Peter Siu

Peter Siu

iGaming.org Editor/Team Leader
Peter is a former poker-pro, turned crypto enthusiast with 8+ years’ experience in operational roles dealing with all online gaming verticals within large iGaming companies, including Flutter and Entain. Now an expert in the field of Sports Betting, Casino, iGaming, and Poker, he is our team leader and editor. When not working, Peter can be found in the gym or playing sports like football, tennis and more recently padel.

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  • iGaming
  • Casino

Peter's latest articles

Bitcoin Still an Early Adoption Technology like Amazon, Anthony Scaramucci Says

Bitcoin (BTC) is showing clear resemblance to Amazon’s stock price (AMZN) in its early days, SkyBridge Capital founder and former White House advisor Anthony Scaramucci says Speaking with CNBC on January 25, Scaramucci compared the top cryptocurrency’s price volatility to that of AMZN while pointing to its realized long-term profitability..
4 years ago

IMF Not Happy With El Salvador’s Roadmap to Financial Freedom

The International Monetary Fund is putting up some resistance as more nations across the globe are reportedly becoming interested in Bitcoin (BTC) Four months since El Salvador’s #BitcoinDay, the IMF is now recommending that the country will revert its decision that made Bitcoin legal tender in the country In a report issued on Tuesday..
4 years ago

Bitcoin Destined to Break $1Million by 2030 Says Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest

Cathie Wood’s ARK Investment Management has released its “Big Ideas 2022” report on Tuesday where it predicts that Bitcoin can possibly break the $1 million price per coin by 2030 Stating that the top cryptocurrency’s global usage is still its early days, ARK analyst Yassine Elmandjra noted: According to ARK’s research, Bitcoin’s..
4 years ago

Macro Guru Raoul Pal Not Sure if Crypto Market Slump is Over

In a recent episode on his Real Vision YouTube channel titled 'It's the End of the Pandemic Rally As We Knew It', Macro Guru Raoul Pal is contributing the recent crypto market slump to various macroeconomic factors and is all but sure that the downward trend is over “My view is that markets continue to be volatile for a bit There’s some..
4 years ago

Goldman Sachs Considers the Metaverse a Possible $12 Trillion Market

After Bank of America recently reported on the massive potential of the Metaverse and Grayscale investments considering it a $1 trillion opportunity, global investment bank Goldman Sachs is saying that the Metaverse could be worth as much as $12 trillion In a recent episode of “Exchanges at Goldman Sachs”, titled “Understanding the..
4 years ago

Rich Dad Poor Dad’s Robert Kiyosaki Says “Time to Get Richer is Coming”

Robert Kiyosaki, of whom we often report here at iGamingorg, shared a couple of Tweets on Sunday related to the price of Bitcoin and also revealed his ‘buying strategy’ The best-selling author of Rich Dad Poor Dad considers a possible $20,000 price a good opportunity to buy more Bitcoin That is still a long way to go, with the price now..
4 years ago

Grayscale Adds 25 New Assets on its Investment Vehicle Shortlist

New York-based Grayscale Investments, responsible for the Grayscale DeFi Fund and Grayscale Digital Large Cap Fund, has added 25 new digital assets to a list it keeps of potential investments The company shared the news in a company blog post on Monday, the selected assets include tokens for a number of high-profile DeFi and metaverse..
4 years ago

South Korea Launching Second Phase of CBDC Trials

According to a report published today, The Bank of Korea has concluded the first phase of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) simulation project in December 2021 During the initial test phase, basic functions of a CBDC including manufacturing, issuing and distribution in a simulation environment, were analyzed The bank is pleased and states..
4 years ago

Pantera Capital Bullish on Ethereum Competitors Solana and NEAR in 2022

American hedge fund, Pantera Capital, specialized in digital assets, is bullish on Ethereum (ETH) rivals like Solana (SOL) and Near in 2022 Pantera, founded in 2003 and the first fund in the United States to offer a Bitcoin fund in 2013, tells its clients in its latest letter to investors that Ethereum can expect rival smart contract platforms..
4 years ago

Switzerland’s Largest Bank Expects Crypto Winter That Could Last Years

UBS, the largest bank of Switzerland’s has warned about a crypto winter where prices crash and may not recover for years In a note to clients, bank analysts, headed by James Malcolm, come with multiple reasons why cryptocurrency might fade in the eye of investors this year The UBS analysts first warn that the Federal Reserve’s interest..
4 years ago

Biden Admin Drafting a U.S. Government Wide Crypto Strategy

A government-wide strategy on digital assets is reportedly being drafted by the Biden administration The strategy, which will include cryptocurrencies, is created in the form of an executive order, according to Bloomberg on Friday The publication revealed that senior Biden administrators have already held multiple meetings on the plan The..
4 years ago

Huobi Announces $100 Million Lunar New Year Campaign to Support Metaverse Projects

Huobi Global, one of the world’s leading digital asset exchanges, today announced the official launch of its Lunar New Year campaign, called Prime Fest: Tiger Year Up until February 14, 2022, this campaign encourages users to explore future possibilities in the metaverse, an expansive network of virtual worlds that may incorporate augmented..
4 years ago

Multiple YouTube Crypto Channels Victimized By Hack

Multiple popular YouTube crypto channels became the target of a hacking attack on Sunday January 23 Hackers were able to gain access to the account and posted unauthorized videos with instructions for viewers to send money to a crypto wallet address Some of the YouTube channels that were targeted include: ‘Boxmining’, ‘BitBoy Crypto’,..
4 years ago

NBA Top Shots “Moments” Surging as Dapper Labs Announces UFC Strike NFT Drop

Although the crypto markets had a horrific week, non-fungible tokens are doing better than ever Top NFT marketplace, OpenSea, managed to break its monthly sales record already halfway through the month with $35 billion in Sales last week NBA Top Shot, Dapper Labs project on the Flow blockchain, presenting licensed NBA “moments”, did..
4 years ago

Serena Williams Joins NFT Fantasy Football Platform Sorare As Board Advisor

Ethereum-based, fantasy football and NFT platform, Sorare announced that 23 times Grand Slam winning tennis player Serena Williams joined the company as a board advisor In her new role, Williams will be advising the NFT-platform in its expansion across new sports and diversity..
4 years ago

Philippines’ Unionbank to Offer Crypto Trading and Custodial Services

One of the largest banks in the Philippines with $15 billion in assets under management, Unionbank, is starting a cryptocurrency trading and custodial services, Bloomberg reported on Thursday Also being one of the first financial institution in the country to adopt cryptocurrency Cathy Casas, Head of the bank’s Blockchain Group, said that an..
4 years ago

UK Gambling Commission Fines Two Online Casinos with £1.7 Million

The UK Gambling Commission has announced it fined two online casinos will for a total of £13 million ($17 million) for failure to meet social responsibility regulations Rank Digital Gaming (Alderney) Limited, with brands bellacasinocom, grosvenorcasinocom, meccabingocom and meccagamescom, received a penalty of £700,557..
4 years ago

EU Regulator “Misunderstands” Proof-of-Work Mining Used by Bitcoin

The vice chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), Erik Thedéen, is reportedly calling for a ban on proof-of-work crypto mining activities due to the industry's perceived high energy demands Speaking with the Financial Times, Thedéen, who is also the acting director general of Sweden's financial services regulator..
4 years ago

Elon Musk Slams Twitter’s New NFT Verification Feature

‘Dogefather’, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk, has slammed Twitter for its latest move integrating non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the platform for profile verification In a Tweet, Musk is calling the innovation "annoying," saying that Twitter is wasting engineering resources "on this bs while crypto scammers are throwing a spambot block..
4 years ago

Binance Enhances User Protection With Security Audit Program ‘Project Shield’

Binance, the world's leading blockchain ecosystem, announced a new layer of user protection with the implementation of 'Project Shield' BEP-20 and ERC-20 based projects listed on the Binance centralized exchange are audited in Project Shield Fees for audits are covered by Binance and this is the first time that a crypto exchange applied this kind..
4 years ago
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