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Podcast: Mining Stock Daily
Episode: Josh Crumb on Abaxx Technologies: Launching the Gold Exchange Amidst Commodity Market Volatility
Description: In this long-form episode of the Mining Stock Daily podcast, host Trevor Hall interviews Josh Crumb, founder of Abaxx Technologies, a commodity exchange based in Singapore. They discuss Abaxx's recent launch of a gold exchange and its focus on physical delivery in contrast to the heavily financialized derivatives market. Crumb, a mining engineer and former Goldman Sachs associate, explains that Abaxx aims to bridge the gap between financial and physical commodity markets by building new, physically-settled futures platforms, drawing parallels to traditional exchanges like NYMEX. The conversation also touches upon the ongoing digitization of commodities, the role of blockchain technology, th...