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

Ethereum’s London upgrade to be rolled out June 24

Long awaited Ethereum “London” hard fork is taking its final hurdles toward a full mainnet launch with block heights being set for three testnets Ethereum core developer Tim Beiko wrote in a blog post on the Foundation’s website, that the three testnets, Ropsten, Goerli and Rinkeby have now set block heights at which the London upgrade..
5 years ago

Scammers are sending out fake Ledger wallets

Crypto-hodlers, stay cautious After a 2020 data breach, hardware wallet company Ledger is used in a new phishing scam It has come out that scammers are shipping fake hardware wallets to people whose data was gathered via a third-party data breach The wallets contain specifically designed hardware to steal the user’s crypto once connected to..
5 years ago

Largest bank in Denmark respects cryptocurrency transactions

On Thursday, Danske Bank, the largest bank in Denmark, published a four-point notice laying out its official position on cryptocurrencies In the notice, the bank cited reasons to be careful when trading in digital assets Although the bank urges caution, it is not taking any practical stance against cryptocurrency While the bank stated that it..
5 years ago

SEC postpones decision on VanEck Bitcoin ETF by another 45 days

Just short after the US Securities and Exchange Commission snubbed Bitcoin in its Regulatory Agenda 2021, the regulator further delayed their decision on the VanEck Bitcoin ETF application The first US Bitcoin ETF seems to be taking the backseat for now The SEC has a history of delaying any decision regarding Bitcoin ETFs The regulatory hurdles..
5 years ago

Facebook’s Diem on offer with pre-sale discount

Facebook’s own stable coin is started to move forward as Diem announced offering a pre-sale discount for early investors: “You can participate in the birth of diem and be one of the first buyers Buy diem Coins now with cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash” Initially kicked off by Facebook as Libra in June 2019, the..
5 years ago

World Bank refuses to assist El Salvador in Bitcoin transition

After El Salvador adopted Bitcoin as legal tender, The World Bank has refused the country’s request for help on its transition The World Bank brings up issues with Bitcoin’s environmental impact and transparency and therefore will not aide El Salvador in its adoption of Bitcoin as an official currency in the country A World Bank..
5 years ago

MicroStrategy offering $1billion of stock to acquire more Bitcoin

Michael Saylor and his MicroStrategy are as bullish on Bitcoin as can possibly be After the company has sold over $500 million worth of privately offered notes in a securities offering this week, the business intelligence firm is looking to increase liquidity to buy more Bitcoin A recent common stock offering for MicroStrategy suggests that..
5 years ago

Goldman Sachs will bring Ethereum futures and options trading

According to a Goldman Sachs Executive, the investment giant will soon be offering futures and options trading in Ethereum Matthew McDermott, head of digital assets at the firm spoke to Bloomberg about the hunger for cryptocurrency futures as Bitcoin has recently dropped in price and making it a bargain Goldman Sachs is set to build on its..
5 years ago

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ignores Bitcoin in its 2021 Regulatory Agenda

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has released its 2021 Regulatory Agenda It seems the regulatory body has no plans of regulating Bitcoin and the crypto market this year as there is no mention of Bitcoin o other crypto assets There were some hopes among many crypto enthusiasts of possible market-friendly crypto regulations There..
5 years ago

Tesla to resume Bitcoin transactions, Elon Musk hints

Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted on Sunday that the electric vehicle maker would start enabling Bitcoin transactions once verified crypto mining operations utilize more renewable energy “When there’s confirmation of reasonable (~50 percent) clean energy usage by miners with [a] positive future trend, Tesla will resume allowing Bitcoin..
5 years ago

Bitcoin Mining Council is officially live

After the recent uproar and worries on Bitcoin’s energy consumption, The Bitcoin Mining Council officially launched on Friday The organization’s website is very straightforward and set up a FAQ section that answers some of the most prevailing questions out there As noted on the site, the Council’s mission is as follows: "The mandate of..
5 years ago

“Only a matter of time” before Twitter integrates Lightning Network

Jack Dorsey has hinted towards the possibility of Twitter integrating the Lightning Network yesterday, as he responded to a tweet: https://twittercom/jack/status/1403174877444587523 Dorsey’s response was following a conversation around an app called Sphinx Sphinx uses Lightning Network as a way of relaying messages between a set of users..
5 years ago

Another Bitcoin milestone; Taproot upgrade a fact in November

The ‘Speedy Trial’ lock-in period for the latest Bitcoin network upgrade Taproot is has completed According to taprootwatch, the lock-in has been achieved and happened at block height 687,285 and was mined by the mining pool Slushpool Now that the lock-in period of signaling has finished, Taproot will be fully implemented this November..
5 years ago

Is Nigeria going for a central bank digital currency?

It is starting to look like Nigeria is going to have its own central bank digital currency (CBDC) by the end of the year That is, if we have to believe an official with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Following a meeting of the country’s bankers’ committee, CBN IT Director, Rakiya Mohammed, revealed that this “digital currency would be..
5 years ago

Texas banks officially authorized to offer crypto custody services

The Texas Department of Banking issued a notice to the banking industry on Thursday announcing that state-chartered banks can provide cryptocurrency custody services The notice stated: “Texas state-chartered banks may provide customers with virtual currency custody services, so long as the bank has adequate protocols in place to effectively..
5 years ago

IMF comments on El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law while JP Morgan considers other countries following suit

After El Salvador’s parliament passed a historic bill to recognize Bitcoin as legal tender, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned of “a number of macroeconomic, financial and legal issues” surrounding El Salvador making bitcoin legal tender El Salvador’s “Bitcoin Law” bill passed Congress by an overwhelming majority of 62..
5 years ago

Ledger raises $380 million in Series C funding round and is now a $1.5 billion company

As announced in a press release on Thursday, hardware wallet maker Ledger has just closed a massive Series C funding round led by digital asset fund 10T Holdings Ledger was able to raise $380 million in the funding round that also got interest from Cathay Innovation, Draper Associates, DCG, Korelya Capital and Wicklow Capital, among others The..
5 years ago

Dutch government official calls for a full ban on Bitcoin

Pieter Hasekamp, director of the Dutch Centraal Plan Bureau (CPB), responsible for economic published an essay on Friday calling for an outright ban on Bitcoin In the essay titled “The Netherlands must ban bitcoin,” Hasekamp comes up with an extensive list of reasons why the Dutch government should enforce an immediate total ban on mining,..
5 years ago

El Salvador becomes first country in the world to make Bitcoin a legal tender

El Salvador has become the first country in the world to adopt bitcoin as legal tender after its Congress on Wednesday approved President Nayib Bukele’s proposal to embrace the cryptocurrency Following the move that delighted Bitcoin supporters all around the world, El Salvador Congress voted in favor of the law proposal with 62 out of 84..
5 years ago

Bitcoin can see breakthroughs, says finance minister of Norway

Norway’s finance minister, Jan Tore Sanner, said to believe that Bitcoin can experience “breakthroughs” as he acknowledged the massive interest in the top cryptocurrency both in Norway and across the globe In an interview last week, Sanner, said that cryptocurrencies will at some point move past the volatility for which they are currently..
5 years ago
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