Only Two of the Top 15 Layer 2 Tokens Are Green This Year, and Even Optimism, One of the Sector’s Flagships, Has Lost More Than Half Its Value.
If you invested $10,000 in each of these L2 tokens on January 1, 2026, here’s where you’d stand today:
$ADI: $71,795 | +617.95%
$LSK : $12,299 | +22.99%
$ARB : $9,601 | -3.99%
$SOON: $9,343 | -6.57%
$STRK: $9,308 | -6.92%
$CELO: $8,793 | -12.07%
$IMX: $8,437 | -15.63%
$MANTA: $8,253 | -17.47%
$METIS: $6,755 | -32.45%
$COTI: $6,204 | -37.96%
$MNT: $5,715 | -42.85%
$TAIKO: $5,025 | -49.75%
$ZK: $4,758 | -52.42%
$OP: $4,665 | -53.35%
$LINEA: $4,384 | -56.16%
$ADI is doing all the heavy lifting. Take it out, and the other fourteen turned $140,000 into $103,540, a 26% loss.
ARB and $STRK held up best among the big names. $ZK, $OP and $LINEA, three of the most recognized L2s in the sector, are all down more than 50%.
|| Source: CoinMarketCap
If you invested $10,000 in each of these L2 tokens on January 1, 2026, here’s where you’d stand today:
$ADI: $71,795 | +617.95%
$LSK : $12,299 | +22.99%
$ARB : $9,601 | -3.99%
$SOON: $9,343 | -6.57%
$STRK: $9,308 | -6.92%
$CELO: $8,793 | -12.07%
$IMX: $8,437 | -15.63%
$MANTA: $8,253 | -17.47%
$METIS: $6,755 | -32.45%
$COTI: $6,204 | -37.96%
$MNT: $5,715 | -42.85%
$TAIKO: $5,025 | -49.75%
$ZK: $4,758 | -52.42%
$OP: $4,665 | -53.35%
$LINEA: $4,384 | -56.16%
$ADI is doing all the heavy lifting. Take it out, and the other fourteen turned $140,000 into $103,540, a 26% loss.
ARB and $STRK held up best among the big names. $ZK, $OP and $LINEA, three of the most recognized L2s in the sector, are all down more than 50%.
|| Source: CoinMarketCap