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SmarterMarkets™

Abaxx Technologies Inc.

SmarterMarkets™ brings you the entrepreneurs, icons, and executives of commodities, capital markets, and technology to rant on the inadequacies of our systems and riff on ideas for how to improve them. Our weekly episodes explore how technology can be leveraged to redesign and improve markets to meet society’s biggest challenges, including climate change and the energy transition.

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Special Episode | Scenes from the FT Commodities...

SmarterMarkets™ ·

2025/04/12

We present a Special Episode of SmarterMarkets™, bringing you exclusive interviews from the FT Commodities Global Summit 2025.SmarterMarkets™ returned to the annual Financial Times Commodities Global Summit in Lausanne, Switzerland this March, where commodity traders get together to talk about the markets and how they’re navigating them. In retrospect, this year was the calm before the storm of the wide-ranging U.S. tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump. We partnered with the FT to once again

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35:20

Gold for the 21st Century Episode 3 | Wade Brennan,...

SmarterMarkets™ ·

2025/04/05

This week on Gold for the 21st Century, we welcome Wade Brennan, CEO & Co-Founder of Kilo Capital, into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. David Greely sits down with Wade to discuss the effects of the recent tariff-related price volatility and pricing dislocations on the users of gold, as well as the role of bullion banking in the gold market of the 21st century.

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24:19

Gold for the 21st Century Episode 2 | Sunil Kashyap,...

SmarterMarkets™ ·

2025/03/29

We continue Gold for the 21st Century this week with Sunil Kashyap, Managing Director at FinMet Pte Ltd., Singapore. David Greely sits down with Sunil to discuss the role of gold in Asia, what the West can learn from it, and what new market infrastructure and technology can lead to smarter gold markets in Asia for the 21st century.

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42:25

Special Episode | Scenes from FIA Boca 2025

SmarterMarkets™ ·

2025/03/26

We present a special mid-week episode of SmarterMarkets™, bringing you exclusive interviews from FIA’s BOCA50 – the International Futures Industry Conference.SmarterMarkets™ returned to FIA Boca to be a part of BOCA50, the 50th anniversary of the International Futures Industry Conference. We partnered with the FIA to interview a wide-range of futures industry participants. We asked them how long they’ve been coming to Boca, how the conference has evolved, and what keeps them coming back. We also

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30:12

Gold for the 21st Century Episode 1 | David Gornall,...

SmarterMarkets™ ·

2025/03/22

This week, we kick off our new series Gold for the 21st Century with David Gornall. Gornall is Strategic Advisor for Precious Metals at Abaxx Exchange, Former Global Head of Precious Metals Trading at Natixis, and Former Chairman of the LBMA.SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Gornall to discuss where gold market infrastructure is not keeping pace with the evolving use of gold, what it means for regional price discovery and trading, and what market infrastructure and regulatory changes

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55:54

Carbon Frontiers 2025 Episode 6 | Belinda Ellington,...

SmarterMarkets™ ·

2025/03/15

We wrap up Carbon Frontiers 2025 this week with Belinda Ellington, Principal at Ellington Resolution, Senior Advisor at IETA, and Former MD, Global Head of Commodities Legal at Citi. David Greely sits down with Belinda to discuss the challenges that banks face in carbon markets and sustainable finance – and why establishing the legal nature of verified carbon credits is a critical step to getting carbon finance flowing

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32:46

Carbon Frontiers 2025 Episode 5 | Peter Fusaro,...

SmarterMarkets™ ·

2025/03/08

This week on Carbon Frontiers 2025, we welcome back Peter Fusaro, Founder of the Wall Street Green Summit. David Greely sits down with Peter to discuss where we are in carbon markets and the energy transition – and the other big issues on the agenda as we head into the 24th annual Wall Street Green Summit in New York City on March 18-19.

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35:14

Carbon Frontiers 2025 Episode 4 | Rene Velasquez,...

SmarterMarkets™ ·

2025/03/01

We continue Carbon Frontiers 2025 this week with Rene Velasquez, Managing Partner at Valitera. David Greely sits down with Rene to discuss the ‘tale of two cities’ state of the carbon markets – and the challenges and opportunities in getting carbon finance flowing.

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54:15

Carbon Frontiers 2025 Episode 3 | Peter Zaman,...

SmarterMarkets™ ·

2025/02/22

This week on Carbon Frontiers 2025, we welcome back Peter Zaman, Partner at HFW Singapore. David Greely sits down with Peter to discuss the impact of the US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement and how the rest of the world's response, whether ideological or pragmatic, will determine the path forward. They also talk about the need for a greater focus on adaptation and managing climate risk in a world where climate action is going to be slower and take longer to make meaningful change.

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29:53

Carbon Frontiers 2025 Episode 2 | Alasdair Were, Head...

SmarterMarkets™ ·

2025/02/15

On our second installment of Carbon Frontiers 2025, we welcome Alasdair Were, Head of Environmental Markets at Abaxx Exchange, back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. David Greely sits down with Alasdair to discuss how recent dramatic policy changes and hard economic realities are influencing both corporate and government approaches to the energy transition, what it means for the carbon and environmental markets, and some of the potential paths forward.

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43:42

Carbon Frontiers 2025 Episode 1 | Mark Lewis, Head of...

SmarterMarkets™ ·

2025/02/08

We kick off Carbon Frontiers 2025 this week with Mark Lewis, Head of Research at Andurand Capital. David Greely sits down with Mark to discuss the leading role that the EU ETS may play in moving carbon markets forward as it’s forced to balance carbon emissions reductions with keeping its industry competitive in a world where the U.S. is no longer in the Paris Agreement.

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33:34

The State of Play in Battery Metals Episode 4 | Brian...

SmarterMarkets™ ·

2025/02/01

We close out The State of Play in Battery Metals this week with Brian Menell, Chairman & CEO at TechMet. David Greely sits down with Brian to discuss how short-term oversupply is distracting us from making the investments needed to meet the growing medium-term demand for battery metals and critical minerals – and why governments and sovereign wealth funds may need to take the lead on financing the investment that is needed.

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36:05

The State of Play in Battery Metals Episode 3 |...

SmarterMarkets™ ·

2025/01/25

We continue The State of Play in Battery Metals this week with Andrea Hotter, Special Correspondent at Fastmarkets. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Andrea to discuss the flurry of executive orders signed by President Trump as he returned to the White House this week – and what they may mean for the battery metals markets.

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31:28

The State of Play in Battery Metals Episode 2 | Andy...

SmarterMarkets™ ·

2025/01/18

On our second installment of The State of Play in Battery Metals, we welcome back Andy Home, Senior Metals Columnist at Thomson Reuters. David Greely sits down with Andy to discuss the ways the energy transition hasn't gone the way people thought it would in battery metals; where we stand after a brutal year in the battery metals business; and the need to manage risk that's driving new exchanges and resurging trading volumes.

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33:06

The State of Play in Battery Metals Episode 1 | Dan...

SmarterMarkets™ ·

2025/01/11

This week, we kick off our new series The State of Play in Battery Metals with Dan McElduff, President at Abaxx Exchange. David Greely sits down with Dan to discuss the evolving commercial needs of the battery metals markets – and how Abaxx is applying the approach Dan learned at the NYMEX to design and launch physically deliverable futures contracts for nickel sulfate and lithium carbonate.

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38:50

Holiday Special Part 2 | Josh Crumb, Founder & CEO,...

SmarterMarkets™ ·

2025/01/04

We begin the new year with part two of our two-part Holiday Special. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely is joined again this week by Josh Crumb, Founder & CEO of Abaxx Technologies, along with colleagues Sacha Lifschitz, David Gornall, and Steve Lowe from the Abaxx Exchange Metals Team.In part two of our Holiday Special, they continue their discussion on metals markets – battery metals and gold – and how better market infrastructure and financial technology can be brought to bear to make these

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38:32

Holiday Special Part 1 | Josh Crumb, Founder & CEO,...

SmarterMarkets™ ·

2024/12/28

We close out the year with part one of our two-part Holiday Special. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely is joined by Josh Crumb, Founder & CEO of Abaxx Technologies, along with colleagues Sacha Lifschitz, David Gornall, and Steve Lowe from the Abaxx Exchange Metals Team.In part one this week, they begin their discussion on metals markets – battery metals and gold – and how better market infrastructure and financial technology can be brought to bear to make these markets fit for purpose for the

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42:23

Inside the Coffeehouse Episode 7 | Steve Zwick, Host...

SmarterMarkets™ ·

2024/12/21

We close out our Inside the Coffeehouse series this week with Steve Zwick and Renat Heuberger. Steve is Host & Producer of Bionic Planet, and Renat is CEO & Co-Founder of Terra Impact Ventures. David Greely sits down with Steve and Renat to discuss the paradoxes of the carbon markets – and what we can be doing better to bridge the gap between the complex realities and simple messages to move the conversation forward and support meaningful climate action.

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47:34

Inside the Coffeehouse Episode 6 | Dr. David Bray,...

SmarterMarkets™ ·

2024/12/14

We continue our Inside the Coffeehouse series this week with Dr. David Bray, Distinguished Chair of the Accelerator & CEO/Principal at the Stimson Center & LDA Ventures, Inc. David Greely sits down with Dr. Bray to discuss how technology is shaping how we relate to each other today – and how we can learn from the lessons of the past to put our technology to work to empower individuals, rebuild trust, and promote a freer and more peaceful society.

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45:56

Inside the Coffeehouse Episode 5 | Ben Hunt, Author...

SmarterMarkets™ ·

2024/12/07

This week on our Inside the Coffeehouse series, we welcome Ben Hunt back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Ben is author of Epsilon Theory and Co-Founder & CIO of Second Foundation Partners. David Greely sits down with Ben to discuss what AI is teaching us about how we use language – and how we can build digital tools not to outsource our consciousness, but to increase our ability to have trusted conversations at scale.

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