Animoca Announces ADGM Fund-Management Permission for Institutional Expansion

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By Dextape Desk · November 2, 2026

Animoca Brands said on November 2 that its subsidiary Animoca Asset Management (AD) Limited has obtained authorization from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Abu Dhabi Global Market to run collective investment funds. The ADGM register attaches October 13, 2026 as the date for permission 250097. The license bars the unit from serving retail customers and from taking custody or control of client assets, placing its scope below a general crypto licence. Animoca Brands Middle East Advisory FZCO appears on VARA's Dubai register, listed for broker-dealer work and management and investment services under institutional and qualified-investor conditions. The article stresses that these approvals should not be merged into one blanket licence. Next disclosures would name specific funds, objectives, eligible investors, custody, fees and redemption terms.

Why it matters: It shows how a crypto group can pursue institutional fund management under a narrower, entity-specific regulated framework.

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