# Movement Labs

> Movement is Where Money Lives.

Movement is a blockchain network built on the Move programming language that serves as a settlement and yield layer for emerging markets. Neobanks, fintechs, and payment platforms use it for cross-border settlement and stablecoin-based financial products.

Movement is a blockchain network built on Move, a programming language originally designed to secure financial assets. It positions itself as a settlement and yield layer for emerging markets, providing infrastructure for cross-border transfers, dollar savings, and stablecoin-based financial products. The network is aimed at neobanks, fintechs, and payment platforms seeking an alternative to traditional remittance rails.

Traditional cross-border payment rails typically require pre-funded float and take several days to settle, which adds cost and operational overhead for financial institutions. Movement addresses this by offering instant settlement through its network, removing the need for correspondent banking chains. It connects to custody and compliance providers and has secured access to licensed payment rails in several jurisdictions, giving partners a regulated path to build compliant products.

The network supports a range of applications including decentralized finance, payments, and yield-generating products, with developer tools available for building on Move. Its ecosystem includes partners across neobanking, payments, and digital asset custody that use Movement for settlement and stablecoin infrastructure. Movement has shifted its public positioning from a general Move-based smart contract platform toward a payments and settlement focus for emerging markets.

- Type: Company
- Sector: Infrastructure
- Status: Active
- Founded: 2023-01-01
- Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/Movement_Labs

## Products

- [Movement Network](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Movement_Labs): Movement Network is a Layer 1 blockchain built for the Move programming language and virtual machine, serving as a settlement and yield layer for emerging markets. It runs its own proof-of-stake consensus and validator set, executing Move bytecode natively while anchoring transaction data to Ethereum for added settlement assurance. Developers deploy smart contracts and applications that benefit from Move's resource-oriented security model and fast transaction finality, and users access lending, staking, wallets, and yield products built on top of the network. (L2, Live, Main Product)
- [Move Collective](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Movement_Labs): Move Collective is an accelerator program for Move-based blockchain projects that provides funding opportunities, expert mentorship, networking, and development resources. The program supports projects across various sectors including DeFi, gaming, and NFTs, aimed at expanding the Movement ecosystem with the security benefits of the Move language. (Venture Fund, Live)
- [Movement Bridge](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Movement_Labs): Movement Bridge is a cross-chain bridge that lets users move assets between Ethereum and Movement Network. It uses a canonical messaging protocol with escrow and minting mechanics, applying daily transfer limits and a waiting period on withdrawals back to Ethereum to reduce exploit risk. Users bridging into Movement can transfer a native gas token along with several major stablecoins and wrapped assets without waiting periods. (Bridge, Live)
- [Movement SDK](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Movement_Labs): Movement SDK offers modular framework tools for building and deploying Move-based infrastructure and applications, enabling developers to create custom blockchains and rollups with Move security guarantees. (Developer Tooling, Live)
- [gMOVE](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Movement_Labs): gMOVE is a liquid staking token that lets holders of Movement Network's native asset earn staking rewards while keeping their tokens usable elsewhere in decentralized finance. It is issued when users stake the native token, converting a locked staking position into a composable asset that can provide liquidity, serve as collateral, or be traded. This lets participants support network security without giving up access to their capital for other on-chain activity. (Liquid Staking, Live)
- [MovePosition](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Movement_Labs): MovePosition is a decentralized lending and borrowing protocol built natively on Movement Network. Users supply assets to earn yield or borrow against deposited collateral, with dynamic collateral ratios and leverage optimization intended to improve capital efficiency. The protocol publishes its code openly and has undergone external audits. (Decentralised Borrowing & Lending, Live)
- [Canopy](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Movement_Labs): Canopy is a yield aggregation platform built on Movement Network that helps users deploy assets into curated strategies across the network's decentralized finance protocols. Users can access compounding rewards and Canopy-exclusive vaults through a single dashboard, layering additional incentives on top of standard yields. The platform is positioned as a decentralized yield marketplace for simplifying liquidity deployment. (Yield Aggregator, Live)
- [Motion](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Movement_Labs): Motion is the official self-custodial wallet for Movement Network, delivered as a browser extension for interacting with the chain. It lets users send, receive, and swap assets and connect directly to applications built on Movement, with private keys encrypted locally and never transmitted externally. The wallet is purpose-built for Movement rather than supporting multiple unrelated chains, aiming for a focused and fast on-chain experience. (Wallet)

## Assets

- [Movement (MOVE)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Movement_Labs): MOVE is the native token of Movement Network, a layer-2 blockchain settling to Ethereum. It is used to pay transaction fees and to stake with validators for network security using proof of stake. MOVE also serves as the economic backbone of the network's MoveVM execution environment, giving holders a direct stake in a chain that runs both Move and EVM smart contracts. (Native)

## Links

- [Main](https://www.movementnetwork.xyz)
- [Blog](https://blog.movementlabs.xyz)
- [Documentation](https://docs.movementnetwork.xyz)
- [Whitepaper](https://www.movementnetwork.xyz/whitepaper/movement-whitepaper_en.pdf)
- [Twitter / X](https://x.com/movement_xyz)
- [Discord](https://discord.com/invite/movementlabsxyz)
- [Telegram](https://t.me/movementlabsxyz)
- [Telegram](https://t.me/MovementKRAnn)
- [Telegram](https://t.me/MovementKRChat)
- [Twitter / X](https://x.com/MVMT_CN)
- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@movementlabsxyz)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/movementlabsxyz)

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