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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U.S. secretary Yellen will sit with top watchdogs to discuss stablecoin regulation

On Friday, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced her plans to put the regulation of stablecoins on the agenda She will hold a meeting on July 19 of the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets (PWG) to discuss stablecoins’ regulation Also joining the meeting will be the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the..
5 years ago

Dogecoin down 75% but still an incredible year

The popular and much hyped meme-based crypto asset dogecoin has had an incredible 12 months, seeing almost 6,000% growth against the US dollar Dogecoin success has also spurred significant demand for a number of other canine-themed cryptocurrencies this year with billions of dollars being funneled into these meme-coin economies The Shiba Inu..
5 years ago

Michael Saylor: “If it ‘kinda’ doesn’t break, Bitcoin stays”

While speaking on the July 15th edition of the Coin Stories podcast hosted by Natalie Brunell, MicroStrategy’s head Michael Saylor said he believed Bitcoin is more like digital property than digital currency When Saylor was asked whether he thought that Bitcoin was a threat to the United States dollar, he replied: “I would call it a digital..
5 years ago

Ripple to dispose a former SEC official who ruled Ethereum “NOT a security”

Ripple have reason to celebrate after it made a significant procedural victory in its fight with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday The SEC has accused the crypto payment firm and two of its top executives of violating securities laws by selling $13 billion worth of XRP to the general public and other investors Ripple was..
5 years ago

Las Vegas: ‘Bitcoin for a lap-dance’

Popular nightspot in Las Vegas, gentlemen’s club The Crazy Horse 3 has just announced it has started to accept Bitcoin by making use of the Lightning Network The Crazy Horse 3 will become the first major entertainment venue in Las Vegas doing so In the announcement it is explained that Bitcoin payments can be accepted for admission, food..
5 years ago

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary is no longer dismissive of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies

Former US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin sat down with CNBC on Wednesday and shared his viewpoint on Bitcoin Mnuchin said that while he personally does not want to hold Bitcoin in his portfolio yet, his opinion on the cryptocurrency has “evolved a bit” Speaking about Bitcoin, cybersecurity, and the US economy, the former treasury..
5 years ago

Fantasy Football NFT platform Sorare close to finalizing $532 million in funding

It is reported that French NFT-based soccer trading card game Sorare is finalizing on a $532 million funding round According to unnamed sources in Business Insider, the latest funding round is expected to be led by Japanese telecommunications giant SoftBank and will value the company at almost $4 billion Rumours of a funding round were..
5 years ago

Gambling.com offering 7.5 milllion shares in IPO

Gamblingcom have this week announced an initial public offering of 7,500,000 ordinary shares offered by the Company and certain selling shareholders Underwriters of the offering will also have a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,125,000 ordinary shares from the selling shareholders at the initial public offering price, minus..
5 years ago

Brazil approves first Ethereum ETF in Latin America

The first Ethereum exchange-traded-fund in Latin America is a reality The Brazilian Securities Regulator (CVM) have approved a new cryptocurrency ETF of QR Asset Management QR Asset Management announced the approval of this Ether ETF that tracks the performance of the digital currency, QETH11 The fund will be listed on the Brazilian Stock..
5 years ago

Paraguay’s “Bitcoin Law” includes registration of mining and trading activities

The proposed new Bitcoin law expected into Paraguay’s legislature tomorrow will ask for cryptos to be registered with the country’s Undersecretariat of State Taxation This according to an early leaked draft of the Bill A rough translation of the leaked document that was obtained by crypto news platfom Decrypt states: “The purpose of..
5 years ago

Fidelity Digital Assets will up its headcount by 70% to push beyond Bitcoin

Fidelity Digital Assets will be hiring soon The Asset manager is anticipating growing institutional demand for crypto services in H2 of 2021 and increasing its headcount by around 70% According to a Bloomberg report on Monday the firm is looking to add around 100 staff in Dublin, Salt Lake City and Boston The new hirings will further develop..
5 years ago

Gemini aims to overtake Binance, yet a long way to go

Cameron Winklevoss,  Gemini exchange co-founder, expressed the company’s ambitions to overtake Binance, currently largest crypto exchange by volume However they will have a long way to go In a Bloomberg article on July 12, Winklevoss was quoted saying how important it is for crypto business to adhere to regulators’ demands, thereby..
5 years ago

Paysafe’s Skrill adds 20 cryptocurrencies to its wallet

Skrill, part of leading specialised payments company Paysafe (NYSE: PSFE), announces that it has added 20 new cryptocurrencies to its digital wallet for its customers to buy and sell The new additions bring the total number of available cryptocurrencies available within Skrill to 35 for customers based outside of the US The expanded portfolio is..
5 years ago

South Korean Woori bank enters crypto space

One of the biggest banks in South Korea, Woori Financial Group, will soon offer crypto custody services The bank will develop a joint venture effort with Coinplug, a blockchain-based developing company, according to reports from news outlet, Korean Economic Daily Coinplug is a blockchain solutions developing company with more than 300 blockchain..
5 years ago

Chinese crackdown good news for Riot Blockchain with a 400% increase in Bitcoin mined

American Bitcoin mining company, Riot Blockchain, have shared its Production and Operations updates for the month of June The miner has reported staggering growth numbers and have mined over 400% Bitcoin year-on-year This year the company produced 243 Bitcoin versus 48 bitcoin mined in the same month last year So far this year the company has..
5 years ago

Tiktok stops promotion of cryptocurrencies and other financial products

Popular social media platform Tiktok banned its users from promoting all financial products and services including those related to cryptocurrency Tiktok’s move comes after individuals were warned about taking financial information from Tiktok over concerns it could be misleading and hurt young savers The platform’s “Branded Content..
5 years ago

Bitcoin is a “mathematical miracle”, Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak says

Making his appearance at the Talent Land Jalisco 2021, Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak confirmed to be a fan of Bitcoin and called it “ the most amazing mathematical miracle” Although he is not a large investor in Bitcoin, Wozniak did say he “believes in it for the future” Speaking at the Talent Land Jalisco 2021 event this week,..
5 years ago

Indian crypto exchanges show no signs of concern

Although trading volumes among cryptocurrency exchanges have dropped during the current market downturn, this is not a cause for concern, digital asset platforms in India are saying As reported in Business Insider India, exchanges are strengthening their infrastructure for when the next big boom in crypto comes around, which could be anytime..
5 years ago

Square confirms the development of an “assisted custody” Bitcoin wallet

After it was hinted at a few weeks ago, it is confirmed that digital payments firm Square is building a Bitcoin hardware wallet Square’s, Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey and the hardware lead, Jesse Dorogusker both confirmed the news on Twitter https://twittercom/jack/status/1413261505156599809 Last month, Dorsey explained the term..
5 years ago

Ethereum’s August 4 London upgrade in sight

Taking its final hurdles, the long-anticipated London upgrade for the Ethereum network is coming closer with deployment to the final testnet this week Sticking tight to its previously released schedule, the EIP-1559 upgrade is scheduled for August 4 following the launch on the Rinkeby testnet on Thursday Rinkeby is the final testing phase..
5 years ago
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