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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Menese Protocol opens limited SNS sale after eight months of ICP activity

Menese Protocol has opened a limited SNS sale for its MENES token following eight months of activity on the Internet Computer, with the project...

Odin.fun rolls out moderation and security updates in Week 37 development report

Odin.fun has outlined a series of platform updates in its Week 37 development report, covering community moderation, live chat, input validation, monitoring and dependency...

Bitcoin and Robinhood Chain lead Liquidium’s biggest loans over 24 hours

Bitcoin and Robinhood Chain accounted for the largest loans featured in Liquidium’s latest 24-hour lending update, with OCM Dimensions, Ordinal Maxi Biz, Hashcats and...

US consumers grow more concerned about unemployment

Americans are becoming increasingly concerned about the possibility of higher unemployment, with expectations reaching their highest level since the early months of the COVID-19...
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Crypto ETFs record sixth straight week of inflows

Crypto exchange-traded funds recorded another week of net inflows, extending their positive run to six consecutive weeks as investor demand for digital assets shows...
Maria Irene

The Jar of DOM reopens with a new on-chain season

The Jar of DOM has reopened for a new season, giving DOM Wallet users another on-chain game built around ICP staking, DOM burns and...
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KeyMesh explores confidential and verifiable external compute on ICP

A new experimental project called KeyMesh is exploring whether the Internet Computer can coordinate external computing resources while giving users stronger guarantees around privacy,...
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ICPay aims to simplify crypto transfers with username-based handles

Sending cryptocurrency can involve copying and pasting long wallet addresses, a process that can be inconvenient and increases the risk of entering the wrong...
Maria Irene

Expired bob.fun domain raises Internet Identity security concerns for users

Users of the ICP-based bob.fun applications have been warned against accessing the services through their former web domains after the bob.fun domain stopped serving...
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IDScan confirms driver’s licence data stolen in major breach

Identity verification company IDScan has confirmed that hackers stole driver’s licence information from its cloud systems, following reports of a year-long breach involving data...