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Moonbeam ends GLMR migration window as network winds down
Moonbeam said the standard bridge closed July 31 at 23:59 UTC, and late holders were directed to email for individual review, while some on-chain deployments could become inaccessible after the wind-down.
Moonbeam closed its standard GLMR migration window at 23:59 UTC on July 31, ending the normal route for self-custodied “free balances” as the Polkadot network entered an operational wind-down ahead of a relaunch on Base, CryptoSlate reports. The project said exchange holdings, frozen balances, and protocol positions were subject to separate handling rather than the direct migration-contract flow.
According to Moonbeam’s migration contract snapshot, the contract held about 308.183 million GLMR at 20:20 UTC on July 31, less than four hours before the cutoff. Total GLMR issuance was about 1.241 billion, implying direct-bridge uptake of 24.83% at that time, while the remaining 75.17% covered other categories such as exchange custody, staking, treasury, and other holdings.
Before the deadline, Moonbeam urged users to withdraw funds from liquidity pools, lending markets, staking, crowdloans, governance locks, and other protocols where possible. Its prior July 3 announcement warned that funds left deployed in on-chain protocols may become inaccessible after the network wound down, and CryptoSlate notes the bridge covered only free balances.
After the standard bridge closed, late holders were routed to Moonbeam’s helpdesk via email for individual review, with Moonbeam not publishing a universal late-bridge or public post-cutoff claim portal. CryptoSlate adds that KuCoin said it would automatically convert GLMR balances at a 1:1 rate, and Moonbeam directed staking and crowdloan balances frozen at the cutoff to be honored on Base only if holders met its account-signature and snapshot requirements.