SmarterMarkets™

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 businesses.

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). 

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 and its implications for the role of gold in the 21st century.

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 investors grow and protect their wealth.

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.

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 participants are empowered with new financial technology.

And building those smarter markets will require big ideas. We hope you enjoy revisiting these moments and ideas with us.

Our guests featured on this episode are: 

-Robert Friedland, Founder & Executive Chairman, Ivanhoe Mines

-Brad Hitch, Director of LNG Trading, EQT Corporation

-Samantha Dart, Head of Natural Gas Research, Goldman Sachs

-Susan Sakmar, Visiting Professor, Univ. of Houston & Board Member, Flex LNG

-Mark Lewis, Head of Research, Andurand Capital

-Hannah Hauman, Global Head of Carbon Trading, Trafigura

-Andy Home, Senior Metals Columnist, Thomson Reuters

-Andrea Hotter, Special Correspondent, Fastmarkets

-Ben Hunt, Author of Epsilon Theory & Co-Founder/CIO, Second Foundation Partners

-Michelle Finneran Dennedy, Chief Data Strategy Officer, Abaxx Technologies

-Dr. David Bray, Distinguished Chair of the Accelerator & CEO/Principal, Stimson Center & LDA Ventures, Inc.

-Josh Crumb, Founder & CEO, Abaxx Technologies

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 infrastructure and technology the gold market needs now – and what could be the opportunity for the next iconic gold business of the 21st century.

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.

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 kilobar gold futures contract in Singapore through Abaxx Exchange, a gold pool through Abaxx Spot, and deploys the new financial technology that will pave the way to full digital title.

This week on Gold for the 21st Century, we welcome Gregor Gregerson, Founder of Silver Bullion Group, into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. David Greely sits down with Gregor to discuss the role of gold and precious metals in protecting wealth, the physical infrastructure and technology required, and why creating and maintaining trust remains the foundation of a functional financial system.