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Disruptive Technologies in Commodity Trading Markets
CTRM software sit in relation to these initiatives, and
how will the current centralized energy marketplace
providers actually respond? It remains early days for
these technologies, most of which are provided by
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smaller vendors, and the regulators have yet to have
their say in how they might be viewed and regulated
going forward.
Figure 6: Which Types of Technology Providers are most Likely To be Disrupted?
Global
Platform
Data
ERP Providers
E/CTRM Providers
0%
10%
20%
30%
In all, our respondents see opportunit ies for block-
chain in most of the areas currently being tested via
POCs; however, many saw the strongest potential in
the areas of traceability and transfer of ownership,
where it can be used to create confidence as a trust-
40%
50%
60%
70%
ed technology. In more trade-centric areas of focus
there does appear to remain some resistance as a
whole host of issues around governance, speed and
cost currently remain somewhat unanswered (Figure
7).
Figure 7: Where do you see blockchain as having the most applicability at this point?
Tracking Traceability
Tracking Ownership
Full Cycle Trade Management
OTC Trade Capture
Exchange Trade Capture
0%
10%
20%
Very Probable
30%
Probable
40%
Possible
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50%
60%
Not an option
70%
80%
90%
100%
N/A
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