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

ICP-backed borrowing activity surges past $100k as Liquidium reports rapid collateral growth

Activity on lending protocols tied to Internet Computer (ICP) has picked up pace, with Liquidium reporting that more than 100,000 dollars worth of ICP...

Caffeine joins AWS Marketplace, aiming to turn plain language into enterprise software

Caffeine is now available on AWS Marketplace, bringing its conversational app-building system to enterprise teams looking to create internal tools without traditional development cycles. The...

Internet Computer Launches SEV Subnets to Strengthen Data Protection

The Internet Computer has activated a new security feature designed to protect sensitive data from exposure at the hardware level, marking a development in...

Internet Computer edges closer to 300 billion transactions as activity levels climb

The Internet Computer, developed by Dfinity, is approaching a major usage mark with total transactions reaching around 293 billion. The network is now within...
Artificial Intelligence
Maria Irene

Tricia Wang on What Autonomous AI Actually Needs

As businesses race to deploy AI agents that can plan, act and execute tasks with minimal human input, a quieter question is starting to...
Maria Irene

Debt Bonanza or Fiscal Headache? US Treasuries Hit $654bn This Week

The United States government sold a huge batch of Treasury securities last week, auctioning a reported $654 billion of bills, notes and bonds as...
Maria Irene

Dvinity Wants to Turn ICP Into a Scratchcard Habit

Dvinity has shared a fresh roadmap for $DVINITY and its decentralised application, leaning into a simple idea with surprisingly sticky potential: if the community...
Maria Irene

Caffeine Users Are Clocking Up Serious Screen Time

Caffeine.ai is quickly turning into the kind of product people don’t just try once and forget. New usage figures shared by the team show...
Maria Irene

Menese Lets Your Crypto Trade While You Sleep

Menese Protocol has announced the launch of live automated, non-custodial on-chain execution for Ethereum and Solana, positioning itself as a new option for users...
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Sonic DAO Seeks 35,000 ICP to Fund Development and Solana Expansion

Sonic DAO is asking its community to approve a new funding proposal that would allocate 35,000 ICP from the DAO treasury to support development,...