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Frederick Munawa

Frederick Munawa

Frederick Munawa is a Technology Reporter for Coindesk. He covers 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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As Bitcoin Platform Paxful Closes, Co-Founder Youssef Talks Up Alternatives
A whitepaper for Civilization Kit a decentralized bitcoin peer to peer marketplace that also allows users to build their own decentralized marketplaces will be published in one or two weeks says Paxful co founder Ray Youssef In the meantime he endorses Noones which describes itself as a Bitcoin peer to peer super app for the [...]
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By Frederick Munawa
Apr 5, 2023 at 4:12 a.m. UTC
Apr 5, 2023
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ZeroSync and Blockstream to Broadcast Bitcoin Zero-Knowledge Proofs From Space
The partners say using zero-knowledge proofs will allow Bitcoin nodes to sync quickly from anywhere on earth, “even without Internet.”
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By Frederick Munawa
Mar 31, 2023 at 10:39 p.m. UTC
Mar 31, 2023
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Planners of Bitcoin Conference in Atlanta Move to Open Source Their Agenda
The conference has been running since 2018 but topics and speakers for this year's TABConf event will be chosen partly based on proposals from the general public via GitHub.
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By Frederick Munawa
Mar 31, 2023 at 4:04 p.m. UTC
Mar 31, 2023
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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.”
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By Frederick Munawa
Mar 28, 2023 at 7:56 p.m. UTC
Mar 28, 2023
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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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By Frederick Munawa
Mar 28, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. UTC
Mar 28, 2023
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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.
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By Frederick Munawa
Mar 21, 2023 at 3:12 p.m. UTC
Mar 21, 2023
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Bitcoin y las stablecoins lograrán la adopción masiva de cripto en África, según los expertos
El sentimiento desbordó las charlas y conversaciones en la Blockchain Africa Conference en Johannesburgo, Sudáfrica.
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By Frederick Munawa
Mar 20, 2023 at 7:36 p.m. UTC
Mar 20, 2023
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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.
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By Frederick Munawa
Mar 20, 2023 at 8:50 a.m. UTC
Mar 20, 2023
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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.
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By Frederick Munawa
Mar 16, 2023 at 10:16 p.m. UTC
Mar 16, 2023
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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.
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By Frederick Munawa
Mar 14, 2023 at 4:01 a.m. UTC
Mar 14, 2023
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