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

Three OMB loans unlock 0.71 BTC through Liquidium

Three Ordinal Maxi Biz (OMB) holders borrowed a combined 0.71 BTC against their Bitcoin-based digital art through Liquidium between September 23 and 26, according...

Gold faces sharpest volatility in decades as bond market adds pressure

Gold futures are experiencing an unusually volatile year, with sharp daily falls becoming more frequent as movements in the bond market add pressure to...

Coin HERO returns with redesigned trading app built on Caffeine

Coin HERO is returning with a redesigned app after its creator announced plans for a broader revamp of the trading platform, which was originally...

Pierre Samaties outlines DFINITY’s next phase of UNDP cooperation

DFINITY Chief Business Officer Pierre Samaties has outlined how the foundation plans to build on its work in Pakistan as it expands cooperation with...
Caffeine AI
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Caffeine Launches Paid Plans With Domains, Email and App Analytics

Caffeine has switched on its first premium subscriptions, adding paid tiers that bundle monthly credits with features aimed at users who want to publish,...
Maria Irene

Open‑Source MCP Tools Bring New Options to Internet Computer Developers

A group of developers has announced that the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open standard originally designed to help large language models interact with...
Maria Irene

Diode and ICP Scale Secure Collaboration with 1,000+ Zones Active

Diode Foundation and the Internet Computer have expanded their decentralized collaboration platform, reaching over 1,000 self-custody Zones. These Zones allow teams to work together...
Maria Irene

Caffeine Team Confirms Progress as Dom Signals Major Updates Ahead

The group behind the Caffeine project has reported that it has completed its listed technical targets and is prepared to activate premium features, pending...
Maria Irene

funnAI tests native Bitcoin flows with ckBTC as wallet features expand

funnAI has begun testing native Bitcoin integration, opening the door to direct BTC interactions within its application as development work continues on the Internet...
Maria Irene

ICP developers get a faster start with icp-cli v0.1.0 beta

Developers building on the Internet Computer have a new tool to work with as DFINITY rolls out icp-cli v0.1.0 beta. The release focuses on...