TORONTO and SINGAPORE, Sept. 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abaxx Technologies Inc. (TSX:ABXX)(OTCQX:ABXXF) (“Abaxx” or the “Company”), a financial software and market infrastructure company, majority shareholder of Abaxx Singapore Pte Ltd., the owner of Abaxx Commodity Exchange and Clearinghouse (individually, “Abaxx Exchange” and “Abaxx Clearing”), today announced that Abaxx Exchange’s Gold Singapore (GKS) futures contract has been named Best Innovation by an Exchange or Clearing House at the 2026 FOW Asia Pacific Awards.
The FOW Asia Pacific Awards recognize outperformance and innovation by firms and individuals across the Asian derivatives industry. Award winners were chosen by an independent panel of experts from throughout the industry.
Comments from the judges included: “In yet another year of volatility for the commodity sector, this award was based on the strides Abaxx has made in launching products aimed at making a meaningful contribution to the market and indeed in creating more accurate regional benchmarks. The FOW team congratulates Abaxx on this well-deserved recognition.”
“It is an honor to receive this award from FOW,” said Russell Robertson, Chief Business Development Officer at Abaxx Exchange. “We launched Gold Singapore futures in June 2025 in anticipation of the bullion market’s growing need for reliable regional price discovery for gold kilobars. As Hong Kong and Singapore grow as Asian bullion centers, GKS is well positioned to become the benchmark for the price of gold in Singapore and support arbitrage across Asia. We’re grateful to our growing network of market participants for their confidence in Abaxx gold futures as we contribute to Singapore’s emergence as a global precious metals hub.”
The award follows Abaxx Exchange’s recognition as Newcomer of the Year at the 2026 Energy Risk Awards in May.
About Abaxx Technologies
Abaxx Technologies Inc. (TSX: ABXX | OTCQX: ABXXF) 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 transformation and the transition to an AI-augmented economy.
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, parent company of wholly owned subsidiaries Abaxx Spot and Adaptive Infrastructure, and founder and creator of Abaxx Labs and the SmarterMarkets™ podcast.