There are obvious signs of market rotation recently. The popularity of Meme coins has slowly entered a period of adjustment. Old public chains have begun to rise one after another, and Ethereum has finally shown some strength 🔥.
In the bull market, some overseas institutions even "sing bullish" on Bitcoin, with the highest price reaching 200,000 US dollars. So is the performance of the BTC ecosystem also worth looking forward to? 👇
1. What is the basis for the institution’s bold prediction that the price of Bitcoin will reach $200,000?
On October 24, the American Bernstein Research Company released its latest Bitcoin price prediction report, predicting that the price of Bitcoin may soar to US$200,000 by the end of 2025. This prediction is significantly higher than the expectation that many investment giants such as Standard Chartered Bank will raise the future target price of Bitcoin to US$100,000, thus triggering extensive discussion and attention in the market.
Bernstein believes that key factors for Bitcoin's price to surge to $200,000 include growing institutional demand and potential regulatory changes.
There are currently three main signals:
1. The possibility of the United States establishing a national Bitcoin reserve
2. If Trump is elected, the Treasury Secretary or SEC Chairman he nominates may be a Bitcoin advocate
3. The demand for Bitcoin ETF continues to grow, and MicroStrategy plans to raise $42 billion for Bitcoin acquisitions.
There are many signs that the market is entering a phase that could challenge Bitcoin skeptics.
2. Limitations and Challenges of BTC Ecosystem
Bitcoin is charging ahead, and one of the best betas is the BTC ecosystem.
Since the beginning of this year, the BTC ecosystem has been in a stage of rapid expansion, and capital and market attention have continued to rise. However, Bitcoin's application scenarios are relatively limited, and its security and scalability are insufficient. These problems have restricted its further development.
One of the more innovative solutions is @babylonlabs_io. The Babylon protocol comes at an opportune time. By introducing a Bitcoin re-staking mechanism, it extends Bitcoin’s security and liquidity to the PoS network, enabling BTC holders to earn returns while protecting other chains.
This not only provides a new usage scenario for Bitcoin, but also breaks the traditional narrative of "digital gold", releases liquidity with a market value of trillions of dollars, and becomes an important support for solving multiple pain points in the Bitcoin ecosystem.
Recently, Babylon Labs announced a strategic partnership with satlayer, and SatLayer became its designated re-staking partner. This is of great significance to the security and liquidity of the PoS network. Why is this so? A detailed analysis will be given below. 👇
3. Project Analysis: SatLayer
What is SatLayer?
SatLayer is a restaking protocol designed specifically for Bitcoin, similar to EigenLayer on Ethereum, but focused on expanding Bitcoin's economic security to more areas. It brings restaking functionality to Bitcoin by integrating Babylon's staking architecture.
One of its core concepts is the Bitcoin Verification Service (BVS). Any decentralized application (dApp) can use Bitcoin re-staked through SatLayer to enhance its security and maximize Bitcoin capital efficiency. For example, the PoS L1 and L2 networks at the infrastructure layer, as well as dApps, can benefit from this layer of security.
4. What does it mean for SatLayer to become Babylon’s designated re-staking partner?
On the one hand, for Bitcoin stakers, by re-staking BTC through SatLayer, they can obtain additional income while protecting the PoS network and dApp, and also improve the liquidity and capital efficiency of the Bitcoin ecosystem.
On the other hand, for developers, SatLayer's Devnet is already open, and they can deploy BVS in advance and participate in the ecological construction. Babylon and SatLayer will provide corresponding incentive support.
The potential of SatLayer has been revealed at the Babylon Hacker House event in Bangkok from November 5 to 9. More than 70 developers used Babylon Chain and the SatLayer BVS framework to create a series of innovative solutions. With the SatLayer mainnet expected to be launched in early 2025, this collaboration will undoubtedly have a far-reaching impact on the entire Bitcoin staking ecosystem.
Currently, ordinary users can participate in SatLayer’s activities on the OKX Web3 wallet and have the opportunity to share $88,000 in SatLayer token rewards in the future.
First, you need to follow the X account of SatLayer. Second, hold 0.0001 $BTC in the OKX Web3 wallet. Interested users can participate on their own.