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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Swiss healthcare data emerges as potential use case for ICP cloud infrastructure

Swiss healthcare providers are being identified as a potential use case for decentralised cloud infrastructure, as hospitals face strict requirements around the handling of...

ICPay Launches Discounted On-Chain Storage With ICBucket

ICPay has launched ICBucket, an on-chain storage service on the Internet Computer, with promotional pricing, a revised user interface and changes to its underlying...

UNDP Expands Sovereign AI Infrastructure Pilot to Five More Countries

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is expanding a pilot programme designed to help governments develop AI-powered applications without relying entirely on major US-based...

NEAR and ICP Join Forces in NearLaunch Website Deployment Experiment

A new NearLaunch experiment is showing how NEAR and the Internet Computer Protocol can be used together to simplify the process of deploying websites...
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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...