EXCLUSIVE: Cathay Ledger Capital can now invest in tokens

20.07.2023
EXCLUSIVE: Cathay Ledger Capital can now invest in tokens
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After XAnge, Cathay Ledger Capital is the second fund to obtain the green light from the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF).

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Things seem to be speeding up for French Web3 funds when it comes to investments in tokens. According to our information, after XAnge, it is Cathay Ledger Capital that has just obtained authorisation from the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) to invest in project tokens.

Until now, funds based in France, which invest exclusively in equities, could not invest in tokens because of the lack of partners to do so. Since the financial crisis of 2008, investment funds have in effect been obliged to deposit their clients' money with a third party to avoid manipulation.

It is only very recently that custodians have been given authorisation by the AMF to deal in crypto, which now allows funds such as XAnge and Cathay Ledger Capital to invest in tokens.

The interest for a fund in recovering tokens from a project is twofold: firstly, because it allows it to benefit from the potential financial performance of a project's token. Secondly, because holding tokens in certain projects allows a fund to participate in its governance.

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Raphaël Bloch

Raphaël Bloch is CEO and co-founder of The Big Whale, an independent market intelligence platform on digital assets serving financial market participants through editorial coverage, research, a weekly briefing, and in-person events. He co-founded The Big Whale in April 2022. At the platform, he moderates and hosts institutional events bringing together banks, asset managers, custodians, and infrastructure providers on topics including staking, on-chain yield, stablecoins, DeFi lending, and tokenisation. He has moderated panels at events hosted in partnership with Bitwise, Everstake, Gemini, Morpho, Hexarq, Coinhouse, Delubac, Franklin Templeton, and the Ethereum Foundation, held in London and Paris between late 2025 and mid-2026.

Before founding The Big Whale, Bloch worked as a reporter at Les Echos from December 2016 to March 2020, then at L'Express from March 2020 to March 2022. He also previously worked at Reuters. Since September 2022, he has held a concurrent role as Business Analyst at BFM Business. He has been active in crypto journalism since 2016. He holds degrees from emlyon and the CFJ.

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