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

El Salvador Preparing Legal Framework for Bitcoin Bonds

Alejandro Zelaya, El Salvador’s finance minister, said on Tuesday that his government will introduce 20 bills to Congress to secure a legal framework for the country’s soon-to-be-released Bitcoin bonds Covering the financial markets and investment in securities, the legislation will provide a legal foundation to market regulation and..
4 years ago

Crypto Could Become a $250 Trillion Market by 2030, Raoul Pal Says

Real Vision CEO and macro–Guru Raoul Pal said in a recent interview that the total market cap of cryptocurrencies has the potential to increase 100X before 2030 Pal, a formed Goldman Sachs executive who dabbled into cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, appeared on the Bankless Brasil podcast, where he told Odair Faleko that “there..
4 years ago

A Complete Crypto Ban Is Difficult to Implement, Indian Government Offical Says

In an interview with PTI on Sunday, member of India’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), Ashima Goyal, discussed cryptocurrency and the anxiety surrounding India’s upcoming crypto legislation The MPC is tasked with determining the policy interest rate needed to assure the inflation target Having served on several government committees,..
4 years ago

NFT Fantasy Football Platform Sorare Reveals 2022 Plans

After a stellar year for fantasy football and NFT trading platform Sorare, where it displayed a 4000% growth in trading volume, Brian O’Hagan, Sorare’s Growth Lead, took to Twitter and made predictions for the new year Currently holding offices in Paris and New York, after recently opening an office in the Big Apple, O’Hagan is expecting..
4 years ago

Coin Bureau predicts Bear Market When Crypto Hype Subdues

Popular YouTube crypto channel Coin Bureau is also chipping on forecasts for the new year and is anticipating a possible end to the crypto bull run in 2022 Discussing the scenario for a bear market this year, the host analyst, also called Guy, told his almost 2 million people audience on January 2 that there are a couple of key factors that..
4 years ago

NFT Platform OpenSea Valued at $13.3B After $300M Investment Round

NFT Marketplace OpenSea said on Tuesday night that after the latest Series C funding round, investors value the company at $133 billion The round was led by Paradigm and Coatue and puts OpenSea in the top league of private firms in crypto In July of 2021, the startup received ‘only’ a valuation of $15 billion after a $100 million Series B..
4 years ago

Goldman Sachs: Bitcoin Can Take a Good Bite Out of Gold in Next Years

Bitcoin can potentially take a good chunk off gold’s market share over time as a “byproduct” of increased adoption, Goldman Sachs’ head of foreign exchange strategy Zach Pandl said in a note to clients on Tuesday: “Hypothetically, if Bitcoin’s share of the ‘store of value’ market were to rise to 50% over the next five years..
4 years ago

Canaan Expands in Kazakhstan With Over 10,000 Mining Machines

Chinese crypto mining rig maker Canaan has further strenghtened its presence in central Asian country, Kazakhstan The firm announced on Tuesday that it has agreed to multiple strategic partnerships with mining firms in Kazakhstan As a result, by December 31, 10,300 Canaan built AvalonMiners were operating in the country Towards the end of..
4 years ago

Chinese ‘e-CNY’ Wallet now available in Android and Apple App Stores

Gearing up for a full scale launch, China’s central bank has now released its digital yuan wallet application, the “e-CNY” app in the Chinese Android and Apple app stores on Tuesday Chinese blockchain news magazine, BlockBeats, revealed on Twitter that more individual users in China are able to download an earlier version of the..
4 years ago

Estonia Denies Rumors, No Plans to Ban Crypto

Estonia’s Ministry of Finance said in a statement that the country’s draft legislation for virtual asset service providers (VASPs) will not be banning customers from owning or trading crypto The statement released on Sunday came after recent rumors that the proposed bill would ban decentralized finance (DeFi) and non-custodial..
4 years ago

Jamaica to Roll Out its CBDC After Successful 8-Month Trial

The Jamaican central bank, Bank of Jamaica (BOJ), announced that it has successfully completed the trial of its central bank digital currency (CBDC) After an undisclosed initial delay, the Bank of Jamaica announced the successful completion of its central bank digital currency (CBDC) trial The pilot took place for a period of eight months..
4 years ago

Happy 13th Birthday Bitcoin!

Today January 3, Bitcoin has officially reached it adolescent years as it celebrates its 13th anniversary since 13 years ago, Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator, mined the Genesis Block, or also known as block 0 Since then, 716995 more blocks were mined on the Bitcoin blockchain, 1 roughly every 10 minutes Embedded in the first..
4 years ago

Samsung Markets TV Sets with NFT Trading Capabilities

2022 will have Samsung Electronics bringing three TV models to the market that will enable NFT trading on screen, the company announced on its website on Monday In their mission for the year to “bring the vision of ‘Screens Everywhere, Screens for All’ closer to reality” Samsung is releasing its new models The television sets will..
4 years ago

Bitcoin Bottom Reached And On Its Way Up, According to Analyst

Crypto analyst Benjamin Cowen is taking another look on the Bitcoin market in his latest YouTube video called “Bitcoin: Through the Eyes of the Stock Market” By steering away from the usual Bitcoin-USD pricing analysis, Cowen reveals that Bitcoin might have already reached its bottom and is on its way up "There is a whole slew of other assets..
4 years ago

Turkey Buying Up Gold From its Citizens to Protect the Turkish Lira

Amidst serious devaluation of its national currency, the Turkish Lira, Turkey’s central bank has announced the launch of an incentive scheme to pursue Turkish residents to convert their gold deposits and participation funds into lira time deposit accounts The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (TCMB) released a statement where it..
4 years ago

UPenn Professor Says Bitcoin is Gold for Millenials

Jeremy Siegel, a finance professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania said on Friday that Bitcoin has become the new gold for millennials He made the statement appearing on CNBC's Squawk Box where he also warned for inflation and ongoing interest hikes by the US Federal Reserve The Russell E Palmer Professor Emeritus of..
4 years ago

Nayib Bukele Predicts: Two More Countries to Make Bitcoin Legal Tender in 2022

Nayib Bukele, El Salvador’s Bitcoin president has tweeted his predictions for Bitcoin in 2022 on New Year’s Day Following an historical year for his country, here is what he had to say: https://twittercom/nayibbukele/status/1477464599612076038 Probably the most eye-catching forecast Bukele made is that “two more countries will make..
4 years ago

Mexico Announces the Launch of a Digital Peso by 2024

Mexico’s central bank will soon be issuing its own digital currency A statement in Spanish made by the official account of the presidency of Mexico on Twitter reported of the government’s plans The announcement informed that the digital peso should be ready towards 2024 and further stressed the importance of this technological development..
4 years ago

GIbraltar Could Become a Crypto Haven After Stock Exchange Acquisition Offer

Gibraltar’s stock exchange has received an acquisition offer from a blockchain firm called Valereum Should the offer be accepted, the Gibraltar Stock Exchange could become the first bourse where cryptocurrencies and stocks can be traded alongside and the country which still falls under British territory could become a crypto haven While..
4 years ago

Rapper Eminem Buys the Bored Ape Yacht Club “EminApe” NFT

Oscar and multiple Grammy Award winning rap musician, Eminem just joined the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), after buying one of the non fungible token (NFT) apes Thursday on NFT marketplace, OpenSea platform After spending, 12345 Ethereum, a little over $450,000, Eminem quickly put his new 'apework' up as his Twitter profile picture Eminem’s..
4 years ago
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