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Abaxx Technologies Acquires Strategic Position in ARTEX AG, Extending Capabilities in Europe and to New Markets in Fine Art
TORONTO and VADUZ, Liechtenstein, Nov. 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abaxx Technologies Inc. (CBOE...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Abaxx Technologies Acquires Strategic Position in ARTEX AG, Extending Capabilities in Europe and to New Markets in Fine Art\n\n\n\n TORONTO and VADUZ, Liechtenstein, Nov. 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abaxx Technologies Inc. (CBOE:ABXX) (“\n \n Abaxx\n \n ” or the “\n \n Company\n \n ”), a financial software and market infrastructure company, majority shareholder of Abaxx Singapore Pte Ltd., the owner of Abaxx Commodity Exchange and Clearinghouse (individually, “\n \n Abaxx Exchange\n \n ” and “\n \n Abaxx Clearing\n \n ”), and producer of the SmarterMarkets™ Podcast, today announced it has acquired a strategic position in ARTEX AG (\"\n \n ARTEX\n \n \"), the world's first regulated, institutionally-backed, trading venue for fine art, which is operated by ARTEX Global Markets AG (“\n \n ARTEX Global Markets\n \n ”), a subsidiary of ARTEX.\n \n\n In connection with this strategic investment, Abaxx has entered into a cooperation agreement with ARTEX, which provides access to a new regulated financial market for Abaxx's proprietary Digital Title and ID++ technology; and the opportunity to develop new tradeable futures contracts on Abaxx Exchange, based on a transparent, transaction-based price index for fine art.\n \n\n The cooperation is anchored in a shared interest in building new market infrastructure and trusted technology to unlock value in historically opaque real-asset markets — and providing Abaxx with deepened access and capabilities in Europe, including:\n \n\n\n Access to a new commercial vertical for Abaxx's Private Digital Title and ID++ technology within the multi-trillion dollar addressable market for tokenized global financial assets.\n \n\n\n A source of transparent, real-time transaction data for securitized fine art, which can serve as the basis for a fine art price index, on which a benchmark futures contract can be developed for trading on Abaxx Exchange.\n \n\n\n A strategic partnership with a regulated exchange in Europe and access for Abaxx Exchange to ARTEX’s network of institutional partners, including European banks, asset managers, and other major financial institutions¹.\n \n\n\n\n \"Smarter markets require smarter data and trusted market infrastructure,” said Josh Crumb, Founder and CEO of Abaxx. &#x...