- Business
- Advanced Blockchain AG (ABX.DE) operates as an exchange-traded blockchain venture studio that invests in, incubates, and develops Web3 and blockchain solutions globally; headquartered in Berlin, Germany, and founded in 2007, the company deploys capital, research, development, and business resources across its core wings of AB Capital for smart investments in promising projects, AB Labs for building and incubating Web3 initiatives with cross-ecosystem integration, and AB Research as an in-house think tank supporting portfolio growth. Its main products and services encompass distributed ledger technology (DLT) consultancy to advise businesses on blockchain implementation; custom software development for third parties using DLT and directed acyclic graphs (DAG) for process optimization or full business model renewal; software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings for decentralized data processing and hosting via license fees; and an expansive incubation and investment portfolio including Polkadot for Web3 interoperability, peaq as a Layer-1 blockchain for the Economy of Things on Polkadot, Composable Finance's modular DeFi suite with cross-chain tools, Panoptic for options trading on Uniswap v3, Neon Labs' Ethereum Virtual Machine on Solana, Element Finance's fixed-rate protocol, Energy Web Foundation's energy sector blockchain infrastructure, and others such as Silencio's DePIN noise data bank on peaq, XMAQUINA's decentralized robotics DAO, and FinPro's tokenization and NFT services; the firm also maintains stakes in Bitcoin, Ethereum, Obol Network for Ethereum staking, Arweave for permanent data storage, and subsidiaries like ABX Ventures in Switzerland for blockchain advisory, Stela Labs for smart contract auditing, and Tracebloc for blockchain-machine learning production optimization. Geographically, Advanced Blockchain focuses on Europe with operations in Germany and Switzerland while targeting global Web3 markets in DeFi, interoperability, DePIN, and tokenization across ecosystems like Ethereum, Solana, Polkadot, and Cosmos. Recent developments include establishing strategic Bitcoin and Ethereum reserves in Q2 2025 with acquisitions of 1.2 BTC and 44-86 ETH using surplus liquidity from staking rewards and token unlocks to hedge treasury volatility; launching ABX Ventures in Switzerland with alliances to the Crypto Valley Association and Modulai for advisory expansion; portfolio company successes such as Silencio securing USD 2.5 million in seed funding for DePIN sensor growth, Composable Finance launching ETH-IBC mainnet for Ethereum-to-Cosmos transfers, and peaq raising $15 million pre-launch; ongoing Bitcoin reserve strategy analysis incorporating cost-averaging for 2025-2026 with plans for BTC-based products pending FY2024 audit completion and rescheduled AGM; and contributions to DePIN projects with potential token investments.