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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OISY 2.6 adds XRP, Robinhood assets and cycles support

OISY has released version 2.6 of its wallet, adding support for native XRP, Robinhood assets and a new way to hold Internet Computer compute...

Liquidium reports 1.6 million ICP supplied across 175 loans

Liquidium has reported a new milestone for its ICP lending activity, with 1.6 million ICP supplied through the platform across 175 loans. The milestone was...

Odin.fun reports busiest development week with 228 commits

Odin.fun has reported its busiest development week of the series, with 228 commits covering live community features, account security, search visibility and improvements to...

US equity ETF inflows fall to lowest level since March

US equity exchange-traded funds saw their average daily inflows fall to about US$3.3 billion in September, marking the third consecutive monthly decline and the...
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Reactor Bridges Web2 and Web3 with Secure Onchain Messaging

Reactor, a new messaging protocol built on the Internet Computer (IC), has been introduced as a bridge between traditional web systems and blockchain networks....
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Bitcoin Gets Its Own DeFi Toolkit with REE from Omnity

Omnity Network has introduced the Runes Exchange Environment, or REE, a platform that lets developers build decentralised finance applications directly on Bitcoin. It promises...
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Onicai Launches Live Reverse Auction for mAIners on 9 November

Onicai is introducing a new kind of auction to the decentralised AI space, where strategy and timing could decide who walks away with the...
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Dmail Adds USDC Support on Base for Web3 Domain Payments

Dmail, the decentralised email and identity platform, has introduced support for USDC payments via Base, expanding how users can register and pay for their...
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Bitcoin DeFi speeds up as REE and RichSwap cut swap times...

Bitcoin’s decentralised finance ecosystem has taken a leap forward with REE and RichSwap introducing on-chain liquidity at the Layer 1 level, reducing swap times...
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Prabhat builds fully on-chain poker game on ICP in minutes using...

A developer named Prabhat has built Decentralised Poker, a blockchain-based poker game, using just a single prompt on Caffeine AI — completing the entire...