<div id="readability-page-1" class="page">TORONTO, April 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abaxx Technologies Inc. ( ABXXF ) (“Abaxx ( ABXXF )” or the “Company”), a financial software and market infrastructure company, indirect majority shareholder of Abaxx Singapore Pte Ltd. (“Abaxx Singapore”), the owner of Abaxx Commodity Exchange and Clearinghouse (individually, “Abaxx Exchange” and “Abaxx Clearing”), and producer of the SmarterMarkets™ Podcast, today announced that Abaxx Exchange will expand its weather-indexed product suite with the launch of Enwex Germany Solar (GSM) futures, available for trading on April 23, 2026. For the first time in 2025, solar power produced more electricity in Germany than lignite, becoming the second-largest source in the country’s net public electricity generation¹. As weather-driven swings in irradiance increasingly affect realized output and portfolio risk for solar-heavy books, Enwex Germany Solar futures are designed to provide an exchange-cleared benchmark for hedging deviations from expected generation and reducing solar-specific basis exposure. “Solar exposure has traditionally been managed through a mix of bilateral weather trades and broader power positions,” said Joe Raia, Chief Commercial Officer of Abaxx Exchange. “This contract brings solar utilization into a centralized, exchange-cleared market, giving market participants a forward curve to trade and improving arbitrage and cross-hedging opportunities, while also giving lenders greater confidence in the stability of generation-linked revenues as Germany continues to scale solar capacity.” “Germany’s rapid solar build-out makes it a natural setting for our first dedicated photovoltaic benchmark,” said Robin Girmes, Founder and CEO of Energy Weather and Enwex. “Our indices translate meteorological variables into standardized utilization metrics, and listing the Germany Solar Index with Abaxx ( ABXXF ) brings that framework into a regulated futures market built for renewable-generation risk.” Max Amir Dieringer, CEO of Citadel FlexPower, a leading European power trader, added, “Volumetric solar risk is becoming increasingly relevant in the European and especially German market. As we originate an ever- increasing number of tolling structures for co-located solar and battery storage assets, managing our solar production risk effectively has become inevitable. FlexPower welcomes the creation of a lit and tradeable market for volumetric solar risk.” Enwex Germany Solar (GSM) futures will be euro-denominated, financially settled and indexed to Enwex Solar Germany, a forecast-based index of total incoming solar radiation translated into standardized generation utilization rates, expressed in €/MWh. View contract details, connected clearing and broker firms, and request market access at abaxx.exchange/resources/start-trading ¹“German Public Electricity Generation in 2025: Wind and Solar Power Take the Lead For the First Time,” Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, January 1, 2026. https://www.ise.fraunhofer.de/en/press-media/press-releases/2026/german-public-electricity-generation-in-2025-wind-and-solar-power-take-the-lead.html About Abaxx Technologies ( ABXXF ) Abaxx Technologies ( 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 transition. In addition to developing and deploying financial technologies that make communication, trade, and transactions easier and more secure, Abaxx ( ABXXF ) is the majority shareholder of Abaxx Singapore, the owner of Abaxx Exchange and Abaxx Clearing, and the parent company of wholly owned subsidiary Abaxx Spot Pte. Ltd., the operator of Abaxx Spot. Abaxx Exchange delivers the market infrastructure critical to the shift toward an electrified, low-carbon economy through centrally-cleared futures contracts, including physically-deliverable and financially-settled products, in LNG, carbon, battery materials, precious metals, and weather-indexed renewables, meeting the commercial needs of today’s commodity markets and establishing the next generation of global benchmarks. Abaxx Spot modernizes physical gold trading through a physically-backed gold pool in Singapore. As the first instance of a co-located spot and futures market for gold, Abaxx Spot enables secure electronic transactions, efficient OTC transfers, and is designed to support physical delivery for Abaxx Exchange’s physically-deliverable gold futures contract, providing integrated infrastructure to deliver smarter gold markets. Adaptive Infrastructure closes critical gaps in post-trade infrastructure by providing a unified custodial foundation across environmental markets and digital title assets. Incorporated in Barbados and regulated by the Financial Services Commission of Barbados, the company delivers institutional-grade custody, settlement, and transfer agency services designed to reduce risk and improve reliability across asset classes. For more information, visit abaxx.tech | abaxx.exchange | abaxxspot.com | basecarbon.com | smartermarkets.media For more information about this press release, please contact: Steve Fray, CFO Tel: +1 647-490-1590 Media and investor inquiries: Abaxx Technologies Inc. ( ABXXF ) Investor Relations Team Tel: +1 246 271 0082 E-mail: ir@abaxx.tech Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information This press release includes certain “forward-looking statements” and “forward-looking information” (collectively, “forward-looking statements”) within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws. All statements other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements. 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Abaxx Technologies Inc. announced the launch of the world's first exchange-traded solar futures contract, Enwex Germany Solar (GSM), set to begin trading on April 23, 2026. This contract aims to provide a benchmark for hedging solar generation deviations, enhancing market efficiency and confidence in solar-linked revenues. The initiative responds to Germany's growing solar energy production, which surpassed lignite in 2025. The futures will be euro-denominated and indexed to a forecast-based solar radiation index, facilitating better risk management for solar power producers and traders.

Abaxx to Launch Worldâs First Exchange-Traded Solar Futures Contract