Movement

Movement Labs is a San Francisco-based blockchain startup building a network of modular blockchains powered by Facebook's Move programming language. Co-founders Rushi Manche and Cooper Scanlon built Movement as a Layer 2 network on top of Ethereum, giving developers access to Move's security model without leaving Ethereum's ecosystem.

Move simplifies building safe smart contracts for tasks like transferring asset ownership, minting, and destroying tokens, with a strong ownership model that improves security over traditional alternatives. Movement's flagship network, M2, supports both Move's virtual machine and Ethereum's virtual machine, so developers get Move's security without losing compatibility with existing Ethereum applications. This flexibility makes Movement attractive across DeFi, NFTs, on-chain gaming, and decentralized physical infrastructure networks where high throughput and low latency matter most.

Movement Labs has been building since 2021, but growth accelerated sharply in 2024. By mid-2024, six Web3 projects had deployed on its testnet with $160 million in total value locked committed ahead of mainnet. The platform reached 605,000 users within a month of testnet launch, and the beta mainnet went live in December 2024.

The investor list behind Movement Labs is strong. The $38 million Series A in April 2024 was led by Polychain Capital, with Hack VC, dao5, and Robot Ventures participating. Binance Labs and OKX Ventures also backed the project. A $100 million Series B followed, co-led by CoinFund and Nova Fund, the digital assets arm of hedge fund Brevan Howard, targeting a $3 billion valuation.

The native MOVE token covers network transaction fees, powers the staked settlement module, and gives holders a vote in governance decisions. It launched alongside the beta mainnet in December 2024 and landed on Binance and Coinbase almost immediately, with its market cap peaking at $2.7 billion within weeks of launch. For anyone building or investing in the Move ecosystem, MOVE is the unit of account that ties the whole network together.

MOVE tokens are listed on major centralized exchanges like Binance and Coinbase, so picking up a small position is straightforward. But if you’re moving large amounts, buying locked tokens, or acquiring SAFT notes, a spot market order won’t suffice. That’s where OTC trading becomes the only sensible option.

Acquire.Fi’s OTC and Secondaries Marketplace is built for exactly this. You can buy MOVE tokens OTC by either engaging with an existing listing in the marketplace or submitting a new Buy listing with your preferred valuation and token amount. No chasing liquidity on an exchange, no slippage eating into your position.

And if you’re on the other side of the table, holding MOVE tokens and looking to exit, Acquire.Fi lets you sell MOVE tokens OTC the same way. Post a new Sell listing with your terms, or engage directly with buyers already in the marketplace.

From there, Acquire.Fi handles the heavy lifting. The team runs background checks, sends NDAs, and introduces both parties once the groundwork is done. Buyer and seller are responsible for due diligence and payment settlement, and Acquire.Fi is not a broker-dealer. But frankly, having a team actively working to get the deal across the line is the difference between a trade that closes and one that quietly dies in a Telegram thread.