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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The Jar of DOM reopens with a new on-chain season

The Jar of DOM has reopened for a new season, giving DOM Wallet users another on-chain game built around ICP staking, DOM burns and...

KeyMesh explores confidential and verifiable external compute on ICP

A new experimental project called KeyMesh is exploring whether the Internet Computer can coordinate external computing resources while giving users stronger guarantees around privacy,...

ICPay aims to simplify crypto transfers with username-based handles

Sending cryptocurrency can involve copying and pasting long wallet addresses, a process that can be inconvenient and increases the risk of entering the wrong...

Expired bob.fun domain raises Internet Identity security concerns for users

Users of the ICP-based bob.fun applications have been warned against accessing the services through their former web domains after the bob.fun domain stopped serving...
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funnAI Rebrands to ONICAI Ahead of Planned SNS Launch

The team behind decentralised AI platform funnAI has announced a rebrand to ONICAI, with its native $FUNNAI token set to become $ONICAI following the...
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Dominic Williams Points to Decentralised Cloud as Data Centre Risks Grow

Dominic Williams, founder of DFINITY and the Internet Computer Protocol (ICP), has renewed the case for decentralised cloud infrastructure following claims circulating during the...
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Plug Wallet Puts Fast, Low-Cost Bitcoin Transactions Within Reach with ckBTC...

Bitcoin users looking for faster transactions and lower costs now have another option, with Plug Wallet highlighting its support for ckBTC, a Bitcoin-backed token...
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Menese Protocol expands cross-chain features with new liquidity rewards and stock...

Menese Protocol has rolled out a fresh set of upgrades aimed at broadening its cross-chain finance offering, introducing new liquidity incentives, stock trading capabilities...
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ICP Overtakes Bitcoin in Liquidium Deposits as Users Shift More Collateral...

Internet Computer (ICP) has overtaken native Bitcoin (BTC) in total deposits on decentralised Bitcoin finance platform Liquidium, marking a change in the platform's collateral...
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Mingle Berry Media brings AI payment standard x402 to the Internet...

Website owners on the Internet Computer could soon have a new way to earn revenue from AI companies accessing their content, following the release...