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Jesus Rodriguez

Jesus Rodriguez

Jesus Rodriguez is the CEO and co-founder of IntoTheBlock, a platform focused on enabling market intelligence and institutional DeFi solutions for crypto markets. He is also the co-founder and President of Faktory, a generative AI platform for business and consumer apps. Jesus also founded The Sequence, one of the most popular AI newsletters in the world. In addition to his operational work, Jesus is a guest lecturer at Columbia University and Wharton Business School and is a very active writer and speaker.

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Consensus Magazine
Opinion
How DeFi Protocols Are Building More Granular and Extensible Capabilities
The trend towards "micro-primitives" creates protocols that are more extensible, programmable and composable. But it also creates greater vulnerability at a time when protocols are under increasingly hack-attack.
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By Jesus Rodriguez
Aug 1, 2023 at 4:47 p.m. UTC
Aug 1, 2023
Opinion
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Consensus Magazine
Opinion
A New Blockchain for Generative AI?
Web3 architectures aren’t built for AI, but they could be, says Jesus Rodriguez, CEO of IntoTheBlock. And there are risks if we don’t build.
"Themes and Variations" by Vera Molnar. (Sotheby's)
By Jesus Rodriguez
Jul 3, 2023 at 2:46 p.m. UTC
Jul 3, 2023
Opinion
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Consensus Magazine
Opinion
The Next ChatGPT Won’t Be in Web3 Unless Some Things Change
Web3 infrastructures do not possess the compute, data or data science framework foundations to embrace generative AI. But it’s possible to build them, says Jesus Rodriguez, CEO of IntoTheBlock.
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By Jesus Rodriguez
Mar 29, 2023 at 2:30 p.m. UTC
Mar 29, 2023
Opinion
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Consensus Magazine
Opinion
A Pragmatic View of ChatGPT in a Web3 World
Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing every aspect of our daily lives. What will it mean for Web3? IntoTheBlock's Jesus Rodriquez learns from the machine.
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By Jesus Rodriguez
Feb 8, 2023 at 5:21 p.m. UTC
Feb 8, 2023
OpinionWeb3AINFTsDeFi
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Negocios
No-livewire
Las DeFi son el camino a seguir, pero necesitan evolucionar
La base técnica de las DeFi demostró ser increíblemente resistente a los catastróficos acontecimientos del mercado durante los últimos meses. La oportunidad para construir una nueva generación de servicios financieros sobre las DeFi nunca ha sido tan grande, pero el espacio necesita enfrentarse a importantes desafíos.
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By Jesus Rodriguez
Dec 27, 2022 at 6:57 p.m. UTC
Dec 27, 2022
no-livewireCrypto 2023OpinionDeFi
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Consensus Magazine
Crypto 2023
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.
Crypto Currency Finance Technology. DeFi Speech Bubble Announcement (Andrey Popov/Getty Images/iStockphoto)
By Jesus Rodriguez
Dec 27, 2022 at 2:37 p.m. UTC
Dec 27, 2022
Crypto 2023Opinion
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Layer 2
Opinion
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.
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By Jesus Rodriguez
Nov 21, 2022 at 4:44 p.m. UTC
Nov 21, 2022
OpinionNFTAI
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Consensus Magazine
Opinion
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.
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By Jesus Rodriguez
Sep 7, 2022 at 3:01 p.m. UTC
Sep 7, 2022
OpinionDeFiInsurance
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Consensus Magazine
Defi
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.
Hand squeezing juice from a lemon
By Jesus Rodriguez
Jul 5, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. UTC
Jul 5, 2022
DeFiYield FarmingAutomated Market Makers
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Finance
Consensus 2022
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.
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By Jesus Rodriguez
Jun 5, 2022 at 8:08 p.m. UTC
Jun 5, 2022
Consensus 2022AIOpinion