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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  • Crypto
  • Poker
  • iGaming
  • Casino

Peter's latest articles


Goldman Sachs watching Bitcoin’s every move

Goldman Sachs is keeping a close eye on Bitcoin In an earnings call on Tuesday, the bank’s Chief Executive Officer, David Solomon, commented on the cryptocurrency, while also touching on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) “As activities in these areas [cryptocurrency, blockchain and the digitization of money] progress, there will be..
5 years ago

Coinbase’s COIN is Live on Nasdaq, while Bitcoin and Ethereum jumped to new all-time highs

After months of intense build-up towards their big day, Coinbase finally listed on the Nasdaq with ticker COIN And the stock stayed true to its crypto nature by showing off some serious volatility on opening day With an initial reference price $250, COIN opened at $381 and quickly jumped to a high of around $42954 Hereafter it reversed course..
5 years ago

Bitcoin mining as a catalyst in the world’s transition to green energy

Bitcoin mining to drive the world’s transition to green energy This is what Mike Colyer, Chief Executive Officer of Foundry Digital, a crypto mining subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, said on Tuesday Bitcoin as a "great stabilizer" At an online Crypto Mining Forum event on Tuesday, the Foundry Digital CEO stressed that the mining of..
5 years ago

April 14, HUGE day for Crypto as Coinbase direct listing is just hours away

Today is a huge day for Crypto Coinbase, the top cryptocurrency exchange in the United States, will launch its COIN stock on the Nasdaq Sentiment around the listing have been overwhelmingly positive from both the crypto and traditional financial markets What can we expect And will Coinbase’s COIN yield twentyfold returns just like Mike..
5 years ago

Bitcoin is not a good option for criminals, says former CIA Director in a new report

Bitcoin is not really being used in money laundering operations And considering the fact every transaction is recorded on the blockchain, thereby visible to all, the cryptocurrency is not expected to grow in popularity for this purpose either This is one of the conclusions of a report that was recently published by the Crypto Council for..
5 years ago

“caged bull” Bitcoin breaks into a new all-time high of almost $63,000

Just a day after Bloomberg analyst Mike McGlone called Bitcoin a “caged bull, well rested to escape”, the latter seemed to have happened The bull finally broke out And with Coinbase’s direct listing tomorrow, this is looking to be a HOT week for Bitcoin where we can expect to see a re-rating of cryptocurrencies altogether Today Bitcoin..
5 years ago

Ripple files motions to dismiss lawsuit as XRP blasts to new three-year high

Just before the weekend, Judge Sarah Netburn ruled that Ripple executives Brad Garlinghouse and Chris Larsen’s did not have to disclose their personal financial records After what was probably a weekend-long celebration, the Ripple pair have now filed twin motions to have the SEC lawsuit dismissed The memorandum of law that Garlinghouse’s..
5 years ago

Cardano, more than a hedge against Ethereum?

In a new video on the popular YouTube channel ‘Coin Bureau’, host Guy shares his thoughts on Cardano and the advantages the cryptocurrency has over Ethereum Guy told his 600,000+ subscribers that Cardano (ADA) currently takes roughly 8% of his portfolio However he might consider stacking up According to the Coin Bureau host, Cardano..
5 years ago

Ethereum-based Virtue Poker is ready to launch this May with an exhibition tournament featuring its ambassador Phil Ivey

Following an announcement on Monday, it was confirmed that ConsenSys based project, Virtue Poker raised $5 million in funding The funds were raised in a strategic investment round and was led by ConsenSys and Pantera Capital The project is now ready for its launch Virtue Poker in the home stretch Virtue Poker is an Ethereum-based decentralized..
5 years ago

Revolut Brings Eleven New Crypto Assets to its Platform

On Thursday, London-based digital payments firm Revolut announced that it had just added eleven new crypto assets to its banking application Revolut shared the news with the world in a company blogpost “You asked for new tokens, we’ve delivered We’ve been tracking hot tokens and top movers to bring our UK and EU customers eleven new..
5 years ago

Cardano’s Alonzo upgrade is expected to be live by end of summer

In a blog post that was announced on their Twitter page on Thursday, The Input Output HK (IOHK) team outlined the impact of the latest Cardano hard fork implementation, Alonzo, will have for an advanced network for businesses and developers alongside a new added support for smart contracts Michael Peyton Jones, the software engineering head..
5 years ago

Cardano gears up for their competition with Ethereum by bringing in smart contracts

Chief Executive Officer Charles Hoskinson of Cardano’s developer IOHK, announced that their new upgrade “Alonzo” will be coming to the blockchain as early as April The upgrade marks a major milestone for Cardano as the hard fork will bring smart contracts to the Cardano blockchain and will drastically raise their game in the..
5 years ago

Cardano’s Charles Hoskinson sharing a vision of success

In a recent video titled 'Short Thoughts: When Does Cardano Reach Its Potential' on his own YouTube channel, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson tells his subscribers that he believes that the crypto asset is going to be at the center of one of the greatest wealth transfers in history  “And I think to myself for me the moment I know that..
5 years ago

Cardano (ADA) is now availabe on Coinbase

Cardano’s (ADA) community long-awaited announcement arrived on Friday Coinbase has finally listed ADA on its platform The cryptocurrency is now available to trade in all supported regions Coinbase made the announcement on Twitter, Friday at 13:06ET: “ADA is now live on http://Coinbasecom and in the Coinbase iOS and Android..
5 years ago

Cardano breaks into top 5 crypto currencies

In the breakout year for crypto currencies, Cardano (ADA) – hailed as the “Ethereum of Japan” – has emerged as the latest winner According to CoinMarketCap, the crypto currency touched an all-time high of $076 on December 31 Also, it catapulted into the top 5 largest crypto currencies Opening at $0685 on December 31,..
8 years ago

Bitcoins Stolen From Purse In Email Breach

It’s not easy to run a Bitcoin company There are so many different laws to comply with in every single country, many of which has not yet decided if it is a currency or a commodity On top of that you need to invest heavily into security to ensure your customers funds, all while making just a fraction on your customers Purseio is a Bitcoin..
11 years ago