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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UNDP and DFINITY partner on sovereign cloud and AI pilots

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has partnered with the DFINITY Foundation on a programme exploring sovereign cloud infrastructure and agentic AI for public...

ICPay adds Markdown, avatars and faster performance

ICPay has rolled out a set of updates aimed at making its platform faster and easier to use, with new support for Markdown, avatars...

OpenChat rolls out frontend update as iOS development begins

OpenChat has released a major frontend update aimed at improving performance and reducing memory use, while development has now begun on a native iOS...

Menese opens trusted setup ceremony for privacy ledger on Internet Computer

Menese Protocol is preparing to open a two-week trusted setup ceremony on September 1 for its Shielded Ledger Hivemind, a privacy-focused ledger designed to...
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Dmail upgrades NFT domain sales flow with faster processing and more...

Dmail has rolled out a set of backend and checkout upgrades designed to make buying its NFT email domains quicker and easier, as the...
Maria Irene

DAOs Can Now Run Bluesky Accounts via ICP

Decentralised governance is starting to spill out of the usual on-chain spaces and into public timelines, thanks to a new integration between Bluesky’s AT...
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...