Fireside Chats

Learn about Crypto for success

With Frederick Munawa, Senior News Writer @ Bitcoin.com

Posted on 3/13/2025

JT, Verse Community Member

Our latest fireside chat featured a special guest, Frederick Munawa, who shared his crypto journey, hopes and dreams for crypto, and valuable tips for newcomers. This discussion was packed with insights, and we’re excited to share the highlights with you! If you missed the call, don’t worry—this blog post summarizes the key moments in the call so you can dive into the conversation.

Key Moments

Here’s a quick overview of what you’ll find in this call:

Frederick’s origin story in Crypto
1. 2013-2016: Hearing about it from others (Forums, CEO of Royal Bank of Cananda) and studying about Bitcoin.
2. Diving in and buying Bitcoin in 2017. Part of the space ever since!
3. Regret: not buying more crypto at the time, selling too early.
Hopes and dreams for Crypto:
1. Make the big ideas and promises come true eg. Banking the unbanked, global remittance
2. Mass crypto adoption
Tips for new users in crypto:
1. Start studying crypto in this order to have a gentle introduction to crypto:
  1. Bitcoin: Whitepaper, Mastering Bitcoin, Bitcoin Standard
  2. Ethereum (Smart contracts)
  3. Then the rest of the chains eg. Cosmos, Avalanche
2. Do your own research, invest in what you know
3. Dollar Cost Averaging (DCA) is a simple way to get Bitcoin and other cryptos that you're interested in holding
4. Not your keys, not your coin: Learn about self-custody and how to stay safe in crypto.

Books mentioned on the call:

Mastering Bitcoin by Andreas M. Antonopoulos https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Bitcoin-Programming-Open-Blockchain/dp/1491954388
The Bitcoin Standard by Saifedean Ammous https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Standard-Decentralized-Alternative-Central/dp/1119473861

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"Not your keys, not your coin: Learn about self-custody and how to stay safe in crypto."

Frederick Munawa

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