What Animoca Brands is
Animoca Brands is a Hong Kong company founded in 2014 by Yat Siu and David Kim, which has become the world's leading conglomerate in Web3 gaming and digital assets. It develops and publishes blockchain games and products — including The Sandbox (SAND token) and the REVV token — and holds an investment portfolio in more than 600 companies in the sector: from OpenSea to Yield Guild Games, by way of Axie Infinity and Dapper Labs. Over the years it has broadened its scope from NFTs and the metaverse to DeFi, artificial intelligence and tokenisation, positioning itself as a diversified holding company of the digital asset economy. After the NFT- and metaverse-centred phase of 2021-2022, the chapter that matters today is its path to a US listing.
Regulation and licences
- Animoca Brands is not an exchange: the MiCA regulation does not apply to its development and investment activity.
- Corporate history: listed on Australia's ASX until March 2020, when it was delisted partly because of the Australian exchange's concerns over cryptocurrency-related activities; since then it has remained an unlisted company with operational headquarters in Hong Kong (Verified: September 2026).
- Nasdaq listing under way: on 3 November 2025 it announced a reverse merger with Currenc Group, a Singapore fintech company already listed on Nasdaq; once the transaction is complete, Animoca shareholders would hold around 95% of the resulting entity, which would keep the name Animoca Brands. Closing expected in the third quarter of 2026 (long stop date 31/12/2026, extendable). As at the verification date the completion has not been announced (Verified: September 2026 the status of the announcement).
Security
It does not hold retail user funds like an exchange. The significant corporate episode is the delisting from the ASX in 2020, overcome without interrupting operations: the company then raised private capital at valuations of several billion dollars and continued expanding its portfolio.
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FAQ
Is Animoca Brands publicly listed? Not yet: it was delisted from Australia's ASX in 2020 and in November 2025 announced a Nasdaq listing via a reverse merger with Currenc Group, expected to close by the end of 2026.
What does Animoca Brands own? Its own studios and products (including The Sandbox, GAMEE, nWay, Pixowl) and an investment portfolio in more than 600 Web3 companies, across gaming, NFTs, DeFi and infrastructure.
Who leads Animoca Brands? Co-founder Yat Siu is executive chairman and managing director; Evan Auyang is group president and Robby Yung is CEO (appointments of October 2021).
Verified sources
- https://www.animocabrands.com/announcement/animoca-brands-announces-senior-leadership-appo
- https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/11/03/animoca-brands-files-for-usdtk-million-ipo-in
- https://www.tatlerasia.com/power-purpose/innovation/animoca-brands-to-go-public-nasdaq-202
- https://ysiu.medium.com/i-am-excited-to-share-our-strategic-plan-to-list-animoca-brands-on
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