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

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...

Fabio reports rising token burn activity and expands onchain payment tools across Hero project

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...

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...

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,...
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Satflow introduces pay-later option for Bitcoin Ordinals

Collectors of Bitcoin-inscribed Ordinals can now purchase first and pay later through a newly launched Buy-Now-Pay-Later (BNPL) option powered by Liquidium.WTF. The service allows...
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Humpback whales increase ICP holdings as liquidation leverage rises

The supply of ICP held by large wallets, often referred to as “Humpback whales,” continues to climb. Recent data points to increasing accumulation even...
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Litecoin Joins Internet Computer Ecosystem Through ICP-Native Integration

The developers behind ICP HUB Egypt have announced that Litecoin (LTC) now integrates directly with Internet Computer Protocol (ICP) smart-contract infrastructure — not via...
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Pierre Samaties spotlights Caffeine AI and hyperlocal app building at Binance...

Pierre Samaties from Dfinity used his panel slot at Binance Blockchain Week to highlight how AI and user driven design are reshaping expectations around...
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Dragginz opens IcyDB v0.0.1 to the wider Internet Computer developer community

IcyDB has been announced as a new Rust framework aimed at building strongly typed, queryable data models on the Internet Computer, and while it...
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Juno updates focus on consistency as core modules move to ic_cdk...

Juno has pushed out a fresh release that stays true to its usual approach: keep the ecosystem tidy and consistent, even when there is...