BlockBeats News, May 15th, according to CoinDesk, two business memos show that Movement Labs signed agreements with two "shadow advisors," committing to provide up to 10% of the MOVE token supply (worth over $50 million). Advisor Sam Thapaliya claims the agreement has not been voided and is pursuing legal action to recover the tokens representing 2.5% of the total supply.
Previously, Movement Labs' market-making agreement with Web3Port was reported to have induced a sell-off, leading to a sharp decline in the token's price post TGE. Co-founder Rushi Manche has been fired this month, and Coinbase has also suspended MOVE token trading. Movement Labs recently announced a rebrand to Move Industries, with a new leadership team in place, composed of early Movement Labs members, including two core founders: Torab as CEO and Ecosystem Architect; livingwithwill as President and Head of Marketing.
Earlier BlockBeats reported that 66 million MOVE tokens were unusually sold off, possibly due to self-trading by intermediary Rentech.