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$move
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what's movement?

Movement is a blockchain network designed for high-performance applications, leveraging the Move programming language originally developed for secure and efficient smart contracts. It operates as a modular ecosystem that emphasizes scalability, security, and developer-friendly tools, enabling seamless integration of decentralized applications across DeFi, gaming, and real-world assets. The project focuses on bridging Web2 and Web3 experiences, with features like low-latency transactions and cross-chain compatibility to support institutional and retail adoption. Initially launched as a network within the broader Move-based ecosystem, Movement has evolved into a full Layer 1 (L1) blockchain, incorporating upgrades such as enhanced data availability sequencers, node optimizations, and native staking mechanisms. This transition allows for sub-second finality and high throughput, making it suitable for next-generation use cases like perpetuals trading, yield aggregation, and tokenized assets. Community-driven initiatives, including global hubs and builder programs, foster grassroots development and onboarding. The ecosystem includes protocols for lending, exchanges, and gaming, powered by the native MOVE token, which facilitates governance, staking, and network security. Movement prioritizes a collaborative environment, with integrations from partners like Binance for token bridging and Chainlink for oracle services, aiming to create a robust foundation for decentralized innovation.

Snapshot

Movement had a $4,172/recipient airdrop in 2025 and has a token unlock this week.

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1W ago
FINANCIAL EVENT

Conducted an airdrop in 2025 that distributed $4,172 per recipient according to publicly shared airdrop farming results.

TOKEN ECONOMICS

Has a token unlock scheduled during the week of January 5-11, 2026, as part of $657M total unlocks across multiple projects.

2W ago
VISIBILITY EVENT

Featured as the most watched episode of DevNTell in 2025, with episode 153 covering getting started with the project.

3W ago
TECH EVENT

Migrated from Layer 2 to Layer 1 architecture

TOKEN ECONOMICS

Introduced native $MOVE staking with yield rewards for network security, with locked tokens from team and investors excluded from staking.

PARTNERSHIP

Partnered with KAST to offer 4% MOVE token cashback rewards to over 500,000 KAST card holders across 160+ countries on everyday purchases.

1M ago

$ULAB public sale goes live December 17 at 11:00 UTC, offering 1,000,000 tokens (1% of supply) at $20M sale FDV with $200,000 target raise, settling in $MOVE on Movement and $USDC on Base, with 100% tokens unlocked at TGE.

LayerBank announces upcoming public sale for $ULAB, Movement's first ecosystem token, with a dual-chain launch on Movement and Base networks.

Public mint for Diamond Heads NFT collection from moveventxyz goes live today on GorillaMoverz launchpad.

LayerBank's $ULAB token has 100M total supply with only 1% allocated to public sale.

Movement announces Christmas Clash competition with matrixdotfun and Move Alliance featuring $25,000 in $MOVE prizes for 2000 participants.

LayerBank launches $ULAB token on Movement as Move Alliance charter member, dedicating protocol revenues to $MOVE buybacks and offering community sale with airdrop.

Movement introduces Move Alliance with transparent on-chain $MOVE buybacks funded by ecosystem protocol revenues and performance incentives for participating apps that defer their own token launches.

Rushi Manche exits Movement Labs and launches Nyx Group venture with $100M to back token projects.

The chain produces less than $2000 in fees following its 2025 launch.

Two comparable projects trade at valuations of 40x and 5x FDV.

The token faces exchange delisting on December 10th, 2025 at 08:00 UTC, with the index price fixed at the average price of the last hour before delisting.

A token unlock worth $7.15M is scheduled for next week.

Movement M1 hackathon is currently underway with multiple builders developing projects on the platform.

The token has dropped 95% in value year-to-date.

Applications now open for builders to ship on Supra MultiVM, offering deployment to both Move and Ethereum ecosystems from one codebase.

Movement Labs categorized among "dead projects that TGE'd this cycle" with current metrics showing $201M TVL but only $2 in daily fees and $7M DEX volume, revealing minimal protocol usage despite significant locked capital.

Echelon Market, a DeFi money market from Aptos, offers lending yields for stablecoins on Movement blockchain.

50 million previously bought-back MOVE tokens ($2.51 million) transferred to Binance, bringing cumulative transfers of bought-back tokens back to exchanges to 115 million ($10.91 million). The original buyback totaled 180 million MOVE at an average price of $0.21.

$ULAB conducts its TGE on Movement blockchain, accessible via Move wallet or LayerBank pathway.

An exclusive L.Points airdrop is coming to Movement Labs, requiring users to register both their Movement and source-chain addresses to count all earned points.

2M ago

15 million $MOVE tokens ($950,000) transferred to Binance today, representing previously bought-back tokens being moved back to the exchange.

Token buybacks executed following market maker incident and Binance investigation. Movement Labs rebrands to Move Industries and launches Move University for developer education.

An L.Points farming program has 5,700+ active users participating in a 99× event, with utilities beyond airdrop rewards.

L.Points finale goes live featuring up to 99× points multipliers for participants.

Move introduces transaction simulation sessions for testing and deployment against transaction history.

Momentum Finance's spot DEX on Sui reaches $500 million in liquidity and 2.1 million wallets within six months of launch, reporting $1.1 billion in cumulative volume and launching Momentum X compliance layer for tokenized asset access.

50M $MOVE tokens unlock on November 9, 2025.

A major one-time token unlock exceeding $5 million is scheduled within the next seven days.

EVE Frontier launches on Sui Network as the first AAA on-chain game, selecting the platform for technical capabilities including parallel execution with 400ms finality and Move language features.

$MOVE token reaches $0.65, establishing another fresh lower low beyond the $0.69 level from October 25th.

Movement Industries serves as Gold sponsor at Chainlink's SmartCon event in NYC from November 4-5.

A Twitter user publicly accuses Blockworks media of promoting the project as a scam in exchange for tokens and claims they enable scams without repercussions.

$MOVE token breaks below $0.69, establishing a fresh lower low.

Mysten Labs plans to cut ecosystem incentives and internalize DeFi development by pushing their own market makers into DeepBook, while shifting funding strategy from DeFi applications to frontend development.

Movement is now live on RocketX.

Multiple NFT projects are launching on the platform soon.

On Oct 16, DeFi project TypusFinance on Sui was exploited due to a permission validation flaw in Move's permission control model that allowed oracle price manipulation, with SlowMist assisting in investigation and publishing a detailed analysis of the vulnerability.

@torabyou transitions into new role as CEO of @moveindustries.

New team member joins to lead DeFi strategy for the project.

The project is accused of being part of Binance's exclusive launch scam pattern involving manipulated token distribution, insider airdrops on day 0, and market maker allocation used for dumping on retail investors.

3M ago

Price experiences 10% blowout as someone gets liquidated from their position.

A major token unlock worth over $5 million is scheduled within the next 7 days according to Tokenomist data.

Price reaches fresh lower low at 71, marking a significant technical breakdown after years of anticipated decline.

Competitor projects Hyperliquid and Plasma have displaced Movement as the dominant presence at Token 2025, marking a dramatic shift from Movement's prominence at the same conference in 2024.

Partnership with Matrix.fun launches gaming tournament featuring professional Warcraft 3 players and streamers.

Movement hosts summit at Korea Blockchain Week with major sponsors including Chainlink and Privy, backed by prominent VCs like Polychain and Maven11 Capital alongside an extensive ecosystem of partner projects.

MOVE has become a reference template for highly controlled token behavior that challenges short sellers, with other projects like 0G being compared to following "MOVE's script" of extreme price control tactics.

Platform revenue increases 13-fold to $13 within a 20-day period.

Movement Labs announces strategic pivot to become a standalone Layer 1 blockchain while maintaining flat valuation at $1.2B fully diluted value.

The project pivots to Layer 1 status amid market skepticism and confusion about its original technical foundation.

A key ecosystem leader @torabyou refused advice to leave the project 3 months ago despite internal issues being described as "messy" and having "negative EV," choosing to stay because the ecosystem was "riding on him."

New automated leverage looping vault goes live with 77.46% net APR at 12.5x leverage for stablecoin pairs and ETH pair looping capabilities.

4M ago

Movement announces expansion to Korea with backing from major sponsors including Chainlink and Privy, plus support from VCs like Polychain and Maven11 Capital, alongside an extensive ecosystem of 17+ partner projects.

Token unlock event scheduled for September 8, 2025, which will increase circulating supply and potentially impact token price.

Movement network categorized as 'unstable chain' in market assessment alongside other networks like Berachain and Cardano.

The project launches its second gaming-focused season with technical teams coordinating Parthenon integration alongside gaming ecosystem partners including spyreio, simemesdotxyz, and Capygoio.

Team repeatedly ignores questions about current DA solution implementation, raising transparency concerns.

Lava Pool partnership extended to provide scalable RPC infrastructure for builders and users.

Alibaba Cloud's AI coding assistant integrates with ChainIDE, providing multilingual support and enhanced security features.

Price breaks below weekly 200 MA for first time since March 2020, indicating significant technical weakness.

Project confirms L1 status, contradicting previous L2 marketing claims by Blockworks.

Zero user adoption reported despite recent platform developments, with concerns raised about disconnect between early investor profits and actual utility.

5M ago

Project raised $141M in VC funding and currently maintains $90M TVL.

New blockchain explorer developed by SearchOnDora launches for the protocol

Increased $MOVE rewards program launches August 1st.

Token buyback completes with 180M tokens purchased at $0.21 average price.

6M ago

Oversubscribed USD in Bybit offering to be converted to MNT tokens

Co-founder Rushi Manche files lawsuit against project in Delaware Court seeking declaratory judgment.

Token unlock of $7.8M scheduled for July 9

Token unlock of $7.8M scheduled for July 9, 2025.

Direct token transfers now enabled between Binance and native network.

New yield sourcing product launches supporting token alongside ETH, SOL, HYPE and stablecoins.

Token price surges 20% reaching $1.9B fully diluted valuation.

Token rebounds 27.1% from $0.12 to $0.19 with increasing DEX volume and fee generation.

Iranian government selects blockchain for national adoption, driving 40% price increase.

$400,000 security Attackathon concludes with full reward distribution to researchers, with top bounty of $95,112 awarded.

Torab appointed as new CEO following project crisis, actively working on resolution and ecosystem development.

Move achieves position as third largest smart contract language with highest developer growth rate over past two years.

M-BTC integration goes live through Merlin Chain partnership, expanding Bitcoin holder yield opportunities across both networks.

rsETH-wETH liquidity pair migrates from Liquidswap to Meridian Money's metastable pool, maintaining MOVE rewards.

7M ago

Protocol shows concerning valuation metrics with $92M TVL against $1.5B FDV.

OTC deals being used to fund token price manipulation, putting OTC buyers at risk.

New yield farming strategies live offering up to 78% APR for ETH exposure and 47% APR for stable pair loops using sUSDe.

New yield farming strategy live offering 13.54% APY on sUSDe deposits, scalable to 21% APY through borrowing loops.

Yield incentives increasing for market deposits with early depositor bonus.

Token unlock of $6.9M scheduled for June 9, 2025.

MoveDrop eligibility remedies implemented, enabling previously flagged legitimate community members to claim tokens.

Stablecoin protocol Mirage launches development on ecosystem, expanding stable asset infrastructure during recovery period.

New delays impact ecosystem partner Zebec, causing downward pressure as controversy expands beyond initial scope.

Mainnet phase of MoveDrop launches, initiating token distribution process.

Internal revival initiative "Project Fenix" launches under new community-led management structure, with original Labs founders replaced by community leaders as part of reorganization effort.