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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ChatT Launches Beta Messenger on Pakistan-Hosted ICP Infrastructure

ChatT has launched an early-access beta of a new messaging platform designed to keep user data within Pakistan by running its infrastructure on Internet...

Icpay introduces icBucket for scalable file storage on Internet Computer

Icpay has introduced icBucket, an object storage service designed to help applications built on the Internet Computer manage growing volumes of files and other...

Liquidium Adds 3-Day Loans Across Robinhood Collections

Liquidium has introduced three-day loans across all Robinhood collections, giving lenders a shorter lending option alongside the existing seven and 14-day periods. The change follows...

ICPanda presents KIP 2.0 for portable and auditable AI agent memory

ICPanda has outlined KIP 2.0, an open protocol designed to give AI agents a structured way to store, update and evaluate memory without treating...
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Maria Irene

Dmail bets on decentralised identity as trust layer for the Web3...

Digital identity has long sat at the centre of how the internet works, yet control over that identity has largely rested with a handful...
Maria Irene

ICP holdings on OKX reach record levels as community interest rises

The Internet Computer Protocol has seen a sharp increase in holdings on the OKX exchange, with nearly three million ICP tokens added on January...
Maria Irene

Kinic opens source CLI tool to support trustless AI agents on...

Kinic has announced that its command-line interface tool is now open source, making its code available through a GitHub pull request and inviting developers...
Maria Irene

Internet Computer Surpasses One Million Canisters as 2026 Kicks Off

The Internet Computer has passed a major milestone, surpassing one million canisters just days into 2026. Canisters are autonomous software units that run decentralised...
Maria Irene

Menese opens non-custodial Cardano swaps through on-chain integration

Cardano holders can now swap tokens directly on-chain with the Menese protocol, which has integrated with Minswap DEX to enable fully non-custodial trading. The...
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CaffeineAI Community Discusses Templates, GitHub Integration and Multi-Canister Support

CaffeineAI, the AI-powered app-building platform, is facing questions from its community over how it can better support both non-technical creators and serious developers. A...