Animoca Brands clears final hurdle for fund management in Abu Dhabi

Animoca Brands has secured regulatory approval to manage investment funds for professional clients in Abu Dhabi. The licence was granted to its subsidiary Animoca Asset Management (AD) Limited by the FSRA of Abu Dhabi Global Market and took effect on 13 October.

The company, originally spun out of a mobile games developer in 2014, shifted focus to blockchain in 2018 and built a portfolio that includes OpenSea, Dapper Labs and Sky Mavis. In February it already obtained a Dubai licence covering virtual-asset brokerage and investment management for institutional and qualified investors.

The new Abu Dhabi permission completes a process that began with preliminary approval in November 2025. Animoca now positions itself as a regulated financial-services provider, with greater emphasis on stablecoins, real-world asset tokenisation and treasury management.

Based on information from cryptonews.net