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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Technologies

Wasabi Wallet Will Pay You to 'Crack' a Bitcoin Wallet

The challenge is part of a week-long educational game that has received support from 12 major partners, including Blockstream, Trezor, BTCPay and others.

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Finance

Crypto Recovery Specialist Asset Reality Raises $4.91M to Hire Engineers, Expand Ops

The irreversibility of cryptocurrency transactions presents a unique challenge for recovering stolen assets. The seed funding round was led by Framework Ventures and other investors.

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Technologies

Craig Wright’s Blacklist Resembles Bitcoin ‘Kill Switch’ Satoshi Never Followed Through On

The blacklist manager was unveiled in October and is part of Bitcoin SV’s digital asset recovery process.

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Finance

Heatbit Is the First Space Heater That Mines Bitcoin, Founder Says

The newfangled device looks like a high-end space heater but uses integrated circuitry to process bitcoin transactions.

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Technologies

Step Aside, Ethereum: Blockchain Project Stacks Wants to Bring Smart Contracts to Bitcoin

The project claims its Bitcoin sidechain can unlock “hundreds of billions of dollars” in DeFi on bitcoin.

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Finance

Bitcoin Protocol Development Steadily Progressing Despite Only 40-60 Monthly Active Developers: NYDIG

The report was written by Bitcoin-focused investment firm, New York Digital Investment Group

Gráfico de número de empleados y capitalización de mercado de bitcoin vs gigantes fintech. (CoinDesk)

Juridique

Craig Wright Signals He's Given Up Convincing Courts He Invented Bitcoin

On Wednesday, the infamous Australian computer scientist tweeted, “I have been too angry for too long, as I cared for external validation. That ends.”

Craig Wright at CoinGeek Conference New York (Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for CoinGeek)

Technologies

Built on Bitcoin in 2022: Top Bitcoin Newsletter Publishes Its Year-End Review

A deliberately measured progression in development with at least three major themes are the conclusions of the Bitcoin Operations Technology Group.

Bitcoin continued to build in 2022. (Greg Pease/Getty Images)

Technologies

Machankura’s Bitcoin Wallet Targets Africans With Old-School Phones and No Internet

The service lets users in nine African countries tap into the Bitcoin Lightning network using basic feature phones. “Anyone who's interested in using bitcoin and living on bitcoin should be able to do so easily,” founder Kgothatso Ngako said.

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Technologies

Bitcoin Development Company Layer 2 Labs Raises $3M to Bring Drivechains to Network

The round, which was funded by angel investors, will provide capital for the company to implement innovative sidechain systems on the Bitcoin network.

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