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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ICPay launches on-chain storage alternative to AWS S3

ICPay has launched icBucket, an on-chain storage service designed to give developers, AI agents and decentralised applications an alternative to traditional cloud object storage. Built...

Dvinity DAO opens vote on treasury participation in Menese SNS launch

Dvinity DAO has opened Proposal 19, giving its stakers the opportunity to vote on whether treasury ICP should be used to participate in the...

AI data centre growth faces US power shortfall

The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence infrastructure in the United States is facing a growing electricity challenge, with data centre power requirements expected to...

GPT-6 Sol comes to Caffeine for faster app building

Caffeine has added OpenAI’s GPT-6 Sol to its lineup of AI models for app development, giving users another option for longer development sessions where...
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Software Sector Faces $40 Billion Debt Crunch by 2028

Roughly $40 billion in debt tied to software and services companies is scheduled to mature in 2028, marking the largest single-year concentration of repayments...
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ICP Signals Growth with Rising Canisters, Developer Activity

While much of the crypto market continues to trade in a cautious mood, activity around Internet Computer (ICP) has been moving in a very...
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Tutor booking app built in minutes using Caffeine AI

A short demonstration circulating online is drawing attention to how quickly software can now be built using conversational artificial intelligence tools. The example shows...
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What Rumi Protocol is building on the Internet Computer

Decentralised finance continues to expand across blockchain networks, with new projects exploring different approaches to lending, stablecoins and liquidity. One of the newer platforms...
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US ETF trading volume hits record pace as market activity accelerates

Activity in the United States exchange traded fund market has surged, with weekly trading volumes reaching $2.2 trillion last week, the second highest level...
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pic-js update introduces large WASM uploads and new testing tools

A new version of the development tool pic-js has been released, bringing several features aimed at improving how developers build and test applications on...