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

Zebedee Debuts Global Payment Service Powered by Bitcoin’s Lightning Network

The service is currently available in the U.S., U.K., EU, Brazil and the Philippines, but Zebedee plans on expanding the service to accommodate “all countries and currencies across the world.”

(Yulia Reznikov/Getty Images)

Tech

Newly Formed ZeroSync Association Brings Zero-Knowledge Proofs to Bitcoin

The association has received sponsorship from crypto investment firm Geometry Research and StarkWare Industries, the software company behind layer 2 Ethereum zero-knowledge rollup scaling system StarkNet.

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Tech

Privacy-Focused Wasabi Wallet Reinstates ‘Coin Control’ Feature in Latest Software Upgrade

The feature was reinstated after advanced users complained about the constraints of Wasabi’s automated version of coin control, called “privacy control,” introduced in a previous upgrade.

(Flavio Coelho/Getty Images)

Finance

Bitcoin and Stablecoins Will Bring Crypto Mass Adoption to Africa, Experts Say

The sentiment permeated talks and fireside chats at the 2023 Blockchain Africa Conference in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Conferencia Blockchain Africa, realizada en Sudáfrica. (Bitcoin Events Pty Ltd)

Finance

Lightning Labs’ Taro Project Faces Halt as Judge Issues Temporary Injunction for Trademark Infringement

The decision in the case brought by fellow blockchain software developer Tari Labs raises questions about trademark enforcement in the open source community.

Taro (Getty Images)

Finance

Signature Bank’s Signet Platform Still Works, but Some Clients Have Moved On

The real-time payments platform, popular with crypto businesses, will continue to be offered under the newly established Signature Bridge Bank entity, a source told CoinDesk.

(Cyle De Guzman/Unsplash)

Tech

Reviewing Code Is Mind-Numbing: Q&A With Bitcoin Maintainer Andrew Chow

He stumbled upon Bitcoin in high school while looking for ways to pay for his favorite video games. He now reviews and improves Bitcoin’s code for a living. Sometimes it's boring and mind-numbing but he does it anyway. Somebody has to.

Andrew Chow (Advancing Bitcoin 2020)

Tech

Jack Dorsey's Block Launches Service Provider to Make Lightning More Reliable

The new entity dubbed “c=” aims to improve liquidity and routing on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network. The name references the speed of light in Einstein's famous equation E=MC2.

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Tech

Proposed Bitcoin Vault Feature Could Thwart Malicious Hackers

The feature is still in draft form and would require a soft fork in order to be adopted into Bitcoin Core.

(DALL-E/CoinDesk)

Consensus Magazine

Bitcoin’s Future Hinges on Donations, and That’s Got People Worried

It costs up to $200 million a year to keep Bitcoin’s code maintained and functioning. Can developers find the resources they need in a plunging market? Frederick Munawa checks in.

(Rachel Sun/ CoinDesk)