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

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

Protocolo de Bitcoin avanza a pesar de que solo hay de 40 a 60 desarrolladores activos al mes

El informe fue redactado por la empresa de inversión enfocada en Bitcoin, New York Digital Investment Group.

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

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)

Policy

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)

Tech

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)

Tech

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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Tech

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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Tech

La red Lightning de Bitcoin podría tener una actualización de privacidad

Un nuevo estándar desarrollado por Blockstream ya funciona en la implementación Core Lightning de la empresa.

Soluciones como BOLT 12 podrían poner más privacidad en manos de los usuarios de la red Lightning. (Adrian Tudor/500px/Getty Images)

Tech

Bitcoin's Lightning Network Could Be Getting a Privacy Upgrade

One new standard being developed by Blockstream is already running on the company’s Core Lightning implementation.

Soluciones como BOLT 12 podrían poner más privacidad en manos de los usuarios de la red Lightning. (Adrian Tudor/500px/Getty Images)

Finance

Built With Bitcoin Foundation Opens Technology Center in Ghana

The structure was built by Ghanian workers compensated in bitcoin, on land donated by local communities.

Ghana national flag (Natanael Ginting/Getty Images)