructure with Bitcoin security and advanced capacity for dApps.