Latest from Jesus Rodriguez
DeFi Is the Way Forward, but It Needs to Evolve
The technical foundation of DeFi has proven to be incredibly resilient to the catastrophic market events of the last few months. The opportunity for building a new generation of financial services on DeFi rails has never been bigger, but the space needs to address some notable challenges.

The Machine Learning Powering Generative Art NFTs
Generative art has been one of the quintessential machine-learning use cases, but only recently has the space achieved mainstream prominence.

Why DeFi Insurance Needs a New Design
Decentralized finance offers a blank canvas for reimagining markets insurance with programmability and decentralization as core constructs, says the CEO of IntoTheBlock.

The Era of Easy DeFi Yields Is Over
Alpha in DeFi is about to get a lot scarcer (although still super attractive). Luckily, risk management will eventually get much simpler.

The Intelligent Crypto Thesis
AI and machine learning will usher in new forms of digital assets from intelligent NFTs to self-determining DeFi protocols. This essay is part of CoinDesk's "Big Ideas" series.

Here Is How to Improve DeFi Governance Using Ideas from Computational Voting Theory
The decentralized finance ecosystem is evolving at a rapid pace. It's time governance caught up.

Web 3’s Use of AI Will Present Challenges, but They Are Not Insurmountable
Software trends, including cloud computing, networking and cyber security are being reimagined, with machine learning as a first-class citizen.

The 5 Big Risk Vectors of DeFi
IntoTheBlock CEO Jesus Rodriguez offers a taxonomy for understanding risk in DeFI

The Coming Convergence of NFTs and Artificial Intelligence
Building AI capabilities into the lifecycle of NFTs opens the door to forms of intelligent ownership, says the CEO of IntoTheBlock.


