{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"37612","rtpr_id":"nGNX61bPcG","ticker":"ABXX","exchange":"CBOE","all_tickers":["ABXX"],"title":"Abaxx to Launch Silver Singapore Futures on May 22, 2026","author":"Globe Newswire","published_at":"2026-05-18T11:24:59.036Z","article_body":"TORONTO and SINGAPORE, May 18, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abaxx Technologies\nInc. (CBOE:ABXX)(OTCQX:ABXXF) (“Abaxx” or the “Company”), a financial\nsoftware and market infrastructure company and majority shareholder of Abaxx\nSingapore Pte Ltd., the owner of Abaxx Commodity Exchange and Clearinghouse\n(individually, “Abaxx Exchange” and “Abaxx Clearing”), today announced\nthat Abaxx Exchange will launch Abaxx Silver Singapore futures on May 22,\n2026, expanding Abaxx’s precious metals product suite.\n\nThe Abaxx Silver Singapore futures contract is purpose-built for the\ncommercial requirements of the global industrial silver market, providing\nstandardized reference pricing and risk management tools aligned with physical\nmarket practices. The contract is designed to provide a globally accessible\nbenchmark for price discovery and hedging, with physical delivery in\nSingapore, intended to support Asian industrial trade flows. The Abaxx Silver\nSingapore futures contract is a U.S. dollar-denominated, 1,000 troy ounce,\nphysically deliverable product of 0.9999 fineness, with delivery into approved\nvaults in Singapore.\n\n“Silver is no longer only a precious metal story. It is increasingly tied to\nthe industrial inputs behind solar, electronics, and advanced\nmanufacturing,” said Russell Robertson, Chief Business Development Officer\nof Abaxx Exchange. “As those supply chains grow, commercial participants\nneed pricing and risk management tools that connect more directly to the\nphysical silver they source and use. The Abaxx Silver Singapore futures\ncontract is designed to close that gap with a physically deliverable contract\nbuilt around higher-purity silver and delivery in Singapore.”\n\nAbout Abaxx Technologies Inc. \nAbaxx Technologies is building Smarter Markets: markets empowered by better\ntools, better benchmarks, and better technology to drive market-based\nsolutions to the biggest challenges we face as a society.\n\nIn addition to developing and deploying financial technologies that make\ncommunication, trade, and transactions easier and more secure, Abaxx is the\nmajority shareholder of Abaxx Singapore, which owns Abaxx Exchange and Abaxx\nClearing, and the parent company of wholly owned subsidiaries Abaxx Spot Pte.\nLtd. and Adaptive Infrastructure.\n\nAbaxx Exchange delivers the market infrastructure critical to the shift toward\nan electrified, low-carbon economy through centrally-cleared futures\ncontracts, including physically-deliverable and financially-settled products,\nin LNG, carbon, battery materials, precious metals, and weather-indexed\nrenewables, meeting the commercial needs of today’s commodity markets and\nestablishing the next generation of global benchmarks.\n\nAbaxx Spot modernizes physical gold trading through a physically-backed gold\npool in Singapore. As the first instance of a co-located spot and futures\nmarket for gold, Abaxx Spot enables secure electronic transactions, efficient\nOTC transfers, and is designed to support physical delivery for Abaxx\nExchange’s physically-deliverable gold futures contract, providing\nintegrated infrastructure to deliver smarter gold markets.\n\nAdaptive Infrastructure closes critical gaps in post-trade infrastructure by\nproviding a unified custodial foundation across environmental markets and\ndigital title assets. Incorporated in Barbados and subject to oversight by the\nFinancial Services Commission of Barbados, the company delivers\ninstitutional-grade custody, settlement, and transfer agency services designed\nto reduce risk and improve reliability across asset classes.\n\nAbaxx Labs is the Company’s center for engaging with the developer community\nto create the next generation of technology that will build smarter markets\nthrough open-source software tools that promote the use of Abaxx’s ID++\ntechnologies.\n\nFor more information, visit abaxx.tech\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=mECGzKpASt25jtZHhLVdqk3UtKsaKtXGl2I9AVnpgXWIdGZgURlbYqcvcy_Y0YQlsdQrZtOKkDih4OlqdpDpHA==)\n| abaxx.exchange\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=mECGzKpASt25jtZHhLVdqqLM9Pgi5KDbRFgzLF7V8DBHlh5OBKEwaujh_sI1DU3MG5rrxlsbsgOYiOWAABkTUhaTGSmatcaddol5TPFjL1o=)\n| abaxxspot.com\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=mECGzKpASt25jtZHhLVdqrRNpiKKCbMsXsTnQfyEERD3Q-ytJkHM49zV7s1PHhA70qe5x7ZkfZTzgINiB89vvA==)\n| basecarbon.com\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=eT2CyfgwYB-W9mJc3--6DensI-otcI3JK_xrzToJvWrwMQbx0kzSfQLxtxPaMGLg4ZmhheD9Mv8dGR_GaQ_MscA4kwoOKUESoXXU2i-4A28=)\n| smartermarkets.media\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=NKdlpR8ZgzF0u2AfJ7_p6RVImRSLakVI3LLZqP3INQxZPO5ndzZbcP-4TBmkBH__0tO9rZOzkWnCXtucI-GHImxfhhUlKrxxZfLkAAy-cnA=)\n\nFor more information about this press release, please contact:\n\nSteve Fray, CFO\nTel: +1 647-490-1590\n\nMedia and investor inquiries:\n\nAbaxx Technologies Inc.\nInvestor Relations Team\nTel: +1 246 271 0082\nE-mail: ir@abaxx.tech\n\nCautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information\n\nThis press release includes certain “forward-looking statements” and\n“forward-looking information” (collectively, “forward-looking\nstatements”) within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws. All\nstatements other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking\nstatements. Forward-looking statements are often, but not always, identified\nby the use of words such as “believe”, “anticipate”, “estimate”,\n“project”, “intend”, “expect”, “may”, “will”, “plan”,\n“should”, “would”, “could”, “target”, “purpose”,\n“goal”, “objective”, “ongoing”, “potential”, “likely” or\nthe negative thereof or similar expressions.\n\nIn particular, this press release contains forward-looking statements\nincluding, without limitation, Abaxx’s objectives and future plans, timing\nof the launch of Abaxx Silver Singapore (SSP) futures, development and\nexpansion of Abaxx’s market infrastructure and Abaxx’s role in the\ndevelopment of commodities and energy markets. Forward-looking statements are\nbased on the reasonable assumptions, estimates, analyses and opinions of\nmanagement made in light of its experience and its perception of trends,\ncurrent conditions and expected developments, as well as other factors that\nmanagement believes to be relevant and reasonable in the circumstances at the\ndate that such statements are made, but which may prove to be incorrect. Such\nfactors impacting forward-looking information include, among others: risks\nrelating to the global economic climate; dilution; Abaxx’s limited operating\nhistory; future capital needs and uncertainty of additional financing; the\ncompetitive nature of the industry; currency exchange risks; the need for\nAbaxx to manage its planned growth and expansion; the effects of product\ndevelopment and need for continued technology change; protection of\nproprietary rights; the effect of government regulation and compliance on\nAbaxx and the industry; acquiring and maintaining regulatory approvals for\nAbaxx’s products and operations; the ability to list Abaxx’s securities on\nstock exchanges in a timely fashion or at all; network security risks; the\nability of Abaxx to maintain properly working systems; reliance on key\npersonnel; global economic and financial market deterioration impeding access\nto capital or increasing the cost of capital; and volatile securities markets\nimpacting security pricing unrelated to operating performance. In addition,\nparticular factors which could impact future results of the business of Abaxx\ninclude but are not limited to: the failure of energy markets and collateral\nuse cases to develop according to the expectations of Abaxx; operations in\nforeign jurisdictions; protection of intellectual property rights; contractual\nrisk; third-party risk; clearinghouse risk; malicious actor risks; third-party\nsoftware license risk; system failure risk; risk of technological change;\ndependence of technical infrastructure; changes in global weather patterns;\nchanges in the price of commodities, capital market conditions, restrictions\non labor and international travel and supply chains, and the risk factors\nidentified in the Company’s most recent management’s discussion and\nanalysis filed on SEDAR+. Abaxx has also assumed that no significant events\noccur outside of Abaxx’s normal course of business.\n\nAbaxx cautions that the foregoing list of material factors is not exhaustive.\nIn addition, although Abaxx has attempted to identify important factors that\ncould cause actual results to differ materially, there may be other factors\nthat cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated, or intended. When\nrelying on forward-looking statements and information to make decisions,\ninvestors and others should carefully consider the foregoing factors and other\nuncertainties and potential events. Abaxx has assumed that the material\nfactors referred to in the previous paragraphs will not cause such\nforward-looking statements and information to differ materially from actual\nresults or events. However, the list of these factors is not exhaustive and is\nsubject to change and there can be no assurance that such assumptions will\nreflect the actual outcome of such items or factors. The forward-looking\nstatements and information contained in this press release represents the\nexpectations of Abaxx as of the date of this press release and, accordingly,\nis subject to change after such date. Abaxx undertakes no obligation to update\nor revise any forward-looking statements and information, whether as a result\nof new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.\nAccordingly, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these\nforward-looking statements and information. Cboe Canada does not accept\nresponsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this press release.\n\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/ebbabd4c-4502-4b72-9fa6-6894dfd9ae90)\n\n\n\nGlobeNewswire, Inc. 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nGNX61bPcG","title":"Abaxx to Launch Silver Singapore Futures on May 22, 2026","author":"Globe Newswire","ticker":"ABXX","created":"2026-05-18T11:24:59.036Z","tickers":["ABXX"],"exchange":"CBOE","article_body":"TORONTO and SINGAPORE, May 18, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abaxx Technologies\nInc. (CBOE:ABXX)(OTCQX:ABXXF) (“Abaxx” or the “Company”), a financial\nsoftware and market infrastructure company and majority shareholder of Abaxx\nSingapore Pte Ltd., the owner of Abaxx Commodity Exchange and Clearinghouse\n(individually, “Abaxx Exchange” and “Abaxx Clearing”), today announced\nthat Abaxx Exchange will launch Abaxx Silver Singapore futures on May 22,\n2026, expanding Abaxx’s precious metals product suite.\n\nThe Abaxx Silver Singapore futures contract is purpose-built for the\ncommercial requirements of the global industrial silver market, providing\nstandardized reference pricing and risk management tools aligned with physical\nmarket practices. The contract is designed to provide a globally accessible\nbenchmark for price discovery and hedging, with physical delivery in\nSingapore, intended to support Asian industrial trade flows. The Abaxx Silver\nSingapore futures contract is a U.S. dollar-denominated, 1,000 troy ounce,\nphysically deliverable product of 0.9999 fineness, with delivery into approved\nvaults in Singapore.\n\n“Silver is no longer only a precious metal story. It is increasingly tied to\nthe industrial inputs behind solar, electronics, and advanced\nmanufacturing,” said Russell Robertson, Chief Business Development Officer\nof Abaxx Exchange. “As those supply chains grow, commercial participants\nneed pricing and risk management tools that connect more directly to the\nphysical silver they source and use. The Abaxx Silver Singapore futures\ncontract is designed to close that gap with a physically deliverable contract\nbuilt around higher-purity silver and delivery in Singapore.”\n\nAbout Abaxx Technologies Inc. \nAbaxx Technologies is building Smarter Markets: markets empowered by better\ntools, better benchmarks, and better technology to drive market-based\nsolutions to the biggest challenges we face as a society.\n\nIn addition to developing and deploying financial technologies that make\ncommunication, trade, and transactions easier and more secure, Abaxx is the\nmajority shareholder of Abaxx Singapore, which owns Abaxx Exchange and Abaxx\nClearing, and the parent company of wholly owned subsidiaries Abaxx Spot Pte.\nLtd. and Adaptive Infrastructure.\n\nAbaxx Exchange delivers the market infrastructure critical to the shift toward\nan electrified, low-carbon economy through centrally-cleared futures\ncontracts, including physically-deliverable and financially-settled products,\nin LNG, carbon, battery materials, precious metals, and weather-indexed\nrenewables, meeting the commercial needs of today’s commodity markets and\nestablishing the next generation of global benchmarks.\n\nAbaxx Spot modernizes physical gold trading through a physically-backed gold\npool in Singapore. As the first instance of a co-located spot and futures\nmarket for gold, Abaxx Spot enables secure electronic transactions, efficient\nOTC transfers, and is designed to support physical delivery for Abaxx\nExchange’s physically-deliverable gold futures contract, providing\nintegrated infrastructure to deliver smarter gold markets.\n\nAdaptive Infrastructure closes critical gaps in post-trade infrastructure by\nproviding a unified custodial foundation across environmental markets and\ndigital title assets. Incorporated in Barbados and subject to oversight by the\nFinancial Services Commission of Barbados, the company delivers\ninstitutional-grade custody, settlement, and transfer agency services designed\nto reduce risk and improve reliability across asset classes.\n\nAbaxx Labs is the Company’s center for engaging with the developer community\nto create the next generation of technology that will build smarter markets\nthrough open-source software tools that promote the use of Abaxx’s ID++\ntechnologies.\n\nFor more information, visit abaxx.tech\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=mECGzKpASt25jtZHhLVdqk3UtKsaKtXGl2I9AVnpgXWIdGZgURlbYqcvcy_Y0YQlsdQrZtOKkDih4OlqdpDpHA==)\n| abaxx.exchange\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=mECGzKpASt25jtZHhLVdqqLM9Pgi5KDbRFgzLF7V8DBHlh5OBKEwaujh_sI1DU3MG5rrxlsbsgOYiOWAABkTUhaTGSmatcaddol5TPFjL1o=)\n| abaxxspot.com\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=mECGzKpASt25jtZHhLVdqrRNpiKKCbMsXsTnQfyEERD3Q-ytJkHM49zV7s1PHhA70qe5x7ZkfZTzgINiB89vvA==)\n| basecarbon.com\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=eT2CyfgwYB-W9mJc3--6DensI-otcI3JK_xrzToJvWrwMQbx0kzSfQLxtxPaMGLg4ZmhheD9Mv8dGR_GaQ_MscA4kwoOKUESoXXU2i-4A28=)\n| smartermarkets.media\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=NKdlpR8ZgzF0u2AfJ7_p6RVImRSLakVI3LLZqP3INQxZPO5ndzZbcP-4TBmkBH__0tO9rZOzkWnCXtucI-GHImxfhhUlKrxxZfLkAAy-cnA=)\n\nFor more information about this press release, please contact:\n\nSteve Fray, CFO\nTel: +1 647-490-1590\n\nMedia and investor inquiries:\n\nAbaxx Technologies Inc.\nInvestor Relations Team\nTel: +1 246 271 0082\nE-mail: ir@abaxx.tech\n\nCautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information\n\nThis press release includes certain “forward-looking statements” and\n“forward-looking information” (collectively, “forward-looking\nstatements”) within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws. All\nstatements other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking\nstatements. Forward-looking statements are often, but not always, identified\nby the use of words such as “believe”, “anticipate”, “estimate”,\n“project”, “intend”, “expect”, “may”, “will”, “plan”,\n“should”, “would”, “could”, “target”, “purpose”,\n“goal”, “objective”, “ongoing”, “potential”, “likely” or\nthe negative thereof or similar expressions.\n\nIn particular, this press release contains forward-looking statements\nincluding, without limitation, Abaxx’s objectives and future plans, timing\nof the launch of Abaxx Silver Singapore (SSP) futures, development and\nexpansion of Abaxx’s market infrastructure and Abaxx’s role in the\ndevelopment of commodities and energy markets. Forward-looking statements are\nbased on the reasonable assumptions, estimates, analyses and opinions of\nmanagement made in light of its experience and its perception of trends,\ncurrent conditions and expected developments, as well as other factors that\nmanagement believes to be relevant and reasonable in the circumstances at the\ndate that such statements are made, but which may prove to be incorrect. Such\nfactors impacting forward-looking information include, among others: risks\nrelating to the global economic climate; dilution; Abaxx’s limited operating\nhistory; future capital needs and uncertainty of additional financing; the\ncompetitive nature of the industry; currency exchange risks; the need for\nAbaxx to manage its planned growth and expansion; the effects of product\ndevelopment and need for continued technology change; protection of\nproprietary rights; the effect of government regulation and compliance on\nAbaxx and the industry; acquiring and maintaining regulatory approvals for\nAbaxx’s products and operations; the ability to list Abaxx’s securities on\nstock exchanges in a timely fashion or at all; network security risks; the\nability of Abaxx to maintain properly working systems; reliance on key\npersonnel; global economic and financial market deterioration impeding access\nto capital or increasing the cost of capital; and volatile securities markets\nimpacting security pricing unrelated to operating performance. In addition,\nparticular factors which could impact future results of the business of Abaxx\ninclude but are not limited to: the failure of energy markets and collateral\nuse cases to develop according to the expectations of Abaxx; operations in\nforeign jurisdictions; protection of intellectual property rights; contractual\nrisk; third-party risk; clearinghouse risk; malicious actor risks; third-party\nsoftware license risk; system failure risk; risk of technological change;\ndependence of technical infrastructure; changes in global weather patterns;\nchanges in the price of commodities, capital market conditions, restrictions\non labor and international travel and supply chains, and the risk factors\nidentified in the Company’s most recent management’s discussion and\nanalysis filed on SEDAR+. Abaxx has also assumed that no significant events\noccur outside of Abaxx’s normal course of business.\n\nAbaxx cautions that the foregoing list of material factors is not exhaustive.\nIn addition, although Abaxx has attempted to identify important factors that\ncould cause actual results to differ materially, there may be other factors\nthat cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated, or intended. When\nrelying on forward-looking statements and information to make decisions,\ninvestors and others should carefully consider the foregoing factors and other\nuncertainties and potential events. Abaxx has assumed that the material\nfactors referred to in the previous paragraphs will not cause such\nforward-looking statements and information to differ materially from actual\nresults or events. However, the list of these factors is not exhaustive and is\nsubject to change and there can be no assurance that such assumptions will\nreflect the actual outcome of such items or factors. The forward-looking\nstatements and information contained in this press release represents the\nexpectations of Abaxx as of the date of this press release and, accordingly,\nis subject to change after such date. Abaxx undertakes no obligation to update\nor revise any forward-looking statements and information, whether as a result\nof new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.\nAccordingly, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these\nforward-looking statements and information. Cboe Canada does not accept\nresponsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this press release.\n\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/ebbabd4c-4502-4b72-9fa6-6894dfd9ae90)\n\n\n\nGlobeNewswire, Inc. 2026"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-05-18T11:24:59.07099781Z","server_sent_at_ms":1779103499070},"received_at":"2026-05-18T11:24:59.125Z","source_url":null},"analysis":{"id":"27055","press_release_id":"37612","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Capital Markets","sector":"Financials"},"redFlags":[],"eventType":"product_launch","narrative":"Abaxx Technologies announced the launch of Abaxx Silver Singapore futures on May 22, 2026, expanding its precious metals product suite.\n\nThe contract is a U.S. dollar-denominated, physically deliverable instrument with 1,000 troy ounce size and 0.9999 fineness, designed to support Asian industrial trade flows.\n\nManagement stated the product addresses the growing need for pricing and risk management tools tied to industrial silver inputs in solar, electronics, and advanced manufacturing.","sentiment":"bullish","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":false,"suggestedAngle":"Abaxx expands commodity infrastructure with new silver futures in Singapore."},"keyFigures":{"customDimensions":{"purity":"0.9999 fineness","currency":"USD","contract_size":"1,000 troy ounce","delivery_location":"Singapore"}},"quotedText":"Silver is no longer only a precious metal story. 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