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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Brew or Burn? The ICP-Caffeine Token Tussle Gets Spicy

It’s hard to talk about Caffeine AI without triggering strong opinions, particularly around how it might reshape the economics of the Internet Computer—and more...
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Bob’s Big Decision: Freeze, Surrender, or Stay Wild?

The vote’s in, but the conversation isn’t done. The bob.fun community has just faced one of its biggest decision points to date: what to...
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RichSwap Lights a Candle

The days of guessing and hoping are quietly being pushed aside on RichSwap. With candlestick charts now flickering to life, data speaks louder than...
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How Many Subnets Can You Handle? Onicai’s LLM Stress Test is...

There’s no flashing banner, no countdown, and no launch hype. Just a quiet post from the Onicai team letting the Internet Computer community know...
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Misunderstanding ‘Onchain’ Is Holding Web3 Back

There’s a moment in every long experiment when the evidence is so overwhelming, yet the crowd continues to believe the opposite. For Dominic Williams,...
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Built Before Boarding: Win95 Style, Fire Sprites, and a Flying Start...

The first-ever project built using Caffeine, an AI-powered app builder on the Internet Computer Protocol (ICP), was created by Kristofer Lund while waiting to...