Patricio Robles says, “In the wake of the Great Recession of 2008, Wall Street’s reputation took a big hit, but the online advertising market could soon find itself functioning a lot like a Wall Street trading desk.

As Alexandra Bruell details in an AdAge piece, a number of adtech upstarts are working to build futures markets in which media buyers and sellers transact for future inventory.

She explains:

As with crude oil and corn, a futures market for digital media would invite industry players and financiers to bet, through online exchanges, on the future price of media inventory.

Is online advertising soon going to look like Wall Street?

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