Smarter Smart Contracts With Artificial Intelligence

The fusion of AI and DeFi, an evolving combination.

Presented by

Listen or watch all the new CoinDesk podcast episodes wherever you want.

ABOUT

Will AI be coming to DeFi anytime soon?

Download this episode

Joining Anna Baydakova and Ben Schiller on “Opinionated,” is Jesus Rodriguez, CEO of analytics platform IntoTheBlock. Rodriguez explores a future where artificial intelligence merges with decentralized finance (DeFi) to create an even smarter, more automated and possibly better regulated DeFi.

Machine learning and AI are rapidly becoming innovative solutions to software problems across a variety of applications, and Rodriguez sees AI in DeFi as the next logical step. Integrating AI solutions and analysis into DeFi protocols could have vast impacts to user protection, contract efficiency and market dynamics.

AI integration could be used to predict major market moves, prevent undesirable usage of contracts and even potentially in financial regulation of DeFi platforms. While the possibilities sound endless, are they practical?

This episode was produced, announced and edited by Michele Musso with additional production support by Eleanor Pahl. Our theme song is by Elision.

HOSTS

Dan Ilett

Dan Ilett writes on tech, money and energy. He advises business on digital strategy and technology messaging for large deals. He is founder of Erbut - an advisory company - and Greenbang - a smart technology research company.

Anna Baydakova

Anna writes about blockchain projects and regulation with a special focus on Eastern Europe and Russia. She is especially excited about stories on privacy, cybercrime, sanctions policies and censorship resistance of decentralized technologies.
She graduated from the Saint Petersburg State University and the Higher School of Economics in Russia and got her Master's degree at Columbia Journalism School in New York City.
She joined CoinDesk after years of writing for various Russian media, including the leading political outlet Novaya Gazeta.
Anna owns BTC and an NFT of sentimental value.

Danny Nelson

Danny is CoinDesk's managing editor for Data & Tokens. He formerly ran investigations for the Tufts Daily. At CoinDesk, his beats include (but are not limited to): federal policy, regulation, securities law, exchanges, the Solana ecosystem, smart money doing dumb things, dumb money doing smart things and tungsten cubes. He owns BTC, ETH and SOL tokens, as well as the LinksDAO NFT.

Benjamin Schiller

Benjamin Schiller is CoinDesk's managing editor for features and opinion. Previously, he was editor-in-chief at BREAKER Magazine and a staff writer at Fast Company. He holds some ETH, BTC and LINK.

Danny Bradbury

Danny Bradbury has been a professional writer since 1989, and has worked freelance since 1994. He covers technology for publications such as the Guardian.

EPISODES