Animoca Brands Wins Final Abu Dhabi Approval to Manage Investment Funds

Animoca Brands won final approval to manage investment funds in Abu Dhabi, the crypto investor said today (Monday).

The Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) granted a Financial Services Permission to its subsidiary Animoca Asset Management (AD) Limited.The permission lets the unit manage a collective investment fund in or from ADGM, where the number of fund and asset managers rose 23% from a year earlier to 190 by the end of June.

The FSRA granted 45 permissions of all types in the first half of 2026.London's trading industry is coming home!The Abu Dhabi zone is still the smaller of the two UAE financial free zones by licenses held.

FM Intelligence's license monitor counts 423 active licenses under the ADGM regulator, against 4,176 at the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) in its current register snapshot.Eleven Months From Conditional ApprovalAnimoca received in-principle approval from the FSRA in November 2025.

It came with conditions.

The company could not run funds until it met the regulator's requirements and secured the final permission announced on Monday.eToro, which went through the same two steps in ADGM, offers one benchmark.

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