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.

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Tech

Bitcoin Infrastructure Firm Blockstream to Unveil Its Long-Awaited Mining Rig in 3Q of 2024

The company expects to raise more capital to fund its mining business.

Rendered image of Blockstream’s new ASIC Bitcoin miner (Blockstream)

Tech

Bitcoin Payments Firm Strike Moves Custody In-House After Ditching Third-Party Services

The move is a “culmination of over two years of effort,” according to Strike CEO and cofounder Jack Mallers.

Strike CEO Jack Mallers speaking at the Bitcoin 2023 conference in Miami Beach, Florida (Frederick Munawa)

Tech

Jack Dorsey-backed Nostr Creator Collaborates With Zebedee on New Social Media Layer

Zebedee users will be able to join a waitlist for alpha access to an updated version of the app, which will feature integration with decentralized social media protocol Nostr (an acronym for “notes and other stuff transmitted by relays”).

Jack Dorsey speaks at Consensus 2018. (CoinDesk)

Consensus Magazine

Crypto Needs to Be Private by Default, Some Consensus 2023 Guests Say

Participants at Consensus 2023 describe the tension between the need for privacy, transparency and regulation in crypto and DeFi in an excerpt from CoinDesk’s first-ever Consensus @ Consensus Report.

Muneeb Ali, CEO, Trust Machines, in conversation with CoinDesk reporter Frederick Munawa (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Tech

Lightning Data Analytics Firm Amboss Launches New ‘Liner’ Index for Bitcoin Yield

The company says the new index dubbed Lightning Network Rate (Liner) could be like Bitcoin’s version of the London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor), a global reference rate for loans. Liner complements Magma, the Lightning liquidity marketplace launched by Amboss last year.

The Lightning Network Rate (Liner) is pitched as a way of monitoring market demand for liquidity on the Bitcoin layer 2 network. (Jonathan Kitchen / Getty Images)

Tech

Solving Lightning’s ‘Inbound Liquidity’ Problem Is Focus of New Layer 2 Bitcoin Protocol, Ark

The new protocol’s 24-year-old creator says Lightning’s inbound liquidity requirement - requiring users to commit funds to the protocol even when they're just receiving payments – “doesn’t make any sense.”

Burak Keceli, creator of Ark. (Burak Keceli)

Tech

U.S. Presidential Candidate Ramaswamy Takes Potshot at DeSantis Bitcoin Remark

The largest cryptocurrency is suddenly a talking point in the 2024 race, after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis declared he would “protect the ability to do things like Bitcoin” during the launch of his campaign on Twitter on Wednesday.

Vivek Ramaswamy co-founded Strive Asset Management (Frederick Munawa)

Finance

Bitcoin Payments Firm Strike’s Headquarters to Stay in U.S., Despite New El Salvador Office

The company established a headquarters in El Salvador for its global entity as it expanded its app to more than 65 countries last week.

Strike CEO Jack Mallers announcing Strike’s El Salvador headquarters at Bitcoin 2023. (Frederick Munawa)

Tech

Crypto Miner Marathon Pledges $500K in Matching Funds to Brink for Bitcoin Development

Marathon CEO Fred Thiel tells CoinDesk in an interview that he wants to make sure development and maintenance of the open-source Bitcoin Core client software are "properly funded."

Fred Thiel at Bitcoin 2023. (Frederick Munawa)

Tech

Bitcoin Payments App Strike Expands to More Than 65 Countries From Three

Strike, led by Jack Mallers, currently operates in the U.S. and El Salvador. Now it's pushing into new markets in Africa, Latin America, Eastern Europe, Asia and the Caribbean – from Antigua and Barbuda to Vanuatu and Zambia.

Jack Mallers, founder and CEO of the Chicago-based bitcoin payment provider Strike, speaks Friday at the Bitcoin 2023 conference in Miami Beach. (Frederick Munawa)