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.
4323 Articles written
Spotlight

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...
Canister Lab
Maria Irene

Liquidium Adds Withdrawal Address Whitelisting for Bitcoin-Backed Loans

Liquidium has introduced a new feature that allows users to whitelist withdrawal addresses, offering a simpler way to manage transfers after borrowing against Bitcoin...
Maria Irene

Internet Computer Node Provider Rewards Cross One Million ICP Per Month

Monthly rewards paid to node providers on the Internet Computer network have passed one million ICP for the first time, according to figures from...
Maria Irene

Software Sector Faces $40 Billion Debt Crunch by 2028

Roughly $40 billion in debt tied to software and services companies is scheduled to mature in 2028, marking the largest single-year concentration of repayments...
Maria Irene

ICP Signals Growth with Rising Canisters, Developer Activity

While much of the crypto market continues to trade in a cautious mood, activity around Internet Computer (ICP) has been moving in a very...
Maria Irene

Tutor booking app built in minutes using Caffeine AI

A short demonstration circulating online is drawing attention to how quickly software can now be built using conversational artificial intelligence tools. The example shows...
Maria Irene

What Rumi Protocol is building on the Internet Computer

Decentralised finance continues to expand across blockchain networks, with new projects exploring different approaches to lending, stablecoins and liquidity. One of the newer platforms...