Optimism (OP) has experienced a market rebound in the past week gaining by 35.76% based on data from CoinMarketCap. The Ethereum layer-2 token hovers above $2.20 with investors strongly bullish on future price gains.

This week's 'top cryptocurrencies to watch' are all from the gaming market segment: Sandbox, MANA and Axie Infinity.

Optimism (OP) price has surged 43.40% in the last seven days, showcasing strong bullish momentum in the market. The uptrend is supported by rising trend strength, with the ADX confirming growing momentum and EMA lines showing a bullish setup.

Ethereum layer 2 scaling solution Optimism ($OP) is riding the bull run after rallying 39% in just seven days. The bulk of those gains came in the last 24 hours, after the token surged 23% to trade at $2.18.

This week, we examine Ripple, Cardano, Optimism, Solana, and Dogecoin in greater detail. Ripple (XRP) XRP just had one of the best months in years, and its price increased by 74% this week alone, bringing it close to $1.5.

Axie Infinity (AXS) and Smooth Love Potion (SLP) tokens have crawled back in the past few days as the ecosystem started to bounce back. The SLP coin was trading at $0.0035 on Friday, up by 65% from its lowest point this year. Similarly, the Axie Infinity coin was trading at $5.

Optimism (OP) is experiencing an interesting market rally amid the ongoing cryptocurrency bull run. According to CoinMarketCap data, the protocol's native token OP is changing hands at $2.19, representing a 21.57% rise in the last 24 hours.

Optimism (OP) has been gaining attention in the crypto market, with some analysts predicting a 60% rally if the token can break through a critical resistance level. Michaël van de Poppe, a well-known crypto analyst, has identified that once OP clears its $1.83 resistance, it could see a rapid price surge, potentially pushing the token toward higher price targets.

Crypto analyst predicts 60% rally for Optimism (OP) after breaking key resistance at $1.83.

A widely followed crypto analyst says that one Ethereum (ETH) layer-2 scaling solution appears to be a cusp of a rally that would see it print gains of over 200%.

BlackRock announced on Wednesday that it is expanding its tokenized liquidity fund, the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL), to operate on multiple blockchain platforms.

Asset management titan BlackRock is announcing the expansion of its proprietary BUIDL, the company's on-chain money market fund, across five new blockchains.

The tokenized money market fund will launch on nearly half a dozen new blockchain networks.

An important pattern is pointing to a potential 340% increase to $7.20 in OP's price.

Optimism forms an ascending triangle, signaling a potential rally to $7.20.

Bitcoin (BTC) catapulted to another all-time high, reaching $89,604 before declining marginally, as bulls set their eyes on $90,000 and $100,000. The euphoria over Trump's win shows no signs of waning, and BTC could hit $100,000 before the end of the year if the bull run continues at its current pace.

During the U.S. trading session on Monday, the crypto market winessed an accelerated momentum as Bitcoin price spiked to a new high of $85,000. Most major altcoins are following the same pace and preparing to challenge their respective highs.

Bitcoin (BTC) surged to a new all-time high following Donald Trump's resounding victory in the US presidential elections. BTC surged to $76,460 hours following Trump's victory, as the crypto market surged to new highs.

The cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, owned by the Winklevoss brothers, has just announced the listing of OP and the memecoins POPCAT and BONK.

Optimism (OP) is making waves in the cryptocurrency space, particularly as a prominent layer 2 solution for Ethereum. This technology is designed to enhance transaction speeds and lower costs, addressing some of the main challenges that Ethereum has faced, such as high fees and congestion during peak times.

Bitcoin (BTC) is teasing a record high after it peaked at $73,464 on October 30, bringing it within touching distance of its all-time high of $73,750. However, the cryptocurrency has registered a marginal decline during the ongoing session and is trading just above $73,200.

OP's charts have been building momentum recently.

Swell abandons its initial plans to use Polygon's CDK, selecting Optimism's OP Stack for its Layer 2 migration strategy.

Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken received 25 million OP tokens (worth $42.5M) from the Optimism Foundation to build its new layer-2 network Ink on the Superchain ecosystem, with the grant split between engineering funding and transaction-based milestones.

Swell is transitioning to Optimism's Superchain ecosystem and developing an optimistic rollup on the OP Stack.

Optimism Foundation and Kraken closed a 25 million OP deal to bring the exchange's new layer-2 (L2) blockchain, Ink, to the Superchain ecosystem. According to CryptoSlate data, the deal is worth $43 million at OP's current price of $1.72.

Crypto exchange Kraken announced last week that it will build a layer-2 network atop Optimism's OP Stack blockchain framework. CoinDesk is first to report that the deal was reached early this year, involving a grant of 25 million OP tokens, at the time worth roughly $100 million.

Optimism (OP) is currently in the spotlight as it shows promising signs of a potential price breakout. Recent data reveals significant increases in trading activity, especially among large investors known as whales.

A widely followed crypto strategist believes that a decentralized oracle running on Ethereum (ETH) is gearing up for a big market reversal. Analyst Michaël van de Poppe tells his 733,600 followers on the social media platform X that he's bullish on Chainlink (LINK).

Despite a recent pullback, AXS is set for a strong recovery.

Whale and trading activity have surged as Optimism consolidated for a potential breakout.

Built using the OP Stack, Kraken's Ink follows the lead of rival crypto exchange Coinbase's launch of Base in 2023.

On October 24, Kraken announced the launch of Ink, a new Layer 2 (L2) blockchain platform designed to streamline access to decentralized finance (DeFi). Built on Optimism's OP Stack and set to be part of the wider Ethereum Superchain, Ink aims to remove traditional barriers that often make navigating DeFi challenging.

Are NFTs making a comeback? Following the surge in BAYC's ApeCoin after the ApeChain launch, investment is now shifting towards Axie Infinity, The Sandbox, and emerging layer-2 blockchains.

Ethereum co-creator Vitalik Buterin on Monday said he hopes to witness the future decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) having more ways to obtain highly decentralized and permissionless formal membership. Buterin claims any currency is permissioned currently and there is even a continuous tradeoff space between the ApeCoin and ZuVillage levels of permissionedness.

Bitcoin (BTC) registered its best week in over a month, with its price up almost 8% as the world's largest cryptocurrency edges towards the $70,000 mark. BTC is currently trading just under $69,000 and has been up almost 1% in the past 24 hours.

Two popular tokens, Axie Infinity (AXS) and Sandbox (SAND), have seen significant price increases recently. This uptick comes as the entire crypto market experiences a rally, with Bitcoin testing the crucial price level of $69,000.

New interest in crypto gaming has play-to-earn game Axie Infinity (AXS) up as bulls celebrate upside momentum. It's an outlook that's also catalysed interest in Dogizen (DOGIZ). This tap-to-earn game has captured investor attention with the first-ever Telegram ICO.

The crypto market has recorded a jump of ~2% in the past day, resulting in the Bitcoin price retesting its $69,000. Following this, the Metaverse and the gaming industry have regained momentum with many projects retesting their important resistance levels.

Since last weekend, crypto buyers have returned enthusiastically, delivering the Q4 momentum many had anticipated. With Bitcoin's October performance flipping to the green, the altcoin market is gathering sufficient strength to spark a high-momentum rally.

On October 17, Kraken introduced Kraken Wrapped Bitcoin (kBTC), a new ERC-20 token aimed at increasing Bitcoin's utility across decentralized applications (dApps) on networks such as Ethereum and OP Mainnet.

Kraken, a leading cryptocurrency exchange, launched its own wrapped bitcoin (BTC) token, known as kBTC, on October 17.

The Kraken's launch of Wrapped Bitcoin will further enhance the mainstream adoption of BTC through Web3 space across different chains.

After Coinbase, Kraken has launched its very own wrapped Bitcoin product.

Kraken's launch follows the recent introduction of Coinbase's wrapped bitcoin asset, cbBTC, with both tokens competing against WBTC.

Lido Finance expands to Optimism, strengthening its position as the leading DeFi platform with over $25 billion in TVL, while its token LDO struggles despite ecosystem growth.

Optimism (OP) is in the spotlight, with heightened volatility expected from its upcoming token unlock.

The cryptocurrency market continued its strong start to the week, with almost all major cryptocurrencies in positive territory. Bitcoin (BTC) is up over 2% in the past 24 hours and briefly climbed above $66,000 before dropping to its current level of $65,500.