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

Facebook Reveals Plans for its Virtual World

Facebook announced on Monday that it will invest $50 million on the groundworks needed for the social network’s virtual metaverse it is looking to build The social media giant emphasized that the metaverse will not be built overnight and said it will collaborate with policymakers, experts and industry partners to “bring this to..
5 years ago

Website of Nigeria’s CBDC, the eNaira, is Live Ahead of October Rollout

A long time in the making, Nigeria’s own central bank issued digital currency, the eNaira, is soon to be a reality Ahead of its scheduled October 1 rollout, the website for the eNaira has already gone live Nigeria’s digital currency will be issued and regulated by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and according to them, the eNaira is..
5 years ago

Crypto Exchanges Cutting Ties With China Users

Following China’s latest crackdown announcement, several cryptocurrency exchanges and service providers said they have begun cutting ties with users in China Crypto exchange Huobi said on Sunday that it is going to “gradually retire existing mainland China users” Their statement read: "To comply with local laws and regulations, Huobi..
5 years ago

Alibaba Shuts Down Sales of Mining Equipment

Headquartered in Hangzhou China, e-commerce giant Alibaba said on Monday it will stop sales of specialized mining equipment on its platforms starting October 8 The company stated it is considering the “instability of laws and regulations” on crypto across the globe and its decision was in response to China’s latest move on crypto A..
5 years ago

Coinbase Rolls Out Direct Paycheck Deposit Feature for U.S. USers

Large US based cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, has announced on Monday that its US customers can deposit all or part of their paycheck in crypto or dollars on their platform, without a fee The announcement was made on the company blog post, where the Nasdaq listed company said US users can deposit “as much or as little” of their paycheck..
5 years ago

Heavily Critized U.S. Infrastructure Bill Will Come To a Vote on Thursday

The $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill with a heavily-critized provision affecting the crypto industry will meet the vote of the US Congress on September 30 and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is confident it will pass Pelosi’s office released a letter on Sunday, in which 4 days of debate were announced prior to the legislation, which will..
5 years ago

Ripple’s CEO Criticizes SEC’s Failure To Provide Clarity on Crypto

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has shared his thoughts on the ongoing court case with the US Securities and Exchanges Commission and the regulation of cryptocurrency The CEO appeared on Fox Business Friday to discuss the 'endgame' of the case and not much later the defendant took to Twitter for more details Commenting on the SEC’s lack of..
5 years ago

Mike Novogratz Is Not Worried With Crypto Market In Good Shape

Galaxy Digital Chief Executive and billionaire investor, Mike Novogratz went to Twitter and commented on the crypto market following China’s latest crackdown on crypto He believes there is no reason for concern, with the Bitcoin market being in good shape considering there is “so much capital coming into the space” He also noted China..
5 years ago

El Salvador: Already 2.1 Million Active Bitcoin Wallet Users

El Salvador president, Nayib Bukele, says that 21 million citizens are already using the new government-backed Chivo crypto wallet after the country adopted Bitcoin as legal tender on September 7 President Nayib Bukele shared the news on Saturday with his 29 million followers on Twitter, claiming that Chivo “now has more users than any bank..
5 years ago

Strike CEO: Bitcoin & Lightning Network to Disrupt Global Payments

Chief Executive Officer of payment app Strike, Jack Mallers, was interviewed on CNBC's Power Lunch following his company’s Twitter integration on the newly launched tipping service this week Mallers is convinced that the recent partnership will leave a lasting impact in the global payments industry now that the Bitcoin Lightning Network will..
5 years ago

Deutsche Bank Analyst: Bitcoin the 21st Century “Digital Gold”

Deutsche Bank analyst, Marion Laboure, envisions Bitcoin taking the role of digital gold in the future By enjoying a “first-mover advantage” over other cryptocurrencies, this can last for centuries and remain largely uncontrolled by governments The remarks follow an updated article to Deutsche Bank’s website In the “what next”..
5 years ago

Bitcoin’s Resilience Is Like Kenny From Southpark, Morgan Stanley Executive Says

Morgan Stanley Executive, Dennis Lynch, made a striking comparison when he said says that bitcoin’s resilience is like Kenny from the popular series South Park Running for 24 seasons now, in almost every episode of the first five seasons, Kenny dies to be back alive in the next, resembling how Bitcoin bounces back every time "Oh my God, they..
5 years ago

China Intensifies Fight Against Crypto Declaring it Illegal

China has just reinforced a new crackdown on crypto mining and trading on Friday, after two more government institutions, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) and the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), released statements seriously opposing crypto In May, China’s State Council ordered a crackdown on crypto mining and trading,..
5 years ago

Crypto RPG Illuvium’s Native Token Surges After Binance Listing

Free-to-play decentralized role-playing game token, Illivium (ILV), is seeing huge growth after the world's largest crypto-trading platform Binance, listed the crypto asset Following the listing the token surged 40% Illuvium is a decentralized open-world RPG adventure game built on the Ethereum Blockchain, utilizing non-fungible tokens..
5 years ago

Bitcoin and Lightning Network Now Part Of Twitter

In what is considered another breakthrough moment for Bitcoin, Twitter have announced its tipping service on Thursday Twitter users on Apple’s IOS can now connect third party tipping services and this includes the ability to link Bitcoin addresses and Lightning Network addresses Android users will have to wait a little longer, but company..
5 years ago

PayPal Announces Super App With Added Crypto & Shopping Features

Global online payments giant PayPal has announced their new super app which offers multiple new financial services to platform users The massive overhaul also includes additional “crypto capabilities” PayPal’s upgraded application will bring a ‘PayPal Savings’ service which basically is a savings account that offers APY rates of 04%..
5 years ago

Philadelphia 76ers and Crypto.com Pen a Deal That Includes On-Court Presence

American professional basketball franchise, the Philadelphia 76ers have partnered up with the popular cryptocurrency exchange Cryptocom Part of the deal will see the two jump in on the current hype of non-fungible tokens with the NBA Team to launch its own NFT on the platform https://twittercom/sixers/status/1440656298459086850 Philadelphia..
5 years ago

Major Banks Oppose New Rules on Crypto Holdings

Major banks in Europe and the United States are opposing a set of strict rules that are aimed at crypto holdings In a proposal done in June by a group of global central bankers and regulators known as the Basel Committee for Banking Supervision (BCBS), bankers would require to set aside a dollar in capital for every dollar of Bitcoin they would..
5 years ago

Stablecoins Are The Poker Chips Of The Crypto Wild West, SEC’s Gary Gensler Says

In a recent conversation that US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler had with the Washington Post, he expanded on his position on cryptocurrencies Gensler stuck to his guns stating that his agency has “robust” authority to regulate the crypto industry and that “most” digital currencies show resemblance of..
5 years ago

Apple and Google Pay Make it to Kraken App

Kraken is now allowing its users to buy cryptocurrencies on its platform by using Apple Pay and Google Pay Announced in a blog post on Tuesday, Kraken’s app will automatically connect to a user’s Apple Pay or Google Pay account Kraken’s Managing Director for Australia, Jonathon Miller, has told crypto magazine CoinDesk that the move is..
5 years ago
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