10 Altcoins to Watch This Week as Unlock Events Approach
Crypto investors are keeping a close eye on several altcoins this week as major token unlocks are scheduled, potentially impacting price movements and overall market sentiment.
Here’s a breakdown of the top-performing projects and key unlock data to monitor.
High Gainers Lead Momentum Ahead of Unlocks
Among the strongest performers in the past 24 hours is FET (Artificial Superintelligence Alliance), up +11.34% at the time of writing, trading at $0.91 with a market cap of $2.37 billion. With 78.4% of its token supply already in circulation, it faces a modest unlock of $2.86 million in just over a day. Similarly, EIGEN saw a +9.77% price increase to $1.46, with an upcoming $1.88 million unlock expected in about 1 day and 6 hours.
IOTA, currently trading at $0.208, rose +3.05% and also has a scheduled unlock of $3.16 million. Despite its strong 76.3% released token supply, the unlock may still stir market volatility due to its relative size.
Notable Unlocks to Watch
One of the most significant upcoming unlocks in terms of percentage of circulating supply is TRIBL, with $136.91K set to be unlocked—amounting to 10.12% of its current circulating tokens. Despite a relatively flat price move (+0.01%), this percentage-based unlock could have an outsized effect on price due to its low liquidity and smaller token base.
Other noteworthy unlocks include:
- CELO: $320.92K in 3 days, 0.15% of supply
- MOCA: $219.47K in 3 days, 0.09% of supply
- OP (Optimism): $23.95M in 4 days, 1.83% of supply
- SUI: $157.06M in 5 days, 1.32% of supply
- ZETA: $11.30M in 5 days, a sizable 5.34% unlock
- DYDX: $5.01M in 5 days, 1.07% of supply
Market Implication
Unlock events often create short-term price pressure as newly released tokens may enter the market, especially from early investors, teams, or private round participants. While some projects like SUI and ZETA have relatively low circulating percentages (33.4% and 39.3%, respectively), larger unlocks could introduce significant supply-side risk.
At the same time, projects with strong recent performance—like FET and OP—could withstand some of this pressure, depending on market sentiment and demand-side strength.
With over a dozen key unlock events scheduled this week, traders should monitor volume, sell pressure, and overall market conditions surrounding these projects. Staying informed and anticipating unlock-driven volatility may offer both caution and opportunity for active participants.
Kosta has reported on cryptocurrency markets and blockchain infrastructure since 2020, bringing over six years of hands-on experience in the crypto industry built through daily tracking of markets, trends, and emerging blockchain developments. Specializing in Bitcoin on-chain analysis, institutional ETF flows, and digital asset price action, his work at Coindoo has been cited by other news agencies and consistently covers market developments with a focus on data-driven reporting across Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and XRP. Over the years, Kosta has contributed to multiple crypto media outlets in different regions, authoring over 6,000 articles across the sector. His reporting spans cryptocurrency markets and the broader fintech industry, tracking not only price action but also the technological and regulatory forces shaping the ecosystem. To support his analysis, Kosta actively leverages on-chain data and metrics from leading platforms such as Santiment, Glassnode, and CryptoQuant, enabling deeper, evidence-based market insights. He believes in the power of transparency and the data that underpins the blockchain ecosystem. His academic background in Marketing Management from Denmark further complements his analytical approach, adding a strong understanding of communication strategy and content positioning to his work.
