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

Onicai Play launches Chess Duel for friend-to-friend matches

Onicai Play has launched Chess Duel, a new feature that allows users to challenge friends to online chess matches through a shared link. Players can...

Anthropic reveals $895 billion in future AI infrastructure commitments

Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has disclosed around US$895.4 billion in future commitments for computing power and related infrastructure, revealing the scale of investment required...

Odin.fun ships frontend 10.5.0 after 55 development commits

Bitcoin-focused trading platform Odin.fun has released frontend version 10.5.0, bringing several weeks of accumulated development work into production. The platform's week 43 development update reported...

OISY adds direct cycle top-ups for Internet Computer canisters

OISY has introduced a feature allowing users to add compute resources to Internet Computer canisters directly from within its wallet interface. The update enables users...
Caffeine AI
Maria Irene

Caffeine says new app creation time has fallen to seven minutes

AI app-building platform Caffeine says its latest changes have reduced the average time needed to create a new app from nearly 18 minutes to...
Maria Irene

ICPay releases ICBucket developer SDKs for 10 programming languages

ICPay has released a set of software development kits (SDKs) for its ICBucket on-chain storage service, giving developers tools to integrate decentralised file storage...
Maria Irene

Caffeine cuts app building time to around seven minutes

Caffeine has reduced the time it takes to build a typical new app on its platform to about seven minutes, down from nearly 18...
Maria Irene

US markets rally as Democrats win control of Congress in midterm...

US financial markets rallied following the midterm elections, with Wall Street recording strong gains as investors reacted to the Democratic Party's victory and the...
Maria Irene

ICP post highlights transaction throughput gap with Ethereum

The Internet Computer Protocol (ICP) is drawing attention to its reported transaction activity compared with Ethereum, with a new social media post highlighting a...
Maria Irene

OISY introduces two-step swap suggestions for unsupported token pairs

OISY is introducing a new swap feature that can suggest an alternative route when users cannot directly exchange one token for another. The update addresses...