TORONTO, Nov. 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abaxx Technologies Inc. (CBOE:ABXX)(OTCQX:ABXXF) (“Abaxx” or the “Company”), a financial software and market infrastructure company, majority shareholder of Abaxx Singapore Pte Ltd. (“Abaxx Singapore”), the owner of Abaxx Commodity Exchange and Clearinghouse (individually, “Abaxx Exchange” and “Abaxx Clearing”), and producer of the SmarterMarkets™ Podcast, today announced that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has granted Abaxx Exchange registration as a Foreign Board of Trade (“FBOT”).

The registration permits U.S.-based futures commission merchants (FCMs), brokers, and trading firms to directly access Abaxx Exchange’s regulated markets for the first time, marking a significant milestone in the Company’s commercial expansion. With this designation, Abaxx’s physically-deliverable futures markets are now open to the world’s largest derivatives trading community, accelerating participation across the Company’s growing suite of benchmark contracts.

A New Access Point for Global Commodity Trade

Abaxx’s growing suite of centrally-cleared commodity futures and derivatives provides better price discovery and risk management tools for the commodities critical to the transition to a lower-carbon economy — spanning energy, environmental, battery materials, and precious metals markets.

Abaxx markets include the only physically-backed LNG forward curves currently trading in the global market; the only physically-deliverable, U.S. dollar-denominated gold kilobar futures contract based in Singapore; the first physically-deliverable, U.S. dollar-denominated lithium carbonate benchmarks outside China; and the first financially-settled contracts indexed to the utilization of installed wind capacity in Germany. Built around the realities of modern commodity trade, each Abaxx benchmark addresses practical challenges that today’s market participants face in price discovery, hedging, and risk management.

“FBOT registration positions Abaxx to bring direct U.S. participation into the commodity benchmarks of the energy transition,” said Joe Raia, Chief Commercial Officer at Abaxx Exchange. “With this access, U.S. commercial players can participate in benchmarks anchored in real physical trade flows — expanding participation and liquidity in Abaxx markets and extending smarter markets to the world’s largest futures trading community.”

“Our clients are increasingly seeking access to regulated venues that reflect the evolution of global commodity trade,” added Tom Anderson, SVP, Group CFO & COO at ADM Investor Services. “Abaxx’s FBOT registration provides an additional pathway for our U.S. participants to engage with those opportunities.”

“We welcome Abaxx Exchange’s Foreign Board of Trade registration and the access it provides our North American commodity futures clients to trade these new markets,” added Randall Fenlon, Global Co-Head of Energy, Commodities & Shipping at BGC Group.

Abaxx’s full suite of energy, environmental, battery materials and precious metals futures is available for trading from 1000 to 2400 SGT (14 hours), Monday to Friday, except for Singapore public holidays. View products, connected clearing and broker firms, and request market access at abaxx.exchange/resources/start-trading.

About Abaxx Technologies
Abaxx Technologies is building Smarter Markets: markets empowered by better tools, better benchmarks, and better technology to drive market-based solutions to the biggest challenges we face as a society, including the energy transition.

In addition to developing and deploying financial technologies that make communication, trade, and transactions easier and more secure, Abaxx is the majority shareholder of Abaxx Singapore, the owner of Abaxx Exchange and Abaxx Clearing, and the parent company of wholly owned subsidiary Abaxx Spot Pte. Ltd., the operator of Abaxx Spot.

Abaxx Exchange delivers the market infrastructure critical to the shift toward an electrified, low-carbon economy through centrally-cleared, physically-deliverable futures contracts in LNG, carbon, battery materials, and precious metals, meeting the commercial needs of today’s commodity markets and establishing the next generation of global benchmarks.

Abaxx Spot modernizes physical gold trading through a physically-backed gold pool in Singapore. As the first instance of a co-located spot and futures market for gold, Abaxx Spot enables secure electronic transactions, efficient OTC transfers, and is designed to support physical delivery for Abaxx Exchange’s physically-deliverable gold futures contract, providing integrated infrastructure to deliver smarter gold markets.

Adaptive Infrastructure closes critical gaps in post-trade infrastructure by providing a unified custodial foundation across environmental markets and digital title assets. Incorporated in Barbados and regulated by the Financial Services Commission of Barbados, the company delivers institutional-grade custody, settlement, and transfer agency services designed to reduce risk and improve reliability across asset classes.

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Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information

This press release includes certain “forward-looking statements” and “forward-looking information” (collectively, “forward-looking statements”) within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws. All statements other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are often, but not always, identified by the use of words such as “believe”, “anticipate”, “estimate”, “project”, “intend”, “expect”, “may”, “will”, “plan”, “should”, “would”, “could”, “target”, “purpose”, “goal”, “objective”, “ongoing”, “potential”, “likely” or the negative thereof or similar expressions.

In particular, this press release contains forward-looking statements including, without limitation, statements regarding the growth of certain energy sectors, regulatory approvals and registrations required for Abaxx Exchange, the expansion of Abaxx's products into new markets and associated benefits to Abaxx and the utilization of Abaxx's products by market participants. Forward-looking statements are based on the reasonable assumptions, estimates, analyses and opinions of management made in light of its experience and its perception of trends, current conditions and expected developments, as well as other factors that management believes to be relevant and reasonable in the circumstances at the date that such statements are made, but which may prove to be incorrect. Such factors impacting forward-looking information include, among others: risks relating to the global economic climate; dilution; Abaxx’s limited operating history; future capital needs and uncertainty of additional financing; the competitive nature of the industry; currency exchange risks; the need for Abaxx to manage its planned growth and expansion; the effects of product development and need for continued technology change; protection of proprietary rights; the effect of government regulation and compliance on Abaxx and the industry; acquiring and maintaining regulatory approvals for Abaxx’s products and operations; the ability to list Abaxx’s securities on stock exchanges in a timely fashion or at all; network security risks; the ability of Abaxx to maintain properly working systems; reliance on key personnel; global economic and financial market deterioration impeding access to capital or increasing the cost of capital; and volatile securities markets impacting security pricing unrelated to operating performance. In addition, particular factors which could impact future results of the business of Abaxx include but are not limited to: operations in foreign jurisdictions; protection of intellectual property rights; contractual risk; third-party risk; clearinghouse risk; malicious actor risks; third- party software license risk; system failure risk; risk of technological change; dependence of technical infrastructure; and changes in the price of commodities, capital market conditions, restriction on labor and international travel and supply chains, and the risk factors identified in the Company’s most recent management discussion and analysis filed on SEDAR+. Abaxx has also assumed that no significant events occur outside of Abaxx’s normal course of business.

Abaxx cautions that the foregoing list of material factors is not exhaustive. In addition, although Abaxx has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated, or intended. When relying on forward-looking statements and information to make decisions, investors and others should carefully consider the foregoing factors and other uncertainties and potential events. Abaxx has assumed that the material factors referred to in the previous paragraphs will not cause such forward-looking statements and information to differ materially from actual results or events. However, the list of these factors is not exhaustive and is subject to change and there can be no assurance that such assumptions will reflect the actual outcome of such items or factors. The forward-looking statements and information contained in this press release represents the expectations of Abaxx as of the date of this press release and, accordingly, is subject to change after such date. Abaxx undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements and information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. Accordingly, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements and information. Cboe Canada does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this press release.