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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Технології

Jack Dorsey-backed TBD Launches New Web5 Toolkit to Decentralize the Internet

The official announcement was made Thursday at the Bitcoin 2023 conference in Miami Beach, Florida.

The TBD announcement was made at the Bitcoin 2023 conference in Miami. (Frederick Munawa)

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Attendance at World's Largest Bitcoin Conference Down by Half as 'Crypto Winter' Drags On

Roughly 15,000 attendees are expected at the Bitcoin 2023 event, versus 35,000 last year – likely a result of the downturn known as “crypto winter.” Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the U.S. presidential candidate, is among scheduled speakers.

Scene from Bitcoin 2023 in Miami. (Frederick Munawa)

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Lightning Labs Releases 'Better' Version of Token Minting on Bitcoin After BRC-20s Clog System

The project formerly known as "Taro" has been rebranded "Taproot Assets" after Lightning Labs was hit with a trademark infringement lawsuit. The new offering, now on a testnet, comes with a "core set of features to bitcoinize the dollar," according to the firm.

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Bitcoin Rewards Company Fold Expands to El Salvador, Brushing Off Jump in On-chain Fees

The firm says El Salvador will serve as its base for operations in Latin America.

El Salvador (Esaú González, Unsplash)

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Among Bitcoin Developers, Debate Is Raging Over Whether to Censor Ordinals BRC-20s

Despite calls for censorship, many developers agree that maintaining the status quo is the right thing to do for now.

Debate has ensued over the proliferation of BRC-20 tokens on the Bitcoin blockchain. (Кусмарцева Дарья / Getty Images)

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Bitcoin’s ‘BRC-20’ Explosion Sends Users Scrambling for Options, Including Lightning

The effects of the BRC-20 mints range from halting of bitcoin withdrawals on Binance to frustration with the sudden high costs of making bitcoin payments in places like Africa and South America.

The explosion of BRC-20 tokens has put Bitcoin to the test. (Jose A. Bernat Bacete/Getty Images)

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Blockstream Developer Neigut Expects ‘Cambrian Explosion’ of Bitcoin Layer 2 Protocols

Bitcoin already has one of the most diverse layer 2 ecosystems of any network, but coming technology upgrades could lead to an acceleration in the blockchain's development, according to Blockstream's Lisa Neigut.

Blockstream's Lisa Neigut speaks at Consensus 2023 in Austin, Texas. (CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Use Cases Are Seeing ‘Explosive Growth,' Trust Machines Says

"Bitcoin is fun again because there's a place to build again," said Muneeb Ali, CEO of Trust Machines and co-founder of Stacks, on StageX at Consensus 2023.

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

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Zcash’s Latest Software Release Goes Live

Version 5.5.0 is part of an effort to “deliver a solid and reliable user experience.”

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Trezor Model T Gets Bitcoin Privacy Upgrade With New CoinJoin Feature

CoinJoin will increase privacy by combining multiple bitcoin payments from multiple spenders to produce a single transaction whose history and ownership are obfuscated.

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