Frederick Munawa

Frederick Munawa was a Technology Reporter for Coindesk. He covered blockchain protocols with a specific focus on bitcoin and bitcoin-adjacent networks.

Prior to his work in the blockchain space, he worked at the Royal Bank of Canada, Fidelity Investments, and several other global financial institutions. He has a background in Finance and Law, with an emphasis on technology, investments, and securities regulation.

Frederick owns units of the CI Bitcoin ETF fund above Coindesk’s $1,000 disclosure threshold.

Frederick Munawa

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Tecnologia

‘Hyperbitcoinization’ Is a Few Years Away, Predicts Samson Mow

The CEO of technology startup Jan3 explains why Bitcoin might become the world's preferred monetary system as early as 2030.

Samson Mow, CEO de JAN3. (CoinDesk)

Tecnologia

Rogue Actor Disrupts Lightning Network With a Single Transaction

The individual exploited a Bitcoin block parsing bug that had a downstream effect on certain Lightning nodes.

Man staring out window at lightning storm (Grant Faint/Getty Images)

Tecnologia

Bitcoin Software Company Synonym Launches Bitkit, a Bitcon Wallet Powered by Slashtags Protocol

The firm claims Slashtags will enable web portability and “passwordless” authentication.

Synonym's Bitkit wallet unveiled at Lugano's Plan B Forum (Stephen Alpher/CoinDesk)

Tecnologia

Brink Emerges as the Top Funder of Bitcoin Core Development, BitMex Research Says

The nonprofit has funded the highest number of active Bitcoin Core developers and reviewers.

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Tecnologia

Kollider Raises $2.4M to Build ‘Lightning-Native’ Financial Products

The bitcoin derivatives exchange already has bitcoin-backed synthetic stablecoins and a Lightning-enabled bitcoin wallet in the pipeline.

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Tecnologia

'Hyperbitcoinization' Is Coming to an Emerging Market Near You, Paxful's Ray Youssef Says

The CEO and co-founder of the peer-to-peer bitcoin exchange that's popular in Africa explains why the Global South will lead the Bitcoin revolution.

Ray Youssef, CEO y cofundador de Paxful. (Christie Harkin/CoinDesk)

Tecnologia

Bitcoin Gaming and Payments Company ZEBEDEE Launches New Open Source Bitcoin Initiative

The initiative has already cranked out four Lightning-related projects on GitHub.

André Neves, co-founder of Vinteum and ZEBEDEE, presents at TABConf 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. (George Kaloudis/CoinDesk)

Layer 2

Smart Contract Platforms: Past, Present and Future

A brief overview of smart contract platform use cases and the potential for investment.

The Merge went smoothly and ETH held steady. (CoinDesk)

Finanças

South African Non-Profit Bitcoin Ekasi Opens Education Center

The center will educate residents of Mossel Bay on bitcoin, finance and other subjects.

The new Bitcoin Ekasi Center has launched in South Africa. (Bitcoin Ekasi)

Tecnologia

Crypto and Payments Firm MobileCoin Launches Stablecoin – ‘Electronic Dollars’

The company says eUSD will be “the first data-protecting stablecoin.”

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