SmarterMarkets™
SmarterMarkets™ is a weekly podcast from Abaxx Technologies Inc. about how markets and technology can be redesigned to be more liquid, transparent, secure, and accessible. It explores ways to lower transaction costs and barriers to entry so markets better serve individuals and society. Episodes feature entrepreneurs, executives, and icons from commodities, capital markets, and technology discussing the shortcomings of current systems and ideas for improving them. The show also examines major challenges such as the energy transformation and the transition to an AI-augmented economy.
Episodes
Global Upheaval in Energy Markets Episode 3 | Sean Evers, Founder and Managing Partner, Gulf Intelligence
We continue Global Upheaval in Energy Markets this week with Sean Evers, Founder and Managing Partner of Gulf Intelligence. David Greely sits down with Sean to discuss how the recent conflict in the Gulf is affecting the region; how refining capacity, shipping rates, and insurance costs have become key drivers of energy prices; the movement from “just in time” to “just in case” supply chain infras
Global Upheaval in Energy Markets Episode 2 | Doomberg, Publishers of the “Doomberg” Substack
This week on Global Upheaval in Energy Markets, we welcome back Doomberg, the team behind the “Doomberg” Substack, one of the most widely read finance newsletters.
David Greely sits down with Doomberg to discuss why the epicenter of the current energy crisis is diesel and LNG rather than crude oil; why they believe we've been in World War III since 2014; what it means for geopolitics and energy
Global Upheaval in Energy Markets Episode 1 | Helima Croft, Managing Director & Head of Global Commodity Strategy & MENA Research, RBC Capital Markets
We kick off our new Global Upheaval in Energy Markets series this week with Helima Croft. Helima is Managing Director and the Head of Global Commodity Strategy and MENA Research at RBC Capital Markets.
David Greely sits down with Helima to discuss what could come next in the conflict in the Middle East; whether the energy system's shock absorbers have been exhausted; and how the geopolitical fou
Special Episode | SmarterMarkets Update: The State of AI with Dr. Tricia Wang, Co-Founder & CEO, Advanced AI Society
This week, we present SmarterMarkets Update: The State of AI. At SmarterMarkets, we've realized that AI, like life, moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. So we'll be bringing you periodic updates on the state of AI interspersed with our regular podcast series.
For our first update, our guest is Dr. Tricia Wang, Co-Founder and CEO of Advanced AI
Catching Up On Climate 2026 Episode 3 | Peter Zaman, Partner, HFW Singapore
This week on Catching Up On Climate, we welcome Peter Zaman, Partner at HFW Singapore, back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. David Greely sits down with Peter to catch up on how the energy supply disruptions emanating from the conflicts in the Middle East, Ukraine, and Russia are changing the geopolitics of the energy transition, and what it means for progress toward net-zero goals.
Special Episode | Scenes from the IETA North America Climate Summit 2026
We present a special episode of SmarterMarkets™, bringing you exclusive interviews from the IETA North America Climate Summit 2026.
SmarterMarkets™ returned to the IETA North America Climate Summit to catch up with market practitioners on the challenges and opportunities in the development of the carbon markets.
This year’s conference focused on the “New Carbon Order: Innovation, Investment, and I
Catching Up On Climate 2026 Episode 2 | Mandy Rambharos & Candace Vinke from Verra, Live from IETA’s North America Climate Summit
This week on Catching Up On Climate, we welcome Mandy Rambharos and Candace Vinke into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Mandy is CEO at Verra and Candace is Chief Program Development and Innovation Officer at Verra. David Greely sat down with them at IETA’s North America Climate Summit 2026 this week in New York City to discuss Verra’s newest carbon standard, the Scope 3 Standard (S3S) Program – and wh
Catching Up On Climate 2026 Episode 1 | Dirk Forrister, President & CEO, International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)
This week, we kick off Catching Up On Climate 2026 with Dirk Forrister, President & CEO of IETA. David Greely sits down with Dirk to discuss what he and IETA have been focused on this past year – and what he sees as some of the most important things happening in climate and carbon markets ahead of IETA's North America Climate Summit next week in New York City.
Special 300th Episode | Robert Friedland, Executive Co-Chairman of Ivanhoe Mines & Co-Founder, Chairman, and CEO of I-Pulse
This week we celebrate our 300th episode with Robert Friedland, Executive Co-Chairman of Ivanhoe Mines and Co-Founder, Chairman, and CEO of I-Pulse. David Greely sits down with Robert to discuss the world’s ever growing hunger for metals and what the mining and tech industries, governments, and markets are doing – and need to be doing – in a week when LME copper prices hit a new record high.
Summer Playlist 2026 Episode 8 | Ben Hunt, Author of Epsilon Theory & President/Co-Founder of Perscient
We close out our Summer Playlist this week with Ben Hunt, author of Epsilon Theory & President/Co-Founder of Perscient. David Greely sits down with Ben to discuss the insights in his recent Semantic Manifesto. They talk about how AI and LLMs have given us the tools and computing power to map and track the structures of the stories that we tell ourselves in markets – and to explore the invisibl
Special Episode | SmarterMarkets™ Encore: Ideas Worth Repeating with Frances Haugen, Advocate for Accountability and Transparency in Social Media & Author of “The Power of One”
This week, we present SmarterMarkets™ Encore: Ideas Worth Repeating. We’re bringing back an older Summer Playlist episode from 2023 with Frances Haugen. Frances is an advocate for accountability and transparency in social media and the author of the memoir, The Power of One: How I Found the Strength to Tell the Truth and Why I Blew the Whistle on Facebook.
This past week, Meta, the parent compa
Summer Playlist 2026 Episode 7 | Russell Robertson, Chief Business Development Officer, Abaxx Exchange and Clearinghouse
On this week’s installment of our Summer Playlist, we welcome Russell Robertson back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Russell is Chief Business Development Officer at Abaxx Exchange and Clearinghouse in Singapore.
David Greely sits down with Russell to discuss his perspective on India's evolving role in the gold and silver markets and its growing importance to the global commodities derivatives
Summer Playlist 2026 Episode 6 | Sunil Kashyap, Managing Director at FinMet Pte Ltd., Singapore
We continue our Summer Playlist this week by welcoming Sunil Kashyap back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Sunil is Managing Director at FinMet Pte Ltd., Singapore.
David Greely sits down with Sunil to discuss the surge of new developments and new initiatives being announced in Asia's gold and silver markets including the growth in trading activity of Abaxx Exchange’s gold and silver futures mar
Summer Playlist 2026 Episode 5 | Josh Qiao, CEO, Yongan International Financial SG
This week on our Summer Playlist, we welcome Josh Qiao into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Josh is CEO of Yongan International Financial SG. David Greely sits down with Josh to discuss how Yongan is providing access to China’s futures and options markets for international traders, why it chose to become a clearing member of Abaxx Exchange, and the opportunities this creates in the commodities futures
Summer Playlist 2026 Episode 4 | Mark Lewis, Partner and Managing Director, Climate Finance Partners LLC
Our Summer Playlist rolls on this week with Mark Lewis, Partner and Managing Director at Climate Finance Partners LLC. David Greely sits down with Mark to discuss the recently released European Commission's EU ETS review proposals and what they'll mean for the outlook for the EU ETS and other carbon markets.
Summer Playlist 2026 Episode 3 | Arjun Murti, Partner at Veriten & Publisher of “Super-Spiked” on Substack
This week on our Summer Playlist, we welcome Arjun Murti back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Arjun is Partner at Veriten and Publisher of “Super-Spiked” on Substack. David Greely sits down with Arjun to discuss the lessons learned from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the risk of a super spike should the conflict continue, and the key themes he'll be following in the second half of 2026.
Summer Playlist 2026 Episode 2 | Joe Raia, Thomas McMahon, & Russell Robertson from the Abaxx Team
On the second installment of our Summer Playlist this week, we welcome Thomas McMahon, Joe Raia, and Russell Robertson into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Thomas is Co-Founder of Abaxx Technologies; Joe and Russell are Chief Commercial Officer and Chief Business Development Officer at Abaxx Exchange and Clearinghouse.
David Greely sits down with them in Singapore to discuss their experiences in bui
Summer Playlist 2026 Episode 1 | Samantha Dart, Co-Head of Global Commodities Research, Goldman Sachs
We kick off our Summer Playlist this week by welcoming Samantha Dart back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Samantha is Co-Head of Global Commodities Research at Goldman Sachs. David Greely sits down with Samantha to discuss the state of the energy markets given the ongoing conflict in Iran, the risks posed by the weather this summer and next winter, and how the increasing demand for electricity is
How to Raise Your Agent Episode 8 | Matthew Cheung, CEO, ipushpull
This week, we close out our How to Raise Your Agent series with Matthew Cheung, CEO of ipushpull. David Greely sits down with Matthew to discuss how chat won the interface war in financial services, how AI is unlocking a trove of chat data for enterprise use, and why governance will be the key to who wins in a world of messaging and AI agents.
How to Raise Your Agent Episode 7 | Tom Redman, "The Data Doc" & President, Data Quality Solutions
This week on How to Raise Your Agent, we welcome Tom Redman into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Tom is "The Data Doc" and President of Data Quality Solutions. David Greely sits down with Tom to discuss how, in his view, AI is data, how much of our data is not fit for purpose, and how the solution begins with keeping the focus on the customer – and getting people and their AI agents to see themselves
How to Raise Your Agent Episode 6 | Joyce Shen, Managing Partner at Together Expedition & AI Professor at UC Berkeley
We continue our How to Raise Your Agent series this week with Joyce Shen, Managing Partner at Together Expedition and AI Professor at UC Berkeley. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Joyce to discuss how AI is rewiring work, what we can learn from past tech transformations, and what's different this time from the perspective of a business practitioner, tech investor, and educator.
How to Raise Your Agent Episode 5 | Daniel Solove, Bernard Professor of Intellectual Property & Technology Law at George Washington University Law School
On this week’s installment of How to Raise Your Agent, we welcome Daniel Solove into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Daniel is the Bernard Professor of Intellectual Property & Technology Law at George Washington University Law School. David Greely sits down with Daniel to discuss how AI isn't so much opening up new problems in privacy, but exposing and amplifying the old ones – and how we need to
How to Raise Your Agent Episode 4 | Alec Coughlin, Principal at BairesDev & Host of “AI with Alec”
This week on How to Raise Your Agent, we welcome Alec Coughlin, Principal at BairesDev and host of AI with Alec, into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. David Greely sits down with Alec to discuss the challenges on the journey to integrating AI and AI agents into your business, offering practical advice for navigating that transformation.
How to Raise Your Agent Episode 3 | Ryan Kurt, Founder & CEO, The AI Lab
We continue our series How to Raise Your Agent with Ryan Kurt, Founder & CEO of The AI Lab. David Greely sits down with Ryan to discuss how AI and AI agents are transforming our companies and our economy. They talk about the big questions that business leaders should be asking right now and what the companies that are successfully navigating this moment are doing differently.
Special Episode | SmarterMarkets™ Encore: Ideas Worth Repeating with Michael DiRienzo, President & CEO, The Silver Institute
This week, we present SmarterMarkets™ Encore: Ideas Worth Repeating. We’re bringing back an episode that we brought you last May with Michael DiRienzo, President & CEO at The Silver Institute.
During the conversation, David Greely and Michael discuss the outlook for silver, its role in the energy transition, and the role it can and should play in investor portfolios and in our financial syst
How to Raise Your Agent Episode 2 | Michelle Finneran Dennedy, Chief Data Strategy Officer, Abaxx Technologies
On our second installment of How to Raise Your Agent, we welcome Michelle Finneran Dennedy back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Michelle is Chief Data Strategy Officer at Abaxx Technologies. David Greely sits down with Michelle to discuss what business leaders and managers will need to do to adapt to a world where their teams include both people and agents – and how they should be thinking about
How to Raise Your Agent Episode 1 | Ian Forester, Head of Abaxx Labs at Abaxx Technologies
This week, we kick off our new series, How to Raise Your Agent, with Ian Forester, Head of the recently launched Abaxx Labs at Abaxx Technologies.
David Greely sits down with Ian to discuss how AI agents are changing how humans interact with computers and the internet – and why Abaxx Labs introduced its Agents++™ open source library for using digital identity and verifiable credentials for the i
Special Episode | Scenes from the FT Commodities Global Summit 2026
We present a Special Episode of SmarterMarkets™, bringing you exclusive interviews from the FT Commodities Global Summit 2026.
SmarterMarkets™ returned to Lausanne, Switzerland for the 15th edition of the Financial Times Commodities Global Summit, where we caught up with summit participants on the important issues of the day.
The theme for this year's summit was ‘finding the advantage in a fragmen
Special Episode | Subterranean Supply Chain Blues: Live from the FT Commodities Global Summit 2026 with Robert Friedland, Chairman, Ivanhoe Mines
This week on SmarterMarkets™, we present a special episode Subterranean Supply Chain Blues with Robert Friedland, recorded this past week at the FT Commodities Global Summit 2026 in Lausanne, Switzerland. Robert is Executive Co-Chairman of Ivanhoe Mines and Co-Founder, Chairman, and CEO of I-Pulse.
SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sat down with Robert after his keynote at the FT Summit, where
Weathering Decarbonization Episode 7 | Martin Malinow, CEO, Parameter Climate
On this week’s installment of Weathering Decarbonization, we welcome Martin Malinow, CEO of Parameter Climate, into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. David Greely sits down with Martin to discuss his work building weather and climate risk transfer markets from the days of Enron to today. They talk about where these markets are now, where they're going, and what we need to be doing to get them there.
Weathering Decarbonization Episode 6 | Mike Prokop, Executive Consultant, Clean Hydrogen Buyers Alliance
This week, we continue our Weathering Decarbonization series by welcoming Mike Prokop back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Mike is Executive Consultant at the Clean Hydrogen Buyers Alliance. David Greely sits down with Mike to discuss the challenges and the progress that's been made building U.S. Gulf Coast hydrogen and ammonia markets – and what comes next.
Special Episode | Scenes from S&P Global’s CERAWeek 2026
We present a Special Episode of SmarterMarkets™, bringing you exclusive interviews from S&P Global’s CERAWeek 2026.
SmarterMarkets™ was in Houston last week for CERAWeek to partner with S&P Global. We sat down with participants at the energy industry's most influential annual conference. The theme for this year's conference was Convergence and Competition: Energy, Technology, and Geopoliti
S&P Global’s CERAWeek 2026 with Aldo Flores-Quiroga, Non Resident Fellow for Latin America Energy Studies at the Center for Energy Studies (CES) at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy
We present a Special Episode recorded this past week at S&P Global’s CERAWeek 2026 in Houston, TX, where the theme was Convergence and Competition: Energy, Technology and Geopolitics.
David Greely sat down with Aldo Flores-Quiroga in the Podcast Studio in the Nexus Ballroom at CERAWeek. Aldo is Non Resident Fellow for Latin America Energy Studies at the Center for Energy Studies (CES) at Ric
Special Episode | Scenes from FIA Boca 2026
We present a Special Episode of SmarterMarkets™, bringing you exclusive interviews from BOCA 2026 – the FIA Global Cleared Markets Conference.
SmarterMarkets™ returned to the conference, where we partnered with the FIA for our third year, sitting down with who you need to meet to bring you what you need to know.
We’ve compiled a selection of those 13 interviews into this Special Episode of Smarter
Weathering Decarbonization Episode 5 | Samantha Dart, Co-Head of Global Commodities Research, Goldman Sachs
We continue our Weathering Decarbonization series this week by welcoming Samantha Dart back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Samantha is Co-Head of Global Commodities Research at Goldman Sachs. David Greely sits down with Samantha to discuss how our changing energy system is weathering the conflict in Iran at the same time as its weathering decarbonization.
Special Episode | Iranian Conflict: Geopolitics and Energy Markets with Helima Croft, Managing Director & Global Head of Commodity Strategy, RBC Capital Markets
This week on SmarterMarkets™, we present a Special Episode Iranian Conflict: Geopolitics and Energy Markets with Helima Croft, Managing Director & Global Head of Commodity Strategy at RBC Capital Markets.
David Greely sat down with Helima yesterday to talk about the current state of play in the conflict between Iran, Israel, and the United States. They discuss its implications for global geo
Weathering Decarbonization Episode 4 | Peter Fusaro, Founder, Wall Street Green Summit
We continue our Weathering Decarbonization series this week by welcoming Peter Fusaro back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Peter is Founder of the Wall Street Green Summit. David Greely sits down with Peter to discuss the state of the conversation around decarbonization and sustainability at the intersection of finance and climate technology as we head into the 25th annual Wall Street Green Summi
Weathering Decarbonization Episode 3 | Hayn Park, Portfolio Manager, Energy Commodities
This week on Weathering Decarbonization, we welcome Hayn Park, Portfolio Manager for Energy Commodities, into the SmarterMarkets™ studio.
David Greely sits down with Hayn to discuss how the energy transition is affecting power markets from fundamentals to their price dynamics and relationships to other markets – and what it takes to trade and manage risk in a more volatile and changing environme
Weathering Decarbonization Episode 2 | Mark Lewis, Partner and Managing Director, Climate Finance Partners LLC
On our second installment of Weathering Decarbonization, we welcome Mark Lewis back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Mark is Partner and Managing Director at Climate Finance Partners LLC.
David Greely sat down with Mark to discuss where the rubber is hitting the road in the EU-ETS, the impact on market participants and pricing dynamics, and what the future may hold as we move into compliance mar
Weathering Decarbonization Episode 1 | Robin Girmes, Founder & CEO, Enwex
This week, we kick off our new series Weathering Decarbonization with Robin Girmes, Founder & CEO of Enwex. David Greely sits down with Robin to discuss his work at Enwex to better measure and help companies manage the growing weather-related risks to our power supply and energy prices.
Setting Course 2026 Episode 4 | Robert Friedland, Executive Co-Chairman of Ivanhoe Mines & Co-Founder, Chairman, and CEO of I-Pulse and Jeff Currie, Chief Strategy Officer of Energy Pathways, Carlyle
We wrap up Setting Course 2026 this week with part two of our conversation with Robert Friedland and Jeff Currie. Robert is Executive Co-Chairman of Ivanhoe Mines and Co-Founder, Chairman, and CEO of I-Pulse. Jeff Currie is Chief Strategy Officer of Energy Pathways at Carlyle.
David Greely sits down with Robert and Jeff to discuss what's happening at Davos, what the revenge of the miners and the
Setting Course 2026 Episode 3 | Robert Friedland, Executive Co-Chairman of Ivanhoe Mines & Co-Founder, Chairman, and CEO of I-Pulse and Jeff Currie, Chief Strategy Officer of Energy Pathways, Carlyle
This week on Setting Course 2026, we bring you part one of a two-part conversation with Robert Friedland and Jeff Currie. Robert is Executive Co-Chairman of Ivanhoe Mines and Co-Founder, Chairman, and CEO of I-Pulse. Jeff Currie is Chief Strategy Officer of Energy Pathways at Carlyle. David Greely sits down with Robert and Jeff to discuss what's happening at Davos, what the revenge of the miners
Setting Course 2026 Episode 2 | Arjun Murti, Partner at Veriten & Publisher of "Super-Spiked" on Substack
We continue our Setting Course series this week by welcoming Arjun Murti back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Arjun is Partner at Veriten and Publisher of "Super-Spiked" on Substack. David Greely sits down with Arjun to discuss the big themes he sees in energy for 2026, including the electrical power super cycle.
Setting Course 2026 Episode 1 | Rob Dannenberg, Former Senior Official, CIA
This week, we kick off our new series Setting Course 2026 by welcoming Former Senior CIA Official Rob Dannenberg back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. David Greely sits down with Rob to discuss the inflection point being created by the Russian war in Ukraine, the capture by the United States of Venezuelan President Maduro, and the potential implications of this widening of the range of acceptable
Holiday Special 2025: The Year in Review | Part 2
We begin the new year on SmarterMarkets™ with Part Two of our Holiday Special 2025: The Year in Review.
This week, we’re continuing to revisit the conversations with our guests that helped us understand and articulate the themes that would come to define 2025.
It was the year in which we discovered that this was not the energy transition that we were expecting; and the year in which a new geo
Holiday Special 2025: The Year in Review | Part 1
We close out the year on SmarterMarkets™ with Part One of our Holiday Special 2025: The Year in Review.
2025 has been a big year full of big months here at Abaxx and at SmarterMarkets™, and we’re closing out 2025 by revisiting the conversations with our guests that helped us understand and articulate the themes that would come to define the year.
2025 was the year in which we discovered that
Re-engineering Tokenization Episode 10 | Walt Lukken, President & CEO, FIA
We close out our Re-engineering Tokenization series this week with Walt Lukken, President & CEO of the FIA and Former Acting Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. David Greely sits down with Walt to discuss the state of the conversation on tokenization in the cleared derivatives industry – and what the next steps are towards bringing tokenized assets into the mainstream.
Re-engineering Tokenization Episode 9 | Leah Wald, Digital Title Lead, Abaxx Technologies
This week on Re-engineering Tokenization, we welcome Leah Wald, Digital Title Lead at Abaxx Technologies, into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. David Greely sits down with Leah to discuss her experiences and insights from a career working at the intersection of DeFi and traditional finance – and how she's working with Abaxx to re-engineer tokenization through the introduction of Abaxx Private Digital T
Re-engineering Tokenization Episode 8 | Christopher Jensen, Portfolio Manager & Director of Digital Asset Research, Franklin Templeton
Re-engineering Tokenization continues this week with Christopher Jensen, Portfolio Manager & Director of Digital Asset Research at Franklin Templeton. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Christopher to discuss his experience tokenizing money market shares with their BENJI token – and the challenges and opportunities that he sees for both the builders and the investors in tokenizat
Re-engineering Tokenization Episode 7 | Julian Kwan, CEO, IXS and InvestaX
This holiday weekend on our Re-engineering Tokenization series, we welcome Julian Kwan, CEO at IXS and InvestaX, into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. David Greely sits down with Julian to discuss his experience in tokenizing real-world assets, finding the business models that work, how the space has evolved, and how after eight years, it's only getting started.
Re-engineering Tokenization Episode 6 | Riley Hughes, Co-Founder & CEO, Trinsic
We continue our Re-engineering Tokenization series this week with Riley Hughes, Co-Founder & CEO at Trinsic. David Greely sits down with Riley to discuss how digital IDs are being used today; the need for a visa-like network for identity in order to move digital IDs more into the mainstream; and the opportunities that a wallet full of digital IDs and attestations will create for a future of mo
Re-engineering Tokenization Episode 5 | Carrie Jaquith, Global Head of Digital Product, Abaxx Technologies
Re-engineering Tokenization continues this week with Carrie Jaquith, Global Head of Digital Product at Abaxx Technologies. David Greely sits down with Carrie to discuss what makes new technology adoptable by large institutions, the importance of it being interoperable and auditable, and why we should be thinking of augmenting existing PDF-based processes rather than replacing them as we re-enginee
Re-engineering Tokenization Episode 4 | Peter Zaman, Partner, HFW Singapore
This week on Re-engineering Tokenization, we welcome Peter Zaman, Partner at HFW Singapore, back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. David Greely sits down with Peter to discuss the tokenization and fractionalization of commodities and real-world assets – and the law and customs that facilitate commodity trading by allowing for the transfer of ownership without the transfer of possession.
Re-engineering Tokenization Episode 3 | Phil Zimmermann, Creator, Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)
We continue our Re-engineering Tokenization series this week by welcoming Phil Zimmermann, Creator of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. David Greely sits down with Phil to discuss his work in cryptography and its role in establishing trust and preserving privacy online. Phil shares his thoughts on what we need to be doing to make sure our technology is helping – not hinde
Re-engineering Tokenization Episode 2 | Ian Forester, Head of Product, Abaxx Technologies
This week on Re-engineering Tokenization, we continue our conversation with Ian Forester, Head of Product at Abaxx Technologies. David Greely sits down with Ian to pick up where we left off last week, digging in deeper on the use of cryptographically secured identity and signatures to take the next step from digitization to tokenization. David and Ian discuss Abaxx’s approach to the four pillars s
Re-engineering Tokenization Episode 1 | Josh Crumb, Founder & CEO, Abaxx Technologies + Ian Forester, Head of Product, Abaxx Technologies
This week, we kick off our new series Re-engineering Tokenization with Josh Crumb and Ian Forester, CEO and Head of Product at Abaxx Technologies. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Josh and Ian to discuss asset tokenization and Abaxx Technologies’ approach to it – focusing on secure digital identity, privacy, and legal finality as the foundations for institutional grade commercial t
Special Episode | Scenes from the IETA North America Climate Summit 2025
We present a special episode of SmarterMarkets™, bringing you exclusive interviews from the IETA North America Climate Summit 2025.
SmarterMarkets™ returned to the IETA North America Climate Summit to explore the challenges and opportunities defining the next phase of carbon market development.
This year’s conference examined emerging carbon pricing systems worldwide and the “how” and “when” of dr
Catching Up On Climate Episode 5 | Dave Ernsberger & Mark Eramo, Co-Presidents, S&P Global Commodity Insights
We close out our Catching Up On Climate series this week with Dave Ernsberger & Mark Eramo, Co-Presidents of S&P Global Commodity Insights and Members of S&P Global’s Executive Leadership Team. David Greely sits down with Dave and Mark to catch up on the state of U.S. policy and the global discussion on energy, climate, and sustainability after New York City Climate Week – and where we
Catching Up On Climate Episode 4 | Hannah Hauman, Global Head of Carbon Trading, Trafigura
This week on Catching Up On Climate, we’re celebrating our 250th episode of SmarterMarkets™ with Hannah Hauman, Global Head of Carbon Trading at Trafigura. David Greely sat down with Hannah at the IETA North America Climate Summit in New York this week to catch up on how Article 6 and CORSIA are reshaping the global carbon markets. They discuss how countries are now framing their environmental goa
Catching Up On Climate Episode 3 | Dirk Forrister, President & CEO, International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)
On our third installment of Catching Up On Climate, we welcome Dirk Forrister, President & CEO of IETA, back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. David Greely sits down with Dirk to discuss what he and IETA have been focused on this past year – and what he sees as some of the most important things happening in climate and the carbon markets ahead of IETA's North America Climate Summit 2025.
Catching Up On Climate Episode 2 | Alexia Kelly, Managing Director of Carbon Policy and Markets Initiative, High Tide Foundation
We continue Catching Up On Climate this week by welcoming Alexia Kelly back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Alexia is Managing Director of Carbon Policy and Markets Initiative at High Tide Foundation. David Greely sits down with Alexia to discuss what's been happening beneath the quiet surface of the voluntary carbon markets in order to get them ready for prime time and unlock the institutional c
Catching Up On Climate Episode 1 | David Shukman, Journalist & Former Science Editor, BBC
This week, we kick off our new series, Catching Up On Climate, where we'll be discussing the state of the climate, the energy transition, and carbon markets going into Climate Week New York City 2025.
We begin our new series by welcoming David Shukman back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Shukman is a journalist and former Science Editor at the BBC. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down wi
Summer Playlist 2025 Episode 10 | Nobuo Tanaka, Executive Director Emeritus, International Energy Agency (IEA)
We close out our Summer Playlist this week by welcoming Nobuo Tanaka, Executive Director Emeritus at the International Energy Agency, into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. David Greely sits down with Nobuo Tanaka to discuss how the energy trilemma of balancing energy security, affordability, and environmental sustainability is shaping the energy and geopolitical landscape facing Japan and Korea – and w
Summer Playlist 2025 Episode 9 | Helima Croft, Managing Director & Global Head of Commodity Strategy, RBC Capital Markets
We continue our Summer Playlist this week by welcoming Helima Croft back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Helima is Managing Director & Global Head of Commodity Strategy at RBC Capital Markets. David Greely sits down with Helima to discuss the state of the ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, how and why the Trump administration may be turning to tariffs and trade deals to reduce
Summer Playlist 2025 Episode 8 | DJ Watkins (Founder) & Chanel Host (Director), Aspen Design Conference
On this week’s installment of Summer Playlist 2025, we welcome DJ Watkins and Chanel Host, Founder and Director of the Aspen Design Conference, into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. David Greely sits down with DJ and Chanel to discuss their relaunch and reimagining of the historic International Design Conference in Aspen. Together, they explore how design thinking transforms ideas into innovations that
Summer Playlist 2025 Episode 7 | Yassir Benjelloun-Touimi, Co-Founder & CEO, ARTEX Global Market
This week on Summer Playlist 2025, we welcome Yassir Benjelloun-Touimi, Co-Founder & CEO of ARTEX Global Markets, into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. David Greely sits down with Yassir to discuss how ARTEX is building the market infrastructure to broaden access to trading and investing in museum quality fine art – as well as the challenges and opportunities in creating a new asset class.
Summer Playlist 2025 Episode 6 | Catherine Flax, CEO, Zefiro Methane Corp.
We continue our Summer Playlist this week by welcoming Catherine Flax back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Catherine is CEO at Zefiro Methane Corp. David Greely sits down with Catherine to catch up on her work at Zefiro addressing the global methane emissions problem by cleaning up and plugging end-of-life oil and natural gas wells. David and Catherine also discuss how she's been navigating the r
Summer Playlist 2025 Episode 5 | Theresa Kammel (Originator) & Pierre Buisson (Senior Structurer), Weather & Agro Zurich, Munich Re
Our Summer Playlist rolls on this week with Theresa Kammel and Pierre Buisson, Originator and Senior Structurer of Weather & Agro Zurich at Munich Re. David Greely sits down with them to discuss the role of weather derivatives in managing weather-related risks — and how the market for these derivatives is growing and becoming more sophisticated with the energy transition to renewables like win
Summer Playlist 2025 Episode 4 | Albert Cheng, CEO, Singapore Bullion Market Association (SBMA)
We continue our Summer Playlist this week with Albert Cheng, CEO of the Singapore Bullion Market Association (SBMA). SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Albert to discuss the SBMA's vision for Singapore to become a leading global center for the trading of gold and other precious metals – and the SBMA's roadmap to making that vision a reality.
Summer Playlist 2025 Episode 3 | Jeff Currie, Chief Strategy Officer of Energy Pathways, Carlyle
On our third installment of Summer Playlist 2025, we welcome Jeff Currie back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Jeff is Chief Strategy Officer of Energy Pathways at Carlyle. David Greely sits down with Jeff to discuss the implications of the breakdown of the world order that has defined the post-World War II era – implications Jeff lays out in his new paper, The New Martial Plan, the sequel to The
Summer Playlist 2025 Episode 2 | Michael Greenstone, Director, Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC)
This week on Summer Playlist 2025, we welcome Michael Greenstone into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Michael is Director of the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC), Founding Director of the University’s Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth, and Milton Friedman Distinguished Service Professor in Economics.
David Greely sits down with Michael to discuss how EPIC is tra
Summer Playlist 2025 Episode 1 | Michelle Finneran Dennedy, Chief Data Strategy Officer, Abaxx Technologies
We kick off our Summer Playlist 2025 this week with Michelle Finneran Dennedy, Chief Data Strategy Officer at Abaxx Technologies. David Greely sits down with Michelle to discuss why CEOs and organizational leaders are shifting how they view data from seeing it as a risky liability to potentially seeing it as their greatest asset – and what that means for the ways we measure and manage our business
Gold for the 21st Century Episode 12 | Dan McElduff, Siddiq Farid, David Gornall, and Steve Lowe from Abaxx Exchange and Abaxx Spot
We close out Gold for the 21st Century this week with a special roundtable episode with Dan McElduff (President, Abaxx Exchange), Siddiq Farid (Managing Director, Abaxx Spot), and David Gornall and Steve Lowe (Strategic Advisors for Precious Metals, Abaxx).
David Greely sits down with them to discuss their experience and insights at the 2025 Asia Pacific Precious Metals Conference in Singapore t
Gold for the 21st Century Episode 11 | Thomas McMahon, Co-Founder, Abaxx Technologies
We continue Gold for the 21st Century this week with Thomas McMahon, Co-Founder of Abaxx Technologies. David Greely sits down with Thomas to discuss how the role that gold may play in our financial system in the near future is not that different from the one gold and silver played in the not-so-distant past. They also explore precious metals' market evolution in the latter half of the 20th century
Gold for the 21st Century Episode 10 | Greg Sharenow, Managing Director & Portfolio Manager for Commodities and Real Assets, PIMCO
This week on Gold for the 21st Century, we welcome Greg Sharenow back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Greg is Managing Director & Portfolio Manager for Commodities and Real Assets at PIMCO. David Greely sits down with Greg to discuss how policy uncertainty and inflation are shaping the investing landscape and the role that commodities and real assets – including gold – are playing in helping
Gold for the 21st Century Episode 9 | Sakhila Mirza, President, Responsible Gold
We continue Gold for the 21st Century this week with Sakhila Mirza, President of Responsible Gold. David Greely sits down with Sakhila to discuss the role of standards, data, and technology in building an ecosystem of trust for responsible and sustainable gold.
Special Episode | A SmarterMarkets Remix: Ideas Worth Repeating
It’s a holiday weekend in the United States, and we thought it would be a good time to revisit some of the big ideas that our guests shared with us over the past year.
Meeting the new commercial realities created by the globalization of the natural gas market, the energy transition to a lower carbon economy, and the rise of artificial intelligence requires new and smarter markets in which partic
Gold for the 21st Century Episode 8 | Steve Lowe, Former Managing Director, Co-Head of Global Base and Precious Metals, Scotiabank
On this week’s installment of Gold for the 21st Century, we welcome Steve Lowe into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Steve is Former Managing Director, Co-Head of Global Base and Precious Metals at Scotiabank. David Greely sits down with Steve to talk about his experience and insights into the gold markets from his time leading the iconic Scotia metals business. They also discuss what market infrastruc
Gold for the 21st Century Episode 7 | Michael DiRienzo, President & CEO, The Silver Institute
This week on Gold for the 21st Century, we welcome Michael DiRienzo, President & CEO at The Silver Institute, into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. David Greely sits down with Michael to discuss the outlook for silver, its role in the energy transition, and the role it can and should play in investor portfolios and our financial system in the 21st century.
Gold for the 21st Century Episode 6 | Josh Crumb, Founder & CEO, Abaxx Technologies
We continue Gold for the 21st Century this week with Josh Crumb, Founder & CEO of Abaxx Technologies. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Josh to discuss how gold has shaped Josh’s vision and mission to build smarter markets throughout his career. They also talk about how the gold market is where the many dimensions of Abaxx come together as it launches a physically deliverable ki
