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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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...
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Louis Vuitton’s High-Fashion Hideaway: A $42,000 NFT Trunk for the Chic...

Maria Irene In a world where cryptocurrencies are as commonplace as cash and credit, Louis Vuitton is taking a step further, merging the realms of...
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Checkmate to Chains: A Brazilian Chess Tournament Castles into the Cryptoverse

Maria Irene In the sun-dappled city squares of Brazil, a sport as old as civilization itself has been quietly undergoing a revolution. The grandmasters behind...
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From Xenomorph to Cyberspace: H.R. Giger’s Alien Ascends the Blockchain Cosmos

Maria Irene In the face of absurdity, humanity oftentimes finds itself veering towards paths less traveled. As Albert Camus implored us to imagine Sisyphus happy,...
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Bit by Bit, Block by Block – Celebrating Bitcoin’s Landmark Blockout...

Maria Irene Blockout Day has arrived and the Bitcoin community is abuzz with excitement. Bitmap, an open-source standard allowing ownership of a Bitcoin block, has...
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Million-Dollar Name-Game: Paradigm.eth Shatters Crypto Domain Records!

The cryptocurrency space is far from just Bitcoin and Ethereum anymore. The landscape now extends to the realm of crypto domains, blockchain-based domains that...
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Unleashing Intelligence: Blockchain’s AI Revolution!

Maria Irene The advent of the digital age has seen many revolutions, but none as transformative as the convergence of blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI)....