EXCLUSIVE. XAnge gets the green light from the AMF to invest in tokens

08.06.2023
EXCLUSIVE. XAnge gets the green light from the AMF to invest in tokens
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This is the first time that an investment company has obtained this authorisation in France. Other funds are expected to follow.

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This is a first in France. According to our information, investment company XAnge has just obtained the green light from the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) to invest in crypto projects both in equity, i.e. shares, and also in... tokens.

Until now, funds based in France could not invest in tokens because of the lack of partners to do so; to invest, web3 funds need a custodian who will hold the funds. In this case, XAnge has teamed up with a French bank and a digital asset service provider (PSAN) to store its future tokens.

Other funds such as Cathay Ledger, which are also working on this type of pairing in France, are also in the process of obtaining authorisation.

The interest for a fund in recovering tokens from a project is twofold: firstly because it allows it to benefit from the financial performance of a project's token, both upwards and obviously downwards 😗. "There's better alignment with projects," confirms one investor. Then because holding tokens, in some 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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