Abaxx and ACX to host SmarterMarkets™ webcast on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets

TORONTO, July 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abaxx Technologies Inc., (NEO:ABXX) (OTCQX:ABXXF) (“Abaxx” or the “Company”), a financial technology (fintech) company, majority shareholder of Abaxx Singapore Pte. Ltd., the Abaxx Commodity Exchange, and producer of the SmarterMarkets™ Podcast, will participate in a SmarterMarkets™ public webcast to discuss emerging trends in voluntary carbon-offset markets following a recent framework report published on July 8 2021 by the Mark Carney-led Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Market (“TSVCM”).

SmarterMarkets™ will host the webcast with Zoom webinars (login details below), inviting Abaxx shareholders and general market participants who are interested to learn more about the rapidly evolving market opportunity for voluntary carbon offsets. The webinar will feature industry leading experts including: Bill Pazos, Co-Founder and COO of AirCarbon (“ACX”) and TSVCM advisor, Bruce Tozer, Abaxx Senior Carbon Market advisor, Andy Ertel, CEO of Evolution Markets and Chief Investment Officer of Evolution Environmental Asset Management LP, and Peter Fusaro, Senior Partner, ESG, Oxford Global Accelerated Ventures.

SmarterMarkets™ is a digital media platform for leading long-form discussions on the energy transition and carbon market development. Previous guests including Jeff Currie and Robert Friedland contributed valuable insights on carbon trading and ESG externality pricing of commodities. In Episode-16, Bill Pazos delivered a comprehensive primer on the past and future of voluntary carbon offset markets, and a feature interview with Daniel Yergin will expand on these and other global economic shifting themes in a forthcoming episode. 

The webcast will be recorded and will be publicly available on Abaxx’s Investor Relations website at investors.abaxx.tech.

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About Abaxx Technologies

Abaxx is a development stage financial software company that has created proprietary technological infrastructure for both global commodity exchanges and the digital marketplace. The Company’s formative technology increases transaction velocity, data security, and facilitates improved risk management for the majority owned, Abaxx Singapore Pte. Ltd. (“ACX”, “Abaxx Commodity Exchange”, or “Abaxx.Exchange”) - a commodity futures exchange that is seeking final regulatory approvals as a Recognized Market Operator (“RMO”) and Approved Clearing House (“ACH”) before the Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”).  Abaxx is also the owner of the LabMag and KeMag iron ore assets, resulting from the reverse take-over of New Millennium Iron Corp, and the creator and producer of the SmarterMarkets™ podcast.

For more information please visit abaxx.tech, abaxx.exchange and SmarterMarketsPod.com

About AirCarbon Pte Ltd

AirCarbon Exchange ("ACX") is a global exchange revolutionising the voluntary carbon market. The exchange currently has a 90-strong client base of corporate entities, financial traders, carbon project developers, and other industry stakeholders. ACX provides its clients with an efficient and transparent trading platform which is easy to use, frictionless and with the lowest commission fees available on the market.

Launched in 2019, the exchange is a hybrid platform with a traditional central order book architecture that will be familiar to all experienced traders. The exchange also utilises the speed and efficiency of the Binance Smart Chain public blockchain to achieve atomic T-0 trade execution, clearing and settlement. The exchange’s core matching engine can currently match trades in the order ~10k per second.

As of May 2021, ACX is the world’s first carbon negative exchange, having offset its carbon emissions 12 months into the future (to May 2022) through the Onil Stoves Guatemala Uspantan project. ACX is committed to continuing to offset all of its emissions 12 months forward.

For more information or to trade carbon, please reach out to [email protected]

or visit www.aircarbon.co

About Evolution Markets and Evolution Environmental Asset Management

Evolution Markets is a global commodities brokerage platform offering seamless trade execution, innovative risk management, and bespoke structured transaction services. Formed in 2000, Evolution Markets serves the global environmental and energy commodity markets from offices in New York, London, Houston, and Singapore. Our experienced team of brokerage and structured transaction specialists began as pioneers in carbon and renewable energy markets, then expanded its reach into a broad set of global energy products, including oil, power, natural gas, coal, and nuclear fuels.

Evolution Environmental Asset Management, LP (“EEAM”) is a cutting-edge asset manager, at the intersection of traditional investment funds and environmental markets. Powered by an investment team with decades of experience in the environmental markets and world-class infrastructure, EEAM is uniquely qualified to capitalize on emerging environmental opportunities. Our goal is to generate significant risk-adjusted returns for investors that not only drive large-scale carbon emissions reductions but also maximize social and environmental impact. Investment decisions are guided by a strict best-in-class ESG framework.

About Peter Fusaro and Oxford GAV Conservation Venture Studio

Oxford GAV Conservation Venture Studio is an innovation aggregator positioned to create a more prosperous and sustainable future by commercializing pioneering conservation and sustainable technologies from Oxford, Stanford and Harvard Universities.

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Abaxx Technologies Inc.
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E-mail: [email protected]

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