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

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...

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

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

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...
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Eric Adams Launches ‘NYC Token’ Memecoin Amid Market Rollercoaster

Former New York City Mayor Eric Adams has unveiled a new cryptocurrency memecoin, ‘NYC Token’, which briefly reached a market capitalisation of $580 million...
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funnAI Marketplace Launches Today With Final mAIners Available

funnAI Marketplace goes live today, January 13, 2026, at 3:00 PM CET, which corresponds to 6:00 AM PT in California. The platform opens to...
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IC Tokenverse Aims to Bring Clarity to the Internet Computer’s Token...

A new community-built tool is attempting to make sense of the expanding ICRC-1 token ecosystem on the Internet Computer, with transparency and usability at...
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ICPixel Brings Fully On-Chain Pixel Art Creation to the Internet Computer

A new creative tool built on the Internet Computer is testing how far on-chain applications can go beyond finance and infrastructure. ICPixel is a...
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Mission 70, Internet Identity 2.0 and a Hint at ICPUSD Set...

Comments from Internet Computer founder Dominic Williams have given the community fresh signals about where the network may be heading over the next year,...
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MEXC lists ckBTC for zero-fee trading, bringing Bitcoin to the Internet...

MEXC has announced the first-ever listing of ckBTC, a Bitcoin-backed token built on the Internet Computer, with zero-fee trading on the ckBTC/BTC pair starting...