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

PKT Pal Expands Its Crypto-Powered Wi-Fi Device Lineup With Launch of 'Mini'

Customers were able to deposit $99 to reserve the $499 device starting yesterday.

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Tech

Strike Expands Lightning Network-Powered Remittances to Philippines

The Philippines is one of the world’s largest remittance markets, at $35 billion, and Strike says it will use its service, powered by the Bitcoin blockchain's Lightning Network, to make the international payments faster and cheaper than available in the traditional financial system.

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Tech

Bitcoin Community Erupts in Existential Debate Over NFT Project Ordinals

Some are calling the new protocol, which stores NFTs on Bitcoin, an attack on the blockchain's original mission to conduct financial transactions. Others say the new use case should be embraced alongside other demands for block space.

Bitcoin community members are of two minds on bringing NFTs to the blockchain. (PM Images/Getty Images)

Policy

Jailed Kickboxer Andrew Tate Promoted Bitcoin for Tax Avoidance in Video

The video of Andrew Tate, who was 2022's eighth-most Googled person, was published by popular YouTube personality and criminal lawyer Bruce Rivers earlier this month. But the strategy Tate touted for bitcoin tax avoidance would likely run afoul of the law in many jurisdictions.

Andrew Tate (L) and Tristan Tate leave the Bucharest Court of Appeal after the hearing on their appeal to the decision of arrest for 30 days, on Jan. 10, 2023. (Andreea Campeanu/Getty Images)

Policy

Crypto Custodian Prime Trust to Cease Operations in Texas at End of January

The firm withdrew its Texas Money Transmitter License application but says it intends to reapply "swiftly."

Prime Trust Consensus Booth (Prime Trust)

Tech

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.

(DALL-E/CoinDesk)

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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Tech

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

Cómo es Heatbit, el primer calentador que mina bitcoin

El novedoso dispositivo parece un calentador de alta gama, pero utiliza un circuito integrado que procesa transacciones de bitcoin.

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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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