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.
Movement project added to Hyperliquid DEX HYPE strict list.
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Reached a peak of 442.7k active addresses in 2025, with current active addresses at 16.3k as of February 2026.
Upgrades the MOVE token to the OFT (Omnichain Fungible Token) standard on the Ethereum network, with the Movement Bridge pausing from February 20, 2026 at 17:00 UTC to February 22, 2026 at 17:00 UTC to support the upgrade.
Launched an RFP (Request for Proposal) model for ecosystem funding, starting with money markets, with plans to expand to DEXes and other protocol types.
MOVE token is available for buying, selling, sending, and receiving on Coinbase through Aerodrome Finance.
Mosaic and Canopy on Movement are among the top TVL gainers among protocols with at least $1M TVL on DefiLlama.
Increased 30% to $270M fully diluted valuation amid short squeeze on February 12, 2026.
Meridian Money launched on Movement, introducing concentrated liquidity functionality.
Move programming language is now supported on Arbitrum via Stylus, enabling development in Move alongside Rust, C, and C++.
Unlocks 161.8M tokens (1.62% of supply) on February 9, 2026.
Added to the HYPE strict list on Hyperliquid DEX.
Conducted an airdrop in 2025 that distributed $4,172 per recipient according to publicly shared airdrop farming results.
Has a token unlock scheduled during the week of January 5-11, 2026, as part of $657M total unlocks across multiple projects.
Featured as the most watched episode of DevNTell in 2025, with episode 153 covering getting started with the project.
Migrated from Layer 2 to Layer 1 architecture
Introduced native $MOVE staking with yield rewards for network security, with locked tokens from team and investors excluded from staking.
Partnered with KAST to offer 4% MOVE token cashback rewards to over 500,000 KAST card holders across 160+ countries on everyday purchases.
$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.
LayerBank announces upcoming $ULAB public sale as Movement's first ecosystem token, structured as dual-chain sale 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.
Move Alliance announces Christmas Clash event partnership with matrixdotfun, featuring 2000 participants competing for $25,000 in $MOVE token prizes.
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.
Move Alliance charter member LayerBank launches $ULAB token with community sale and airdrop, implementing protocol revenue buybacks of $MOVE and yield incentives for pairing with $MOVE.
Introduces Move Alliance with $MOVE buybacks funded by ecosystem protocol revenues and performance incentives, implementing an RFP funding model.
Move Alliance operational structure revealed: ecosystem companies conduct on-chain $MOVE buybacks from protocol revenue, and ecosystem teams defer TGEs to earn performance-based $MOVE incentives.
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.
Hosts live conversation on X featuring M1 Hackathon winners on February 10, 2026.
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.
15 million $MOVE tokens ($950,000) transferred to Binance today, representing previously bought-back tokens being moved back to the exchange.
Movement Labs rebrands to Move Industries following market maker controversy and Binance investigation, implements token buyback program and launches Move University developer training initiative. The project positions itself as "The People's Chain" targeting 100M users and forms Move Alliance for ecosystem alignment.
Movement Labs rebrands to Move Industries following a market maker controversy and Binance investigation; conducts token buybacks to rebuild trust and launches Move University to train developers for the ecosystem.
Token buybacks executed following market maker incident and Binance investigation. Movement Labs rebrands to Move Industries and launches Move University for developer education.
Movement Labs rebrands to Move Industries following market maker controversy that triggered token buybacks and Binance investigation. Move Network launches as sovereign Layer-1 ("The People's Chain") targeting 100M users, with Move University launching to train developers and Move Alliance initiative for ecosystem alignment.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.