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

Liquidium reports 38% weekly rise in Bitcoin lending volume

Liquidium has reported a rise in lending activity over the past week, with Bitcoin-denominated loans increasing alongside renewed activity in Ordinals and Runes. The platform...

Odin.fun fixes trading, community and session issues in busiest week of development

Odin.fun recorded 161 commits and 60 pull requests during its 34th week of development, making it the platform's busiest week in a month. Much of...

Pakistan’s New Data Policy Opens the Door to ICP Use Cases

Pakistan's National Data Governance Policy 2026 is drawing attention to the potential role of decentralised infrastructure in the country's plans for managing government data,...

Menese puts live cross-chain liquidity pools under community governance

Menese Protocol is moving to place its cross-chain liquidity infrastructure under community governance as part of its SNS process, following the launch of pools...
Artificial Intelligence
Maria Irene

Sparking a Video Revolution: Pika 1.0 Unleashes AI Magic

Pika Labs has just unleashed a digital tornado with the official release of Pika 1.0, a groundbreaking AI video generator that's causing ripples across...
Maria Irene

Apple and Goldman Sachs: The End of a Financial Tech Alliance

Apple Inc. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. are set to dissolve their credit card partnership, a move that will conclude their collaborative efforts on...
Maria Irene

Innovate and Collaborate: Tokyo’s Global Startup Summit Beckons

Ledger Life steps boldly into the future of collaboration, embracing its role as the newly appointed ambassador for the "SusHi Tech Tokyo 2024 Global...
Maria Irene

Vivek Ramaswamy’s Bitcoin Boldness: A Presidential Hopeful’s Crypto Crusade

The landscape of American finance and politics is undergoing a major transformation, spearheaded by Vivek Ramaswamy, a 2024 Republican presidential candidate. Known for his...
Maria Irene

AI’s Takeover? Buterin’s Quirky Solution: Mind Over Machine

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has sounded the alarm on super-advanced artificial intelligence, suggesting it has a "serious chance" of becoming the next "apex species."...
Maria Irene

ELNA’s Sonic Surge: Reshaping Tech with AI and Blockchain Harmony

ELNA's recent fusion of Generative AI and the Internet Computer (ICP) blockchain is no ordinary development in the tech sphere. It marks as a...