Moonriver 

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What is the Moonriver crypto?

Moonriver (MOVR) is the token of Moonriver, an Ethereum-compatible smart-contract parachain on Kusama built by the Moonbeam Foundation and the PureStake team. The network ran as Moonbeam's permanent canary network — Moonbeam's code deployed to Moonriver first, under real economic conditions. In 2026 the project completed a strategic migration: MOVR became an ERC-20 token on Base, and the Kusama parachain shut down after the July 31, 2026 bridging deadline. MOVR originally paid gas, staking and governance on its own chain.

Is Moonriver the same as Moonbeam?

No. Moonriver and Moonbeam are sister networks built from the same codebase by the same team. Moonriver ran on Kusama, Polkadot's canary network, and received code updates before Moonbeam. Moonbeam operates on Polkadot as the production network, with its own token, GLMR. The distinction lost its structural purpose in 2026 — the Moonriver parachain shut down, while Moonbeam remains live on Polkadot.

What was the Moonriver migration to Base?

The Moonriver migration converted MOVR into an ERC-20 token on Base at a fee-free 1:1 rate. The Moonbeam Foundation announced the strategic update on July 7, 2026. The public bridging deadline was July 31, 2026 at 23:59 UTC, after which the official bridge stopped processing transfers. The Kusama parachain shut down following the July migration. The Base token is verifiable on Basescan, the legacy contract on Moonscan.

Can MOVR holders still claim or bridge legacy MOVR to Base?

No. The public bridging window closed on July 31, 2026, and the late-claim window for missed holders closed on September 30, 2026. Balances held on centralized exchanges — Kraken, Bybit and others — were migrated automatically at 1:1, so exchange users needed no action. Any legacy Moonriver-native MOVR left unclaimed after the late-claim window is effectively stranded on the wound-down chain.

What is the MOVR token used for after the migration?

Before the migration, MOVR paid transaction gas, secured the network through staking and carried governance rights on the Moonriver parachain. After the move to Base, MOVR exists as an ERC-20 token, and the team has not detailed its future utility, governance or staking role. Staking no longer applies because no Moonriver chain remains to secure. Utility is the key open question for the token.

Does MOVR have a vesting schedule or unlock dates?

Moonriver has no scheduled vesting unlocks. Historically, 30% of the Kusama crowdloan allocation was distributed at the parachain launch, with the remainder released over the parachain slot lease. That schedule ended with the 2026 parachain wind-down. Post-migration supply can grow only if a new emission mechanism for the Base token is introduced — none has been announced, so the supply overhang is structural rather than schedule-driven.

What is Moonriver's total supply?

Genesis supply was 10 million MOVR, with no maximum-supply cap. Staking-driven inflation of roughly 5% per year, partly offset by fee burning, grew total supply to 12,592,434 MOVR as of October 2026, per DropsTab data. The genesis allocation distributed 40% to community initiatives and the parachain slot reserve, 30% to Kusama crowdloan rewards, 24.5% to long-term network activities, and about 5.5% to protocol contributors.

Where can I trade MOVR?

MOVR trading is heavily centralized-exchange weighted. Spot pairs run on Binance (MOVR/USDT), Kraken (MOVR/USD and MOVR/EUR), Bybit, KuCoin, Gate, Bitget and HTX, with perpetual futures on Binance, Bybit, Kraken Futures and several other venues. On-chain liquidity lives on Base: Uniswap V4 pools quote MOVR against USDC and GLMR, plus a Uniswap V3 MOVR/WETH pool. Kusama-era liquidity disappeared with the parachain shutdown, so decentralized depth is thinner than centralized order books.