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

Judge Denies Motion for Insights to XRP trading by SEC Employees

New York Judge Sarah Netburn has denied Ripple Labs’ motion to order the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to hand over records of its employees’ crypto transactions Ripple filed the request on August 27to prove that the agency did not consider XRP to be a security if it were discovered that SEC employees had traded XRP The Ripple..
5 years ago

Coinbase Leaves Its ‘Lend’ Program For What It Is

After the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a warning to the exchange, Chief Executive Officer, Brian Armstrong, said Coinbase was forced to think twice and keep their long term ambitions alive by backing away Coinbase commented with the following statement: The SEC’s warning came by means of a “Wells Notice” A Wells..
5 years ago

Robinhood’s Crypto Wallet Is in Beta-Testing and Soon Available

It is reported by Bloomberg that trading platform Robinhood is beta-testing their long-awaited digital wallet which will allow users to send and receive cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (BTC) Bloomberg published the rumour on Monday, claiming to have seen screenshots of a withdrawal function in a beta version of the Robinhood IOS wallet..
5 years ago

37% of Texans Would Vote for Crypto Payments

A new poll published in Newsweek shows that almost 11 million Texans could be in support of legislation that will make crypto legal in upcoming elections Reported on Monday, the Newsweek poll that questioned more than 9,700 eligible voters across ten US states indicates that 37% of Texas residents are in favour of making crypto legal and..
5 years ago

NFT Football Gaming Platform Sorare Raises $680 Million

On Tuesday, Sorare announced it raised $680 million in a Series B round The fantasy football and collectibles platform is set to reimagine the sports gaming sector by effectively bringing NFT and crypto to the mix This round’s funding that included investors SoftBank Vision Fund, LionTree, Bessemer Ventures, IVP, Hillhouse and Atomico, is the..
5 years ago

Largest NFT Marketplace Opensea Launches Smartphone Application

The largest non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace when it comes to volume, Opensea, has announced the launch of their mobile application Following significant demand, Opensea marketplace users now have access to  a wide variety of NFT collections on their smartphones The application is available in the Google Play Store or in Apple’s App Store..
5 years ago

No Plans to Settle With SEC, Says Ripple’s Legal Team

Ripple’s legal team said they have no plans to settle their dispute with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Furthermore, they are confident that SEC Chairman Gary Gensler will eventually decide to drop the lawsuit that has been dragging on for almost a year now With the pre-trial phase ending October 15, Ripple’s legal team..
5 years ago

Bitcoin to $100,000 This Year, Three Reasons Why

With the ‘roller-coaster’ year of 2021 soon coming to an end as the 4th quarter kicks off, a number of people still believe that Bitcoin could rise above $100,000 With Bitcoin price having seen highs of above $60,000 and dropping down below the $30,000, the latest climb back to just below $50,000 signals there is more to come It is Senior..
5 years ago

South Korea Greenlights 28 Crypto Exchanges

Ahead of the September 25 deadline for South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges to meet requirements of the country’s crypto regulations, 28 exchanges have reportedly been cleared to continue their business Notably however, just four crypto exchanges have met the requirements that allow trading in Korean won (KRW) South Korea’s amended Act on..
5 years ago

Mastercard U.K. Issues a José Mourinho NFT in Giveaway

On Thursday, global financial payments service provider Mastercard, announced it too had jumped on the NFT bandwagon The giant has created its first-ever NFT in partnership with Mastercard’s global ambassador and popular football coach, José Mourinho The unique NFT that the company has minted is an animation of a digital football with..
5 years ago

U.S. Teenagers Happy To Invest in Crypto, Survey Shows

A recent survey has shown that American youngsters are increasingly acknowledging cryptocurrency amidst a growing popularity in the United States Polled by Junior Achievement USA, the results show that 1 out of 4 US teenagers would prefer crypto investments over those in the stock market The survey included 1,004 respondents and mainly focused..
5 years ago

Binance Hires Former Europol Investigator

Binance has brought in Europol investigator Nils Andersen-Röed as its new director of audit and investigations This was announced on Thursday by the cryptocurrency exchange in a company blog post The appointment is part of the exchange’s dedication to tighten its regulatory compliance and security amid intensifying actions by regulators..
5 years ago

Cardano to Launch a DeFi Platform This Year

Cardano (ADA) is planning to expand its decentralized finance (DeFi) infrastructure in the next months The new project comes after the long-awaited Alonzo upgrade is finally live Cardano developers want to take DeFi solutions the most promising eco-system in the cryptocurrency market Emurgo, the commercial branch behind Cardano, explained in..
5 years ago

‘Dogecoin Killer’ Shiba Inu Skyrockets Again After its Coinbase Listing

The second biggest memecoin and alleged DOGECOIN KILLER, Shiba Inu (SHIB), surged more than 35% late Thursday night, after crypto exchange Coinbase said its customers can trade, send, receive, and store SHIB on its platform Typically being associated with some theme and often considered a joke rather than a serious product, at first glance SIB..
5 years ago

Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin in Time’s Top 100 List

Co-founder and face of Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, Vitalik Buterin, is included in this year’s Time magazine list of the 100 most influential people Valuing his ability to empower other creators with his continued support for Ethereum and the things the network’s smart contracts can achieve, the programmer was..
5 years ago

Coinbase Moves to Offer Futures and Derivates Trading

Following an announcement made on Twitter this Wednesday, Coinbase cannot wait to broaden its offerings and develop the overall crypto-economy The crypto exchange wants to bring futures and derivatives trading on its platform by registering as an FCM By doing so trading in futures or options for payment of money or other assets from clients can be..
5 years ago

Bitcoin On Track to $100K With a Floor of $39K, Models Suggest

With Bitcoin prices confidently trading sideways in the second week of September in a range of around $48,000, anticipation for another level up is rising Creator of the bitcoin price model called stock-to-flow (S2F), the pseudonymous Plan B recently had a small poll among his Twitter followers where a majority believes Bitcoin will reach the..
5 years ago

Cuba Officially Recognizes Cryptocurrency

According to Cuba’s official state news agency Prensa Latina, on Wednesday Cuba’s central bank has officially recognized cryptocurrency After plans for regulation of crypto were first announced back in August, resolution 215 of 2021 issued by the Banco Central de Cuba (BCC), the country’s central bank, is now in effect The resolution,..
5 years ago

Satoshi Nakamoto Statue Unveiled in Budapest

Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin’s mythical creator is now immortalized as he is depicted in a life-size bronze statue in Hungary’s capital city, Budapest With the statue on display in Graphisoft Park in Budapest, the co-founder of the statue project and editor of crypto news site Kripto Akademia, András Győrfi, spoke to a crowd of journalists..
5 years ago

Is SEC’s Gary Gensler Coming After Crypto?

US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler appeared in front of the US Senate banking committee on Wednesday He testified on on cryptocurrency trading and lending platforms, stable value coins, and the legal status of offering and selling crypto tokens that may be classified as securities Gensler said the following “Make..
5 years ago
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