Maria Irene

Maria Irene is a journalist and author covering the Internet Computer Protocol, Bitcoin, DeFi, and the broader decentralised web. She is the founder and editor of LedgerLife.io, an independent, reader-funded publication dedicated to clear-eyed reporting on the ICP ecosystem and Web3 technology. She is the author of two books: Money Without Masters: The Story of Crypto (Amazon) and The World Computer: Decentralised Computing and the Rise of the Internet Computer Protocol (Amazon). Her work focuses on making complex blockchain technology accessible without losing precision or depth.
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Canister Lab

Dom Wallet adds Silk Road exhibit exploring Bitcoin, crime and state power

Dom Wallet has added a new exhibit to its Ruins wing examining the history of Silk Road and its wider impact on Bitcoin, law...

Liquidium launches Robinhood Chain NFT lending in open beta

Liquidium.WTF has launched its NFT lending service on Robinhood Chain in open beta, giving holders of selected Robinhood NFTs the option to borrow crypto...

ICPay adds new tools for simpler canister management

ICPay has launched a new set of canister management tools aimed at making it easier for Internet Computer users to control and maintain their...

Crypto ETFs record sixth straight week of inflows

Crypto exchange-traded funds recorded another week of net inflows, extending their positive run to six consecutive weeks as investor demand for digital assets shows...
Caffeine AI
Maria Irene

Internet Computer’s Caffeine Integrates With Claude to Enable AI Driven App...

Internet Computer's Caffeine has launched a direct integration with Anthropic's Claude, allowing users to generate production ready applications using natural language prompts without leaving...
Maria Irene

Fabio reports rising token burn activity and expands onchain payment tools...

Fabio, the developer behind the Hero project, has shared updated performance data alongside new details on the platform’s expanding onchain payment features, token burn...
Maria Irene

MENA-built digital asset exchange goes open source with atomic settlement model

A new digital asset exchange built in Egypt and developed in Motoko has been released as an open-source project, aiming to reshape how real-world...
Maria Irene

Developer publishes 8.8 million government procurement records to improve public access

Government procurement data covering millions of tenders and contract awards has been compiled into a publicly downloadable database by an 18 year old developer,...
Maria Irene

AI-powered tool migrates restaurant website to Internet Computer in around 20...

A production restaurant website has been migrated from a traditional Web2 stack to the Internet Computer Protocol (ICP) using an AI-assisted migration engine, with...
Maria Irene

AI memory firms emerge as next battleground in race for autonomous...

The market for AI agents is on track for rapid growth over the next decade, with new forecasts suggesting annual revenue could rise from...