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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Liquidium reports $30,000 in OISY borrow volume after ICP integration

Liquidium says borrowing activity through its OISY Wallet integration has reached $30,000 since the release of its ICP borrowing feature last week, with users...
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Menese expands cross-chain liquidity and outlines token transfer process

Menese Protocol says it has expanded its cross-chain liquidity, allowing users to swap more than 100,000 USDC across networks including Solana and Ethereum while...
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Apple tops $5 trillion valuation to become world’s largest company

Apple has become the second company in history to surpass a market capitalisation of $5 trillion, strengthening its position as the world’s largest listed...
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Dominic Williams raises case for fully on-chain perpetual futures on ICP

DFINITY founder Dominic Williams has sparked discussion within the Internet Computer community by asking whether MULTI/DEX should launch perpetual futures trading entirely on-chain, arguing...
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Caffeine Adds One-Click Team Access

Caffeine has expanded its business offering with the addition of single sign-on (SSO), giving organisations a simpler way to manage access while strengthening the...
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llama_cpp_canister brings Qwen3 AI model fully on-chain to the Internet Computer

Developers can now run the Qwen3-0.6B language model entirely within an Internet Computer canister following the release of llama_cpp_canister v0.13.0, allowing AI applications to...