Animoca Announces ADGM Fund-Management Permission for Institutional Expansion

What happened

Animoca Brands announced on November 2 that its Abu Dhabi subsidiary, Animoca Asset Management (AD) Limited, received permission from ADGM’s financial regulator to manage collective investment funds in or from the financial centre. The register dates the permission to October 13, 2026; it excludes retail clients and control of client assets.

Confirmed

Global impact / market context

The authorization gives Animoca a regulated route to manage funds for institutional investors, who pool money under a stated investment approach. If institutions use that route, fund-management activity could generate revenue and support investment in digital-asset strategies, while the restrictions limit whom the subsidiary can serve and what it can handle.

Analyst inference

The permission is narrower than a general authorization to provide all crypto services: it covers managing collective investment funds, bars retail clients, and does not allow the subsidiary to hold or control client assets. This defines a specific institutional offering, not unrestricted access to investors or assets.

Confirmed

What to watch

1. Watch for Animoca to disclose whether it launches a fund under the permission, including its investment approach and who may invest; no fund launch is stated here. Analyst inference
2. Look for details on how client assets will be held and controlled, since the permission bars the subsidiary from performing those functions. Analyst inference
3. The ADGM register lists permission 250097 as effective from October 13, 2026, while Animoca announced it on November 2. Confirmed

Evidence

• newsbtc.com