World Liberty Finance's $MOVE Token Poised for Major Unlock, But Will It Dip?

The cryptocurrency community is watching closely this week as World Liberty Finance's native token, $MOVE, prepares for a major unlock.

The cryptocurrency community is keeping a close eye on World Liberty Finance’s native token, $MOVE, as it prepares for a major unlock this week. On the agenda is an unlock of $30.10 million in $MOVE tokens, or 2.17% of its market cap.

This token request is sure to pique investor curiosity as it represents a good chunk of the $MOVE token’s market dynamics. And in the run-up to this unlock, the community has been abuzz over large institutional movements that have been observed—unfolding rather dramatically, it seems—through the CoW Protocol that World Liberty Finance uses. So what could this all mean for $MOVE, and what might this week hold for the token’s price?

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Whale Moves: A Sign of Institutional Confidence

On January 28, 2025, a number of significant trades took place, and taken together, they show a swelling institutional tide coming in to $MOVE. World Liberty Finance bought a huge amount, 2.39 million $MOVE tokens, on that day, and they weren’t the only buyers. Here’s how the day looked from the perspective of a series of big buyers:

* 588.9K $MOVE ($460.2K)

* 597.4K $MOVE ($466.87K)

* 601.9K $MOVE ($463.2K)

* 609.3K $MOVE ($468.94K)

Judging by the size of several recent purchases, institutional investors are pouring money into $MOVE. Such purchases are not retail trader business and should probably not be considered impulse buys. They likely indicate a growing seriousness about $MOVE among the kind of people who can really buoy a market. Retail investors often focus on the week-to-week, day-to-day, or even hour-to-hour trading that some might call “market timing.” We shouldn’t ignore the fact that some law professor writes a new rule book for which way the wind blows every couple of years.

The Importance of Institutional Accumulation}

What happened at these institutions is so important we cannot overstate it. World Liberty Finance is now ambassadorial and engaging in significant accumulation of $MOVE tokens. That’s right; it’s not just World Liberty Finance that has accumulated $MOVE but also World Liberty Finance, together with whom we have further working at the institutional level with these tokens. Hmm. That’s interesting.

The institutional accumulation of $MOVE is timely, coming as it does just ahead of a token unlock. Events that occur on a large scale, such as a token unlock, can historically lead to price volatility. This is largely due to the fact that an unlock event increases supply in the market. However, the appearance of investors with deep pockets may help to absorb some of that supply and maintain price stability.

CoW Protocol: Real-World Utility Driving DeFi Adoption

Another key element of the recent activity is the engagement of CoW Protocol in the settling of these sizable transactions. CoW Protocol is a decentralized exchange (DEX) that provides users the ability to trade in a secure and efficient manner, ensuring optimal price execution. By electing to use CoW Protocol to settle these whale buys, World Liberty Finance is sending a clear signal that it has trust in tools and infrastructure associated with decentralized finance (DeFi).

Using the CoW Protocol for such big trades also points to the growing usefulness of $MOVE across DeFi. While DeFi has an inevitable part to play in the future of finance, $MOVE is well-integrated with DeFi platforms. As a result, the demand for $MOVE could very likely increase in step with the DeFi ecosystem. That is an increasingly likely reason to expect things like $MOVE to appreciate.

The Token Unlock: What to Expect}

The unlock of $30.10 million in $MOVE tokens is just around the corner, but some observers are concerned that it could affect the token’s price negatively. That’s because when a token unlocks, there’s often an initial surge of selling as the newly unlocked tokens enter the market. And that selling can create enough downward pressure to push the price down. But to the extent that we buy strongly institutional demand for $MOVE tokens, we expect strong upward pressure on the price—potentially enough to