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

Coinbase eyes the opening of a Crypto App Store

Popular cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, announced its desire to start a crypto app store where to offer third-party developed products CEO Brian Armstrong revealed its plans for an app store in a company’s blogpost on Tuesday In the article titled “Embracing decentralization at Coinbase”, he said that although “the crypto economy is..
5 years ago

Crypto exchange eToro predicts more crypto regulation ahead

Amidst times where regulators are not too keen on the crypto sector, we have to wonder if their perception will change any time soon Many countries have been taking note of the growth of cryptocurrencies and adoption among institutions and people has been rising exponentially Yet government authorities are rather cautious In a recent interview..
5 years ago

Popular “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” author and businessman advises to stock up on Bitcoin for financial security

Robert Kiyosaki, businessman and author of the popular best-selling financial book “Rich Dad, Poor Dad”, says that it is important to acquire assets like Bitcoin to safeguard against an upcoming global economic crash In a warning to his Twitter followers on Monday, Kiyosaki not only said that an economic crash would be the biggest in..
5 years ago

Mexico’s third wealthiest man vows for Bitcoin as he calls fiat currencies “fraudulent”

The third-richest man in Mexico, Ricardo Salinas Pliego, was recently interviewed by Jose Rodriquez on YouTube In the video titled "Bitcoin, dinero y libertad" or “Bitcoin, Money and Freedom”, Salinas Pliego made it clear that he is backing Bitcoin for its “extraordinary properties” He also said that fiat is fraudulent and to consider it a..
5 years ago

Longest-running crypto exchange in China, BTCC closes its doors for Bitcoin

BTCChina, one of China’s oldest cryptocurrency exchanges has closed business following the country’s latest anti-crypto crackdowns As reported in the South China Morning Post, the company founded in 2011 had completely exited their business related to Bitcoin BTCChina will now focus operations on blockchain uses It was also reported that..
5 years ago

Bitcoin ‘myth’ Popescu dies at 41 holding an estimated $3 billion worth of Bitcoin

The apparent drowning death of Bitcoin billionaire Mircea Popescu off the coast of Costa Rica left a shocking wave in crypto circles Local Costa Rican newspaper  Teletica reported that Popescu entered the Pacific at Jacó Beach around 8:30am on 23 June, and “was swept away by the current and died on the spot” The waters were deemed..
5 years ago

Crypto intelligence firm Chainalysis raises $100 million for a $4.2 billion valuation

On Thursday June 24, blockchain intelligence and surveillance firm Chainalysis revealed it had raised $100 million from investors Prominent investors in the Series E funding round included Coatue, Benchmark, Accel, Addition, Dragoneer, Sequoia Heritage, and SVB Capital With the latest funding, Chainalysis holds a $42 billion valuation Having..
5 years ago

Will Elon Musk accept Jack Dorsey’s invitation to have “THE” talk on Bitcoin?

It looks as if a new scrimmage has triggered on Twitter between some of the most popular businessmen Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey The two are currently in opposite camps with their opinions on Bitcoin It was on Thursday, June 24, that Dorsey announced a new community to expand the Bitcoin development and further push adoption among institutions..
5 years ago

Andreessen Horowitz launches a $2.2 billion crypto venture fund

Silicon Valley venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz, founded by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, on Thursday announced the launch of a $22 billion crypto fund With the fund, the firm is grabbing the bull by the horns as it confirms to be “radically optimistic about crypto’s potential to restore trust and enable new kinds of..
5 years ago

New York City’s mayoral frontrunner is looking to make the city a Bitcoin hub

Eric Adams has retained his spot in the New York’ mayoral race and is now the contest's frontrunner, to the delight of many crypto enthusiasts In the past months, a lot of focus has been on Miami, Florida, with its mayor, Francis Suarez proactively strengthening the city’s position as a top spot for the global crypto spot For the time..
5 years ago

Citigroup is next major bank to offer its clients cryptocurrency services

Global banking giant Citigroup has officially launched a new unit dedicated to cryptocurrency and blockchain This according to a leaked memo In the memo the firm on Thursday announced the new unit, named Digital Assets Group, which will be part of its wealth management division, Citi Global Wealth Investments: "Given the exciting new..
5 years ago

Interview with Bojoko’s Chief Business Officer Joonas Karhu

Lead generation company Bojoko is no stranger to the affiliate marketing scene Since launching in 2017, it has gone from strength to strength thanks to its honest and frank approach The company initially launched in the UK market, before expanding to Canada, Finland, New Zealand and most recently, the US market We caught up with Bojoko’s..
5 years ago

Fifth Largest Bitcoin Miner BTC.com Leaves China for Kazakhstan

Major Chinese crypto mining pool, BTCcom, operated by BIT Mining and owned by the NYSE-listed Chinese lottery service provider 500com, has started to relocate their mining operations to Kazakhstan After the company was notified by the state grid in western Sichuan province that the power supply serving one of its local data centers would be..
5 years ago

Bullish momentum for online poker in the United States as interstate player liquidity is now a reality

Interstate online poker is officially legal as the dispute surrounding the Wire Act is officially over The US Department of Justice did not file an appeal in the lawsuit between the DOJ and the New Hampshire Lottery before the June 21 deadline As a result, the DOJ has accepted the latest ruling and will therefore not contest the possibility..
5 years ago

Is Paraguay the next country to embrace cryptocurrency?

Following El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law, could Paraguay be the next country to adopt the cryptocurrency as legal tender The answer would be an outright YES if it was up to congressman Carlos Antonio Rejala The congressman has recently added laser eyes to his Twitter profile picture as he is working on Bitcoin legislation with the aim to make..
5 years ago

PlanB is convinced Bitcoin will end the year over $100,000

Since the infamous 40% drop in May of this year, the crypto market has been trading between support and resistance, also called range-bound Without a strong move in either direction, prices have been going back and forth with no clear indications yet as to what sort of a trajectory it might follow in the short to medium term There have been..
5 years ago

New York Mets owner says he is about to “deep dive into crypto”

Steve Cohen, Chief Executive Officer of Point 72 Asset Management and billionaire investor says he is taking a deep dive into cryptocurrency Sharing his views in an interview last week Cohen emphasized that he is “fully converted” The CEO and chairman of Point72, an asset management firm with over $22 billion in assets under management and..
5 years ago

U.S. Congress creates a new working group ‘Blockchain Caucus’

Congresswoman Maxine Waters announced on Wednesday that Congress had formed a new working group tasked with cryptocurrency and fintech policy The House Democrat group is called the Blockchain Caucus or Fintech Task Force and will feature 12 members of the House Financial Services Committee Speaking on the the objectives of the new working..
5 years ago

First crypto exchange licenses issued in Portugal

Portugal’s central bank, Banco de Portugal, has issued licenses to two cryptocurrency exchanges in a first time since new regulation around crypto trading came into effect earlier in the year Banco de Portugal issued an official statement in which it announced crypto exchanges Criptoloja and Mind The Coin as “virtual asset service..
5 years ago

China’s anti Bitcoin mining stance is “not a bad thing” for the cryptocurrency

China's recent crack-down on Bitcoin mining could have some unintended benefits for Bitcoin price action, according to analysts Charles Edwards, CEO of investment firm Capriole, expressed his views to his followers that the shut-down of Chinese miners was already lowering Bitcoin's potential price floor With China’s closures causing quite..
5 years ago
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