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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CLOWN Printer Gets a Fresh Coat of Paint—Then Lawyered Up

The Insane Clown Protocol is back with an update that blends typical crypto mischief with a new tiered rewards system. The $CLOWN token has...
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Taco DAO’s Big Swap Serves Strategy with a Side of ICP

Taco DAO has opened the gates to its decentralisation swap, pulling together a very particular recipe: one part community, one part crypto smarts, and...
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UPAS Rewrites the Rules of Loyalty with a Decentralised, Privacy-First Revolution

Loyalty programs have long been a part of our consumer space, but their traditional structure is often riddled with inefficiencies, fragmentation, and privacy concerns....
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RhinoSpider: The Decentralised Network That Puts Your Wi-Fi and CPU to...

RhinoSpider is a peer-to-peer resource-sharing network designed to turn idle bandwidth and computing power into valuable assets for decentralised applications (dApps) and artificial intelligence...
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Crowdfund, Commit, Cancel: SolutioApp Gets a Web3 Makeover

SolutioApp has reemerged with a sharper edge. Designed as a decentralised crowdfunding tool, it now runs on the Internet Computer Protocol (ICP), with features...
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DAO Treasury Talks: Fewer ICPs, More ICLs

The latest financials from ICLighthouse DAO are now public, with the first quarter of 2025 showing a noticeable shift in how the decentralised exchange...