Animoca, Antler’s Ibex Launch Fund to Tokenize Japan’s IP

Animoca Brands has teamed up with Antler’s corporate innovation arm, Ibex Japan, to launch a dedicated Web3 entertainment investment fund aimed at bringing Japan’s anime and manga intellectual property (IP) onchain.

The announcement was made on Tuesday at the WebX conference in Tokyo, Animoca Brands revealed in a post on X.

Animoca’s co-founder and chairman, Yat Siu, senior adviser Keyvan Peymani, and Ibex Japan partner Sandeep Casi outlined the project during the conference, according to a report by Japanese crypto news outlet CoinPost.  

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