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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DFINITY-backed Pakistan national messenger enters testing phase

A national messenger application being developed for Pakistan has moved into testing, with the service now running on the country’s dedicated cloud infrastructure and...

Onicai postpones Aug 29 SNS launch as funnAI protocol work continues

Onicai has postponed the planned August 29 launch date for its SNS as development work continues on the funnAI protocol. The project announced the change...

ODIN.fun Ships Major Indexer and Staking Updates in Week 32

ODIN.fun has reported 187 commits and 45 pull requests in its Week 32 development update, with a series of infrastructure, staking and user-facing changes...

Liquidium Unifies Simple and Advanced Loan Profiles

Liquidium has introduced a new feature allowing users to bring loans from their Simple and Advanced profiles together, giving borrowers a more unified view...
Canister Lab
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llama_cpp_canister brings Qwen3 AI model fully on-chain to the Internet Computer

Developers can now run the Qwen3-0.6B language model entirely within an Internet Computer canister following the release of llama_cpp_canister v0.13.0, allowing AI applications to...
Maria Irene

DFINITY announces final days of MULTI/DEX Season I with ICP rewards...

DFINITY founder Dominic Williams has announced that the first season of the MULTI/DEX trading competition will conclude on 31 July, with ICP prizes available...
Maria Irene

Caffeine adds collaboration tools for shared app development

Caffeine has introduced new collaboration features that allow users to invite others to work together on app projects, making it easier to gather feedback...
Maria Irene

DFINITY executive explains ICP’s focus on sovereign cloud infrastructure

DFINITY chief business officer Pierre Samaties has outlined the broader vision behind the Internet Computer Protocol (ICP), saying the technology was designed as sovereign...
Maria Irene

Dominic Williams outlines vision for enterprise SaaS on ICP cloud engine

Internet Computer founder Dominic Williams has shared a vision for how enterprise software could work through an ICP cloud engine, highlighting a model where...
Maria Irene

OISY Wallet Adds Lending, Solana Support and USD1 Management in Latest...

OISY has released version 2.5.2 of its wallet, introducing new features focused on expanding asset management options and improving connections with decentralised applications across...