Maalexi Unveils MAATEX: Pioneering Agricultural Asset Token Exchange on Avalanche

Editorial Team

Last updated 6-01-2026

4 min

Maalexi is launching MAATEX, the first agricultural asset token exchange, operating on Avalanche.

MAATEX will use AI, IoT, and blockchain to tokenise agricultural commodities as Maalexi Agri Tokens.

These tokens, backed by insured inventory, aim to increase transparency and trust in agri-trading.

Maalexi plans to expand globally from its Abu Dhabi base, despite regulatory challenges.

The initiative signifies growing innovation in Abu Dhabi's digital asset and agri-trade sectors.

Maalexi, a Hub71 startup that has been making quiet but steady waves in agri‑trade fintech, is now gearing up to launch what it’s calling the world’s first agricultural asset token exchange. The platform, MAATEX, will run on Avalanche and lean heavily on real‑world asset tokenisation, risk data and a suite of in‑house tech that mixes IoT, AI and blockchain. Quite a cocktail, really. When I first came across Maalexi’s work through the Arageek community, I remember thinking how cross‑border food trade is often a bit of a faff for SMEs—so this move didn’t strike me as surprising, but it did feel like a bold leap.

The idea is straightforward enough on the surface: verified agricultural commodities—stored in designated warehouses or en route with approved shippers—will be represented as Maalexi Agri Tokens, or MATs. These tokens are legally owned, audited, insured and fully traceable. Under the hood, the system draws on ten embedded technologies with names that almost sound like characters from a sci‑fi novel: VeriPass, CredIQ, Inspectra, TrustPrice, ClimaSense and more. Each layer is designed to reduce uncertainty in storage, transit, valuation or contracting. I reckon this level of embedded intelligence could appeal to buyers and suppliers who’ve grown tired of opaque processes in commodity trade.

What stands out is that every token will be backed by insured inventory and insured receivables, which adds a financial‑grade level of comfort. Maalexi isn’t exactly starting from scratch either; its RWA systems have already supported large‑scale real‑world agri transactions, and this track record is the foundation MAATEX intends to build on. That said, scaling globally is never a walk in the park, especially with the regulatory diversity the sector faces.

In announcing the exchange, Maalexi’s co‑founder and CEO, Dr Azam Pasha, highlighted how global food supply chains are becoming more complex, saying that future trade will require more trust, transparency and speed. He pointed to Avalanche’s infrastructure as key to enabling sub‑second settlements and digital ownership across borders. Co‑founder and CTO Rohit Majhi expanded on that, emphasising how each token will carry embedded intelligence drawn from Maalexi’s risk oracles—basically an automated way to keep scanning for performance issues.

Ava Labs’ MENA head, Khalid Dannish, framed the partnership with Avalanche as a step toward fully transparent, tokenised commodity flows. And believe it or not, Abu Dhabi is becoming quite the hotspot for this kind of digital‑asset innovation. Maalexi continues to grow under Hub71’s wing, tapping into partners, regulators and investors through the Hub71+ Digital Assets ecosystem. One of the entrepreneurs I met there last year joked that being in Abu Dhabi these days feels like standing in a wind tunnel of new ideas—spot on, if you ask me.

The company itself sits at an interesting intersection. Headquartered in the US but operating mainly out of Abu Dhabi, Maalexi focuses on helping verified SMEs engage in cross‑border agricultural trade without being weighed down by risk. Its platform offers everything from credit scoring through CredIQ to climate‑linked monitoring via ClimaSense, as well as digital contracting tools that use what they describe as Ricardian contracts. The whole setup integrates IoT, AI, blockchain and risk analytics into one environment built to make global food supply chains more secure.

With MAATEX, Maalexi hopes to extend this ecosystem into a fully tokenised agri‑asset exchange. Whether it reshapes how global commodities are bought, stored and financed remains to be seen, but the ambition is definately clear. And if there’s one thing the MENA startup scene has shown over the years—something we often talk about at Arageek—it’s that bold ideas sometimes land faster than anyone expects.

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