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

Will exchanges finally ban notorious BSV after another 51% attack?

Bitcoin SV (BSV), the infamous forked blockchain network led by controversial Craig Wright suffered another major 51% attack during the late hours on Tuesday when the perpetrator managed to roll back and alter transactions Three shadow chains of the network that were mined simultaneously were created  It was on chain analytics platform Coin..
5 years ago

FTX becomes official cryptocurrency exchange of League of Legends Series

The League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) has partnered with FTX as its Official Cryptocurrency Exchange The new seven-year partnership with FTX represents the largest sponsorship agreement Riot has ever signed for an esports league From this weekend onwards, fans will notice FTX branding on the LCS broadcast around the most valuable..
5 years ago

SkyBridge Capital commits to a green future

On Monday, New York-based investment firm SkyBridge Capital announced its intentions to offset the carbon of its Bitcoin holdings after signing a partnership deal with environmental platform MOSS Earth The company headed by former White House advisor Anthony Scaramucci  has become the latest name to join the growing list of companies aiming for..
5 years ago

A 58-pager crypto legislature got introduced to the U.S. House

In a bill, introduced last week, US House representative Don Beyer introduced what could be the most comprehensive legislation so far in the cryptocurrency market With the 58-page counting “Digital Asset Market Structure and Investor Protection Act,” Beyer, who had so far shown not much interest in cryptocurrency, had his coming out With..
5 years ago

Wells Fargo now offering crypto services to its high-net worth clients

As reported in Business Insider, high-net-worth Wells Fargo clients can now get their fair share of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies The firm’s wealth and investment management division currently handles $2 trillion in assets and is thereby one of the largest wealth managers in the United States While it was already hinted at as early of..
5 years ago

Ripple’s defense calls for Binance documents in SEC lawsuit

The lawsuit between Ripple Labs and the US Securities and Exchange Commission has now involved another player in the crypto industry Largest crypto exchange in the world Binance was brought in by the case defendants According to recent filings made to the New York court on behalf of Ripple Chief Executive Officer Brad Garlinghouse’s, the..
5 years ago

Bank of America positive about El Salvador’s embrace of Bitcoin

In a report published last week by the Bank of America, analysts were hopeful that El Salvador’s decision to recognize Bitcoin as legal tender could streamline remittances, promote financial digitization, provide consumers with greater choice They also said that it could open the country to US firms such as mining companies Bank of America..
5 years ago

Square reports strong growth numbers in Q2

A busy weekend for Square After it was announced that the company purchased Australia-based fintech firm, Afterpay, in an all-stock deal, it quickly went on and released its Q2 2021 Shareholder Letter The report showed strong growth numbers for Square’s mobile platform, Cash App Square made a gross profit in Q2 of $546 million, showcasing a..
5 years ago

China will not back down on its crackdown of Bitcoin

The People's Bank of China (PBoC) said in a statement Saturday that it will continue its crackdown on cryptocurrency and will “maintain high pressure on virtual currency trading hype” The statement of China’s central bank comes a day after policymakers set the priorities of the bank for the second half of the year Reflecting on H1 of..
5 years ago

FTX, Coinbase and Bank of America back Paxos in latest funding round

Paxos, a New York-based blockchain infrastructure firm that focuses on offering clearing and tokenization services to other traditional firms, was backed by two leading cryptocurrency exchanges and the second-biggest US bank in its Series D funding round The three are Bank of America, FTX, and Coinbase and participated as “strategic..
5 years ago

New highs on the horizon as Bitcoin bull-cycle continues

In a new issue of his ‘The Held Report’ published on July 30, Dan Held, the director of growth marketing at crypto exchange Kraken, predicts possible Bitcoin price-action and dynamics towards the end of 2021 In his report, the Kraken head looks back at the 2013 bull cycle and acknowledged this is what catapulted Bitcoin (BTC) into..
5 years ago

Despite a $424.8 million “paper” loss on Bitcoin, MicroStrategy will keep buying more of the asset

Business intelligence firm MicroStrategy are destined to buy more Bitcoin despite reporting “paper” losses of $4248 million in Q2 of this year The almost half a billion USD in losses are not considered a realized loss and is based on the price of Bitcoin at the end of the quarter MicroStrategy have still made nearly a billion dollars on..
5 years ago

Okcoin Green Lighted in Malta and the Netherlands

Okcoin, one of the world’s oldest cryptocurrency exchanges founded in 2013, announced on July 28 that it had received “In Principle” permission from the Malta Financial Services Authority It also stated that it had registered with the Dutch Central Bank Following final clearance, Okcoin will become the only US-based exchange to have obtained..
5 years ago

Germany allows institutional funds to keep up to 20% in crypto

We could be seeing a flood of institutional investments coming from Germany starting next week A special law is coming into effect on Monday, August 2 that allows Germany’s institutional investors to invest up to 20% of their totals in Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies via their Spezialfonds The law was passed in April and initially..
5 years ago

Former poker pros raise $130 million for DeFi

An investment firm led by former professional poker players, Ascensive Assets, has just brought in a $130 million fund that will zoom in on the decentralized finance (DeFi) market The latest funding round makes Ascensive’s first $24 million backing of 2019 look pale in comparison At the time, notable investors such as Polkaswap, Benqi, Yield..
5 years ago

FTX Crypto Exchange records 150x year-on-year growth

US-regulated cryptocurrency exchange FTX saw its average daily volume grew 150x year-on-year, from June 2020 to June 2021 as per the release of their H1 2021 figures Amidst the growth, the exchange hit their peak with $993 million traded during a 24-hour period on April 22, 2021 This according to Cryptowatch data FTXUS is currently one of the..
5 years ago

Mike Novogratz sees institutions ‘back in the game’

Mike Novogratz, Chief Executive Officer of Galaxy Digital, says that cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, have bounced back because institutional investors have (re)joined In an interview with CNBC on Wednesday, the CEO of the asset management and investment group zoomed in on Bitcoin’s outlook When asked for his opinion on Bitcoin’s recent..
5 years ago

PayPal ready to roll out its ‘super app’

Dan Schulman, Paypal’s Chief Executive Officer, announced that users can soon expect to see greater crypto functionality through the platform According to the CEO who spoke in PayPal’s Q2 2021 investor update call on Wednesday, the initial version of the company’s super app wallet was “code complete” The head of PayPal president said..
5 years ago

Government’s “stupid” spending fuels crypto adoption, according to U.S. senator

Republican Senator and Bitcoin proponent Cynthia Lummis sent her gratitude, so to speak, to the US government for its massive spending which continues to accelerate crypto adoption The Wyoming Senator commented on government spending as she made an appearance on the Fox Business cable network on July 28  Lummis highlighted the necessity for a..
5 years ago

Binance lowers withdrawal limits and introduces a tax reporting tool

The world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volumes, Binance, stays on the ‘right’ track when it comes to its efforts to maintain dialogue with global regulators In their latest move for more compliance and what seems good will, they have introduced withdrawal limits and a new tax reporting system On Tuesday, the company..
5 years ago
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