Animoca Announces ADGM Fund-Management Permission for Institutional Expansion

TL;DR Animoca announced the ADGM permission on November 2. The fund-management permission took effect on October 13 and excludes retail clients. Individual fund terms and investment exposure remain separate questions. Animoca Brands has added a fund-management authorization in Abu Dhabi to its institutional business. The company announced on November 2 that Animoca Asset Management (AD) Limited had received Financial Services Permission from ADGM’s Financial Services Regulatory Authority to manage collective investment funds in or from the financial centre. The company announcement follows an earlier effective date: the ADGM register dates permission 250097 to October 13, 2026. It prohibits dealing with retail clients and holding or controlling client assets, defining a narrower scope than a general licence to provide every crypto service. Fund management gives institutional investors a familiar route A professionally managed fund can bring several decisions into one structure: the investment mandate, who has discretion over transactions, how assets are valued and what investors receive in return for contributing capital. That can make a digital-asset strategy easier to assess than...