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

U.S. Congressmen Urge SEC to Approve Bitcoin Spot ETFs

US Representatives Tom Emmer and Darren Soto called on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to allow Bitcoin spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) The two made their appeal in a bipartisan letter sent to the SEC chairman, Gary Gensler, on Wednesday The SEC has already approved two Bitcoin futures ETFs, however spot ETFs are waiting approval..
4 years ago

NFTs in South Korea Remain Unregulated But Here Is The Catch

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) do not fall under the definition of virtual assets in South Korea, according a publication in the Korea Herald South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) confirmed that the digital collectibles will not be regulated as such Citing an unnamed Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) official, the article in the..
4 years ago

Electronic Arts Calls Blockchain and NFT the Future of Gaming

Leading video game publisher Electronic Arts considers NFTs and blockchain-based games as the future of the gaming industry Andrew Wilson, Chief Executive Officer of Electronic Arts said during their latest earnings call that even though it is not exactly sure how it will play out, NFTs and play-to-earn games will become hot in gaming’s..
4 years ago

Bitcoin to $700,000; Here is How According to Ark Invest’s Cathie Wood

ARK Invest Chief Executive Officer of ARK Invest, Cathie Wood predicts that institutional investors and emerging markets will send Bitcoin’s price surging by over $700,000 Speaking with Saxo Bank Chief Investment Officer Steen Jakobsen and head of Equity Strategies Peter Garnry, Wood elaborates on Bitcoin as the new asset class that..
4 years ago

Survey Reveals 5% Have Quit Their Jobs After Crypto Gains

According to a recent survey by Civic Science the crypto bull cycle has influenced some low-paid members of the workforce to quit their jobs after making lifechanging gains on their crypto holdings Survey results published on Monday show that 4% of the 6,741 respondents who are 18 years or older had quit their jobs in the past year after..
4 years ago

“This is India’s Crypto Moment,” Front-Page Ad Reveals

Quite a rumble in India’s crypto space when an ad taking up the entire front page of The Economic Times called the government to bring regulatory guidance to the crypto industry in the country "This is India's crypto moment", the ad said The advertisement was backed by a group of Indian cryptocurrency exchanges WazirX, ZebPay, CoinDCX,..
4 years ago

$SHIB Wallet Owner Wakes Up After Becoming Billionaire from Scratch

The Shiba Inu ($SHIB) wallet that purchased $8,000 worth of $SHIB tokens a year ago saw its holdings boom in value to almost $54 billion after the latest all-time-high of the meme-coin in October While there were suspicions of the holder to have forgotten or lost his private keys the wallet became active again yesterday and more than half of the..
4 years ago

Willy Woo Speaks Ethereum, DeFi and Bitcoin Futures

The praised on-chain analyst Willy Woo revealed to his Twitter followers that Ethereum is heating up for a big ride By presenting an under-the-radar metric, Woo told his 800K+ Twitter followers on Tuesday that there is still no supply shock in play for Ethereum and that should this present itself, it will push the second largest cryptocurrency..
4 years ago

The ‘Soft’ Launch of China’s Digital Yuan Almost Goes Unnoticed

Today, an official of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) announced that 140 million people in the country have already opened wallets for the digital yuan, or “eCNY” In addition, as reported by Bloomberg, 10 million corporate accounts have been opened To date, the eCNY has been used in transactions totalling 62 billion yuan ($97..
4 years ago

International Cricket Council Comes With NFTs on Flow Blockchain

Tiger Global announced on Wednesday that it led a $174 million seed round for Faze Technologies At the same time Faze announced its partnership with the International Cricket Council (ICC) to launch a cricket non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace on the Flow blockchain Earlier this year NBA Top Shot went mainstream on the blockchain The timing..
4 years ago

“Uptober” 2021 Sees Highest Close of All-Time Above $60,000

Bitcoin has closed a very good month above $60,000 for the first time ever “Uptober” saw a new all-time high of $66,93039 two weeks ago after which the price of the top cryptocurrency hovered in solid fashion around the $60,000 mark since Bitcoin bulls are eagerly anticipating November to kick off a next phase of another surge towards..
4 years ago

Robert Kiyosaki Sees Giant Crash Coming

Robert Kiyosaki, investor and author of the 1997 New York Times Best Seller “Rich Dad Poor Dad” has warned of the possibility of the US “sliding into depression" following a “giant crash” Kiyosaki sent out the warning on Twitter this Friday, accusing US President Joe Biden of leading the country into inflation and “ripping off the..
4 years ago

Russia’s Crypto Industry is Good for $550 Billion, Executive Says

According to Sergei Khitrov, founder of the Russian cryptocurrency event Blockchain Life and ListingHelp, the Russian crypto market has significantly grown to a $550 billion industry Addressing his keynote speech on the state of cryptocurrency regulation in Russia at the Blockchain Life Forum in Moscow on Wednesday, Khitrov said that despite..
4 years ago

AMC Considering Both Shiba Inu and Dogecoin for Payments.

AMC Entertainment’s CEO, Adam Aron, put up another poll on Twitter Friday asking the crypto community if the largest movie theatre company in the US should include ‘Doge killer’ Shiba Inu (SHIB) as a payment option As of April this year, AMC owned or operated approximately 950 theatres and 10,500 screens..
4 years ago

Facebook Rebrands to Meta as it Moves Deeper Into Virtual Life

On Thursday, Facebook inc announced its company name change to Meta, the first major rebranding operation for the social media conglomerate The new name reflects the company’s growing ambitions that reach beyond social media and was unveiled by CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the Facebook Connect conference The company also laid out its vision..
5 years ago

Crypto.com Launches $100M Campaign Starring Matt Damon

Cryptocurrency exchange Cryptocom is kicking off a global advertising campaign, thereby looking to take advantage of the continuing crypto bull run After a relatively quiet summer, the crypto space gained some new momentum, fueled by the long-anticipated debut of a bitcoin futures exchange-traded fund in the US With its latest marketing..
5 years ago

New All-Time High for Ethereum Beating $4,400

Ethereum (ETH) rose to a new all time high on Thursday as it peaked at $4,40097 at around 9 pm EST, according to CoinMarketCap data At press time, ETH is trading hands at $4,33739, with the second largest cryptocurrency having realized gains of more than 40% since the start of October Ethereum’s previous high was a little over a week ago when..
5 years ago

Slovenia to Change Tax Rules for Cryptocurrencies in 2022

Slovenian authorities have prepared new legislation to determine how crypto holdings and transactions are taxed in the country The Finance Ministry in Ljubljana has opened public consultations on the draft proposal this week, according to media reports in the country The legislation builds on earlier input from the Financial Administration of..
5 years ago

Indian Crypto Law Could Comes as Early as February

As reported in Indian news outlet Business Today, the Indian government will be introducing cryptocurrency regulation in February next year The article stated: "Finance Ministry officials have told Business Today Television that a law for cryptocurrencies would most likely come around by the time of the next general Budget" The Budget for..
5 years ago

Robinhood, 1 Million Sign-Ups for Crypto Wallet with Q3 Results Failing

Robinhood Chief Executive Officer, Vlad Tenev, last week spoke at the Disruptor 50 Summit on where he explained that the waitlist for the company’s recently announced crypto wallet already has 1 million sign-ups “We’re very proud of our cryptocurrency platform and giving people more utility with the coins they have,” Tenev said at the..
5 years ago
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