# Optimism (OP) — crypto price, market cap and strength versus Bitcoin

> Optimism trades at $0.085 with a market capitalisation of $232.6M (rank 152). Over 90 days it is -12% against Bitcoin and sits below its 200-day average. Layer 2 as a theme is -11.4% against Bitcoin over 13 weeks. Price readings run through 2026-07-31.

## Agent research brief

- What this coin is: Optimism (OP), a Layer 2 token of $232.6M at market-cap rank 152. On-chain activity is sourced from chain + chain TVL.
- What the tape says: -12% versus Bitcoin over 90 days; below its 200-day average. Layer 2 as a theme is -11.4% against Bitcoin over 13 weeks.
- What the evidence supports: 45.7/100 inside Layer 2 on 100% evidence (100% of it native activity). Evidence is mixed. Keep normal research priority and wait for two pillars to agree.
- What is missing: There is no valuation band for any coin on this site: historical market capitalisation is not held, so no PE-style range can be built. Optimism does publish network fees, protocol revenue, total value locked, active addresses, transactions.

Theme: Layer 2 (/mla/crypto/sector/layer-2). Price 2026-07-31; market-cap snapshot 2026-07-04.

## Price, returns and risk

Optimism is -87.3% over one year, -32.2% over 90 days and -10.1% over 30 days. Annualised 30-day volatility is 62%. Its deepest fall from a high inside the last 90 days is 51%. It trades below its 200-day average, which is falling.

- Price: $0.0850
- Market cap: $232.6M (rank 152)
- Returns: 7d -8.0%; 30d -10%; 90d -32%; 180d -63%; 1y -87%
- RS versus Bitcoin, 90d: -12%
- 30-day volatility: 62% annualised; deepest 90-day fall 51%
- 200-day average: $0.1407, trading below it

## Protocol economics

Optimism publishes 5 of the six network-economics series this site tracks: network fees, protocol revenue, total value locked, active addresses, transactions. Network fees over the last four complete quarters is $1.9M. Network activity is evidence about the protocol, not earnings owed to the token. Readings run to the Q2 2026 quarter.

- Network fees: trailing four quarters $1.9M; change -75%; covered 19/20 quarters
- Protocol revenue: trailing four quarters $1.8M; change -73%; covered 19/20 quarters
- Total value locked: latest quarter $541.2M; change -28%; covered 20/20 quarters
- Active addresses: latest quarter 17,646; change -84%; covered 19/20 quarters
- Transactions: trailing four quarters 616,494,669; change +103%; covered 19/20 quarters

## Research score

Optimism: 45.7/100 — Mixed · market gate closed; 12.2 + 11.2 + 10.9 + 11.4 = 45.7; evidence 100%; native evidence 100%; rank 17 of 33 rated Layer 2 coins
Decision use: Evidence is mixed. Keep normal research priority and wait for two pillars to agree.
This weakens if: The read weakens if 90-day RS versus BTC falls below zero with two weekly closes below the 200-DMA, or native activity contracts for two complete calendar quarters.

No valuation band exists for any coin on this site: historical market capitalisation is not held, so no company-style valuation range can be built.

## Layer 2 scorecard

Optimism is one of 48 Layer 2 coins here, 33 of which carry enough evidence to be rated and ranked. Optimism ranks 17 of those 33 on 100% evidence. The table below is the theme's own scorecard, in its own order, with this coin marked.

- 1. POL (ex-MATIC) (POL): score 69.5; evidence 62%; Illiquid · research only
- 2. COTI (COTI): score 64.1; evidence 55%; Illiquid · research only
- 3. Capx AI (CAPX): score 56.2; evidence 50%; Illiquid · research only
- 4. Prom (PROM): score 55.6; evidence 55%; Illiquid · research only
- 5. Celo (CELO): score 53.4; evidence 90%; Illiquid · research only
- 6. Aztec (AZTEC): score 52.2; evidence 43%; Illiquid · research only
- 7. Linea (LINEA): score 51.2; evidence 100%; Mixed · market gate closed
- 8. MegaETH (MEGA): score 49.9; evidence 12%; Illiquid · research only
- 9. Sophon (SOPH): score 48.5; evidence 55%; Illiquid · research only
- 10. AltLayer (ALT): score 48.2; evidence 12%; Illiquid · research only
- 11. Immutable (IMX): score 48; evidence 17%; Illiquid · research only
- 12. OpenLedger (OPEN): score 47.9; evidence 12%; Illiquid · research only
- 13. BSquared Network (B2): score 47.8; evidence 55%; Tape-led · on-chain proof incomplete
- 14. Stacks (STX): score 47.5; evidence 17%; Illiquid · research only
- 15. Treasure (MAGIC): score 47.3; evidence 12%; Illiquid · research only
- 16. Aevo (AEVO): score 46.6; evidence 50%; Illiquid · research only
- 17. Optimism (OP) [this coin]: score 45.7; evidence 100%; Mixed · market gate closed
- 18. Metal DAO (MTL): score 43.9; evidence 50%; Illiquid · research only
- 19. Mantle (MNT): score 41.7; evidence 64%; Illiquid · research only
- 20. Cartesi (CTSI): score 41.2; evidence 50%; Illiquid · research only
- 21. ZKsync (ZK): score 41.1; evidence 62%; Illiquid · research only
- 22. Loopring (LRC): score 40.7; evidence 55%; Illiquid · research only
- 23. PHALA (PHA): score 39.1; evidence 50%; Tape-led · on-chain proof incomplete
- 24. Status (SNT): score 37.4; evidence 50%; Illiquid · research only
- 25. Nervos Network (CKB): score 37.2; evidence 50%; Illiquid · research only
- 26. Lumia (LUMIA): score 36.3; evidence 50%; Illiquid · research only
- 27. Orderly (ORDER): score 36; evidence 55%; Illiquid · research only
- 28. Manta Network (MANTA): score 35.9; evidence 100%; Lagging · market gate closed
- 29. Merlin Chain (MERL): score 34.1; evidence 55%; Illiquid · research only
- 30. Taiko (TAIKO): score 33.1; evidence 94%; Lagging · market gate closed
- 31. Metis (METIS): score 31.5; evidence 84%; Illiquid · research only
- 32. Islamic Coin (ISLM): score 24.1; evidence 55%; Illiquid · research only
- 33. Lisk (LSK): score 20.9; evidence 100%; Illiquid · research only

## Limitations

- Crypto network activity is not company earnings. Protocol revenue does not automatically accrue to token holders.
- Market capitalisation is a dated snapshot, not a point-in-time historical supply series, so yields computed against it inherit that lag.
- No valuation band exists for any coin: historical market capitalisation is not held at all.
- Funding rates, open interest, liquidations, exchange flows, unlock schedules and developer activity are not held and are not inferred.
- The research score is relative to this coin's own theme only. It is not comparable across themes and is not an entry signal.

## FAQs

### What is Optimism (OP)?

Optimism is a Layer 2 cryptocurrency tracked here by price, market capitalisation and strength against Bitcoin, with on-chain activity from chain + chain TVL. It is one of 48 Layer 2 coins on this site. Readings are as of 2026-07-31.

### What is the market cap of Optimism?

Optimism's market capitalisation is $232.6M, ranking it 152 in the top-1,000 crypto universe. That figure is a dated snapshot from 2026-07-04, refreshed separately from the daily price series, so it can lag the price shown above.

### Is Optimism beating Bitcoin?

Optimism is -12% against Bitcoin over 90 days, and its own theme, Layer 2, is -11.4% over 13 weeks. It trades below its 200-day average as of 2026-07-31.

### Does Optimism have a P/E ratio?

No. There is no company-style P/E or PEG for a crypto token, and no valuation band is shown on this page because the data to build one honestly does not exist: historical market capitalisation is not held, only a current snapshot. Where a protocol publishes fees or revenue, this page shows the yield against that dated snapshot instead.

### What is Optimism's research score?

45.7/100 within Layer 2, ranked 17 of 33 rated Layer 2 coins, on 100% evidence: 12.2 + 11.2 + 10.9 + 11.4 = 45.7. It is labelled “Mixed · market gate closed”. The score ranks research attention inside one theme, never portfolio action.

### How much Optimism history does this page show?

Five years of weekly closes where they exist, plus 20 complete calendar quarters of on-chain activity for the metrics Optimism actually publishes. Here that is network fees, protocol revenue, total value locked, active addresses, transactions.

### Does Optimism generate network fees?

Optimism's trailing twelve-month network fees is $1.9M, down 74.8% on the year-earlier period. Network activity is not token-holder earnings: whether it accrues to the token depends on the protocol's own burn, buyback and distribution rules.