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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Peter's latest articles

Crypto FOMO; Banks Must Get Involved, CEO of Commbank Says

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), the country’s largest bank, considers big risks associating by staying away from cryptocurrencies “We see risks in participating, but we see bigger risks in not participating,” he said The CBA, or Commbank, is an Australian multinational bank with businesses across New Zealand, Asia, the US, and the..
4 years ago

Canaan Delivers 2,000 ASIC Mining Rigs to Kazakhstan

The Chinese Crypto mining rig maker Canaan has sent 2,000 Avalon mining rigs to Kazakhstan, according to a press release on Monday Canaan’s overseas-registered entity in Kazakhstan will commence operations with more batches expected to arrive throughout the week, the press release said Following China’s crackdown on cryptocurrency..
4 years ago

Large Asset Manager Predicts Bitcoin to $1 Million, Ethereum to $100,000

US Global Investors Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of HIVE Blockchain Technologies, Frank Holmes, expects Bitcoin to go up above $1 million and that Ethereum rise to as much as $100,000 The head of the investment firm with almost $5 billion of assets under management makes his predictions based on Bitcoin’s scarcity and the growing..
4 years ago

Large Institutions Rushing Into Bitcoin Amidst FOMO

Cathie Wood of ARK Invest says that driven by legit FOMO (fear of missing out), large institutions with strong hands are moving into Bitcoin And they seem to be in a hurry Speaking with Barron’s last week, the ARK Invest CEO believes corporations are fleeing to Bitcoins because they increasingly see less risk associated with the crypto asset..
4 years ago

Bitcoin City Announced in El Salvador, Powered by Volcanoes

El Salvador president Nayib Bukele, announced yesterday at the closing event of Labitconf, a Latam-based Bitcoin conference, that the country will start the construction of the first Bitcoin City in the world Funded with the issuance of a $1 billion Bitcoin Bond the country is taking another giant step towards further integration of bitcoin into..
4 years ago

FC Barcelona Cancels Deal With NFT Marketplace Ownix

FC Barcelona cancelled a marketing deal with non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace Ownix on Thursday Less than five days before Spanish La Liga legendary club FC Barcelona is scheduled to auction its first NFT collection through non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace Ownix, it has cancelled the marketing deal in place Nevertheless, the Barcelona..
4 years ago

Square Releases White Paper for its Decentralized Bitcoin Exchange

Mobile payments platform Square released a white paper on Friday presenting a new decentralized protocol for exchanging digital and other assets known as tbDEX The company published the paper in Github so that a wide group of developers in the community can contribute The abstract read: “The tbDEX protocol facilitates decentralized networks..
4 years ago

Gemini Raises $400 Million and Will Build Metaverse Experiences

Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, founded and run by the Winklevoss twins will use part of the capital from its $400 million funding round to build a “Gemini experience in different Metaverses” On Thursday Gemini announced that it had closed a $400 million equity growth funding round, effectively valuing the company at $71 billion It was the..
4 years ago

Hillary Clinton Warns Crypto Can Destabilize Nations

Amidst rising tensions in the White House between president Biden and his vice president Harris, the crypto space will possibly need to be on the look-out as former US Secretary of State and Democrat Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton warned about cryptocurrencies on Friday Calling on nations states to keep the popularity of crypto under..
4 years ago

NYDIG Signs Crypto Services Partnership With the Houston Rockets

NYDIG, the Crypto services company, has sealed a sponsorship deal with two-time NBA champions, Houston Rockets NYDIG will become the official Bitcoin services partner and platform of the NBA franchise This includes exclusive access to several spaces of the franchise, including social, digital, and in-arena platforms For example, NYDIG will..
4 years ago

India to Start Pilot on CBDC in April 2022

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is diving deeper into the feasibility of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) and considers launching a pilot project in the fiscal year April 2022 to March 2023 According to a local media report, P Vasudevan, chief general manager at the Department of Payment & Settlement of the RBI, said at the State..
4 years ago

Binance Head “CZ” Plans To Give Away Most of His Wealth

In an interview with the Associated Press published on Wednesday, the head of the world’s largest crypto exchange, Binance said he is looking to give away almost all of his wealth Changpeng “CZ” Zhao also said he doesn’t do much personal investing and that the majority of his wealth is in the form of Binance coin (BNB) Zhao..
4 years ago

India To Regulate Crypto as Asset Class, Yet Uncertain About Trading

Citing direct government sources, the India Economic Times reported that India is considering a ban on the use of cryptocurrencies for payments, yet it will allow and regulate trading of crypto as an asset class A crypto regulation bill is expected to be presented in the parliament’s winter session With details still being finalized, the..
4 years ago

Ripple Announces ‘Real Approach to Cryptocurrency Regulation’

Chief Executive Officer Brad Garlinghouse of Ripple released a proposal for a regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies called “A Real Approach to Cryptocurrency Regulation”  The CEO said that his company’s “proposed policy framework is a three-pronged approach of what can be done now,” and slightly sarcastically said it is the result..
4 years ago

Binance Pushes for Global Crypto Regulation In ‘Crypto Is Evil’ Ads

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance launched a “Crypto Is Evil” ad campaign featuring “10 Fundamental Rights for Crypto Users,” as part of its push for “global regulatory frameworks for crypto markets” Page size advertisements appeared in several major newspapers As the company explained, the 10 Fundamental Rights for Crypto Users,..
4 years ago

LA Staples Center Rebranded to Crypto.com Arena In $700 Million Deal

On Christmas day, the Los Angeles Staples Center, will be renamed to Cryptocom Arena according to a press release The venue is most notably known as the home of the LA Lakers, but is also host of other professional sports teams including the LA Clippers, LA Kings and LA Sparks The soon-to-named Cryptocom Arena is located in what can often be a..
4 years ago

Institutions Find Their Way to Cardano, Report Shows

Cryptocurrency Cardano (ADA) is seeing a surge in institutional investments as of late According to a latest report from CoinShares, the sixth ranked cryptocurrency nearly beat institutional inflows of Ethereum (ETH) last week Year-to-date Cardano has raised $108 Million from institutions Without surprise Bitcoin (BTC) was the most attractive..
4 years ago

AMC Theatres Now Also Taking Shiba Inu for Payments

On Tuesday, AMC Theatres CEO Adam Aron said it will also start accepting memecoin Shiba Inu for payments After Aron announced last week that Bitcoin and Ethereum would be accepted before the end of the year with the servies in place, AMC will be the first business to start accepting Shiba Inu within two to four..
4 years ago

Bullish Sentiment Actually Stalling Bitcoin Surge, Willy Woo Says

In the weekend that Bitcoin’s network upgrade Taproot got activated and a few days after its latest all-time high, Coin Stories published a new video on YouTube Speaking to Natalie Brunell, popular on-chain analyst Willy Woo unveiled some critical factors that Bitcoin (BTC) will have to deal with to continue rising upwards and setting new..
4 years ago

Animoca Brands Joins Forces with Cube to Build a K-Pop Metaverse

Hong Kong based blockchain-gaming firm Animoca Brands announced it has formed a joint venture with South Korean entertainment company Cube Entertainment to build a K-pop music-focused “metaverse” The new partners, Animoca and Cube will collaborate to create multimedia NFTs celebrating popular actors and K-pop musicians on Cube’s..
4 years ago
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