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...
Artificial Intelligence
Maria Irene

ICP-powered AI platform helps automate grant consultancy services

Entrepreneur Terry Igharoro, founder of agriiDAO, has announced that his AI-powered consultancy platform has onboarded its first three paying clients, using the Internet Computer...
Maria Irene

ICP community audit corrects tokenomics tracking assumptions

A discussion on the DFINITY Developer Forum has prompted a reassessment of how newly minted ICP enters circulation, after community researchers found that some...
Maria Irene

Internet Identity proposals aim to prepare ICP authentication for AI agent...

Internet Identity, the authentication system used across the Internet Computer network, is undergoing a proposed upgrade that would allow AI agents to interact with...
Maria Irene

Llama_cpp_canister update gives developers a clearer view of AI costs

The latest update to llama_cpp_canister is making it easier for developers to understand exactly how many AI tokens are used in each on-chain AI...
Maria Irene

Liquidium reaches $4.25 million in total deposits as lending activity grows

Liquidium has reached $4.25 million in total deposits, with users increasingly using native digital assets as collateral rather than selling them, according to a...
Maria Irene

Pierre Samaties outlines July progress across the Internet Computer

Pierre Samaties has released a July update outlining a series of product launches, infrastructure developments and ecosystem milestones across the Internet Computer, with projects...