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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Binance Develops New Crypto Exchange in Indonesia

Leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance has agreed to a partnership with PT Telkom Indonesia’s venture capital arm, MDI Ventures, to start a new crypto exchange platform in the country The technology investment firm holds a global portfolio of over $830 million A joint announcement on Wednesday revealed the partners’ excitement to broaden..
4 years ago

Crypto Services Company NYDIG Valued at $7B in Record-Breaking $1B Funding Round

In a Tuesday press release, NYDIG said it has raised a whopping $1 billion in growth capital which has led to a company valuation of over $7 billion The funding round was led by WestCap and joined by Bessemer Venture Partners, FinTech Collective and existing investors Affirm, FIS, Fiserv, MassMutual, Morgan Stanley and New York..
4 years ago

Macro Guru Raoul Pal Explains the Absence of a Year-End Bull Run

So what is the reason that crypto markets did not go through the roof in the second half of 2021 Former Goldman Sachs Executive Raoul Pal sat with Maggie Lake in a new interview on his Real Vision YouTube channel According to Pal, the relative setback was largely due to retail traders not having enough cash on hand and therefore the expected..
4 years ago

Nike Acquires NFT Next Gen Fashion and Collectibles RTFKT Studios

Multinational footwear giant Nike has just lunged into the metaverse after it acquired NFT collectibles and next gen fashion startup RTFKT Studios The takeover announcement was made on Friday by RTFKT on Twitter and seems to be timed just right https://twittercom/RTFKTstudios/status/1470502799498792963 With terms of the terms not..
4 years ago

Tesla Accepts DOGE for Payments as Musk is Named Time’s 2021 Person of the Year

Being named Time’s 2021 Person of the Year, Tesla CEO Elon Musk continued promoting Dogecoin (DOGE) in an interview with the magazine The ‘Dogefather’ opined that Bitcoin (BTC) is not an optimal means for everyday payments and said to prefer the meme crypto In addition, just moments ago he revealed that Tesla is accepting DOGE for..
4 years ago

A Refreshed Crypto Bull Market in 2022, Bloomberg Reports

Bloomberg Intelligence Analyst Mike McGlone has shared his crypto outlook for 2022 in his firm’s latest crypto report McGlone is confident that Bitcoin is on an upward trajectory, “incentivized by China’s ban and the proliferation of revolutionary technologies such as crypto dollars and non-fungible tokens (NFTs)” He said: “We..
4 years ago

Tezos Exchange-Traded Crypto Product Makes It To Deutsche Börse

Digital asset manager ETC Group is introducing an institutional-grade Tezos exchange-traded exchange-traded product (ETP) on Deutsche Börse XETRA under the ticker symbol EXTZ With EXTZ, the native token of the Tezos blockchain, XTZ will find its way to investors across 16 European Union countries amidst increasing institutional demand for..
4 years ago

Bitcoin Celebrates Milestone of 90% Total Supply Mined

Another milestone for Bitcoin as on Monday 90% of all Bitcoins had been mined according to data from blockchain tracker Blockchaincom This means out of the maximum of 21 million, 1889 million Bitcoins have been on the market since twelve years ago when the first coins were mined on January 9,2009 Bitcoin’s remaining supply is not expected to..
4 years ago

Large UAE Wealth Fund to Invest in Crypto Ecosystem

One of United Arab Emirates’ largest sovereign wealth funds, Mubadala Investment Company is considering investing in the ‘crypto ecosystem' Speaking with CNBC Middle East, CEO and Managing Director of the asset manager, Khaldoon Al Mubarak, said crypto’s potential is huge Al Mubarak said: “I think it’s (crypto) is real, this is a..
4 years ago

Reddit Making a Mark On the Future of Online Communities

Popular online forum Reddit is bound to make an impact on the future of online communities The social platform is launching an Ethereum-based Community Points program and just rolled out a waitlist for users and moderators to join According to the announcement, the program gives members of eligible subreddits the chance to earn reputation..
4 years ago

Coinbase Launches DeFi Yield Earning Service

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has announced that it is lowering barriers for people to get into decentralized finance (DeFi) The Nasdaq listed firm will start giving its customers from over 70 countries access to earning yield on the stablecoin DAI The announcement detailed: “Today we’re introducing a new way for Coinbase’s..
4 years ago

South Africa to Propose a Crypto Regulatory Framework in Early 2022

South Africa’s rollout of a crypto framework next year will be aimed at mitigating any potential risks, Unathi Kamlana, the commissioner of South Africa’s Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) said The FSCA will present a regulatory framework in the beginning of 2022 intended to protect investors from “potentially highly risky”..
4 years ago

Ledger Rolls Out Crypto Debit Card in Europe with the U.S. to Follow

Ledger, manufacturer of one of the safest hardware wallets out there, has announced the introduction of a crypto debit card called the Crypto Life card Per the press release, more than 50 million retailers and online stores will be accepting cryptocurrency payments with Ledger’s card Fintech business Baanx handles program management and..
4 years ago

MicroStrategy Buys More Bitcoin and Holds $6 Billion Worth

Only two weeks after its last Bitcoin (BTC) purchase, software intelligence firm MicroStrategy bought more Bitcoins As announced by its CEO Michael Saylor on Thursday, the firm added 1,434 coins to the books, with the total holdings now growing to 122,478 BTC https://twittercom/saylor/status/1468930815421820932 MicroStrategy’s previous..
4 years ago

Florida’s Ron DeSantis Backs Miami Mayor And Bitcoin

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is reportedly moving forward to support Bitcoin adoption in his state With proposed projects, the governor is sending a clear signal and backs Miami Mayor Francis Suarez with the needed state-level support According to a Bloomberg publication, DeSantis said: “Our view as the state government is this is something..
4 years ago

Crypto Monitoring and Forensics Firm Raises $60M from Visa, Citi, Block and Others

Crypto transaction monitoring and forensics platform TRM announced on Tuesday that it has raised $60 million from leading financial institutions in its Series B funding round The round was led by Tiger Global with participation from American Express’ Amex Ventures, Visa, Citi Ventures, DRW Venture Capital, Jump Capital, Marshall Wace, Block..
4 years ago

Blockchain Technology Is What Matters, Goldman Sachs CEO Says

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon, leading of one of the biggest banks in the world, has commented on the Bitcoin vs blockchain dilemma In an interview on CNBC’s Squawkbox on Tuesday, he said that the advancements in technology that blockchain and ledgers bring are the only thing that matter “My view on, on bitcoin for example is I really..
4 years ago

Gibraltar to Integrate Blockchain Technology into Public Services

The British Overseas Territory located on Spain's south coast, Gibraltar, announced a project to improve the delivery of its public services According to a press release on Tuesday, the headland dominated by the Rock of Gibraltar will start a trial of integrating blockchain technology into its legacy systems Building on the existing..
4 years ago

Australia Bound to Reform Crypto Payments Regulations

Australia’s government is set to initiate its biggest reform in payment systems in the last 25 years and this includes cryptocurrencies, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said on Wednesday In an interview with 7NEWS Australia Frydenberg said that he hopes that new regulations can “broaden the definition of services and products that can be..
4 years ago

Gemini Brings Crypto Trading to Colombian Bank in New Partnership

US-based crypto exchange Gemini announced further moving into South American by a new partnership with Colombia’s largest bank, Bancolombia The partnership will run as part of a year-long pilot program run by Colombia’s financial regulator, the Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia (SFC) and will take effect December 14 A limited..
4 years ago
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