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

Blockstream Raises New Funds But Loses 70% of Valuation Vs. 2021 Funding Round

According to a Bloomberg article quoting sources familiar with the matter, crypto infrastructure provider Blockstream aims to raise funding at a valuation of less than $1 billion However, Blockstream CEO Adam Back quickly corrected the article in a response to on-chain analyst Dylan LeClair who distributed the news-fact on Twitter Back said..
3 years ago

Macau Casino Workers Subjected to Tighter Covid Testing Again

While countries around the world have loosened restrictions and other measures, Macau is tightening its Covid-19 testing protocols The Macau government stated on Tuesday that the gap between nucleic acid tests for front-line casino employees will be cut in half to every two days, from every four days The upgrade was the second in less than a..
3 years ago

Potentially a $5,000 BTC Price in 2023, Standard Chartered Bank Reports

On Sunday, Standard Chartered Bank released a report titled "The financial-market surprises of 2023" The memo covers a variety of eventualities that the bank believes are underpriced by markets This according to Eric Robertsen, Standard Chartered's global director of research One of the surprises in the report include the possibility of..
3 years ago

LaLiga to Use Blockchain to Identify Match Winning Balls and Dabbles into NFTs

LaLiga Santander, Spain's top soccer league, has announced that it would be one of the first organizations to employ blockchain technology to validate goal-scoring balls To install the technology, the university has already teamed with Gol-Ball, a third-party firm The technology, which is set to be implemented after the World Cup in Qatar in..
3 years ago

Bitcoin Reached Bottom, But Could Move to $12,000 if This Happens

Following the high-profile collapse of FTX, on-chain analyst Willy Woo believes Bitcoin (BTC) is in the midst of carving a bottom In a recent talk with Scott Melker, also known as the 'Wolf of all Streets', that aired December 1 on YouTube, Woo highlights that on-chain indications indicate that Bitcoin has a lot of buyers at its current price..
3 years ago

Exchanges Kraken, Bybit and Swyftx Letting Go of 30-45% of Their People

With Bitcoin on a big downward spiral since the end of 2021, and the entire crypto market valuation only worth less than half of those times, exchanges are starting to reorganize their workforce to deal with the decrease in activity Companies that increased their employee numbers during the previous boom years have had to cut back during the..
3 years ago

Bitcoin Miners in Russia on the Rise; Sber to Support Ethereum

Unlike the rest of the world, energy in Russia is cheap This has ensured that many Bitcoin mining machines were purchased in the last quarter of this year In addition, Russia's largest bank, Sber, has announced support for Ethereum and MetaMask on its own blockchain Unphased by declining BTC The Russian newspaper Kommersant reported that..
3 years ago

Magic Eden Launches Open Creator Protocol to Enforce Royalties

In response to recent royalty enforcement developments in the NFT market, Magic Eden, the premier cross-chain NFT platform, announced the Open Creator Protocol today The Open Creator Protocol (OCP) is an open source tool built on the SPL managed-token standard by Solana Creators who use the protocol to publish new collections will be able to..
3 years ago

WhatsApp Alternative Telegram to Develop Decentralized Exchange and Crypto Wallet

The founder and CEO of popular WhatsApp alternative Telegram, Pavel Durov, today announced on Twitter that it is developing a new decentralized exchange (DEX) platform and crypto wallet Durov highlighted the importance of the blockchain industry needing to go back to its roots, decentralization, a need that the recent FTX debacle only further..
3 years ago

DraftKings Hacked for $300,000 – All Players Compensated

DraftKings, a popular daily fantasy sports operator, revealed last week that several of its user accounts had been hijacked due to suspicious activity on third-party websites Over a short period of time, the internet hacking activity led in the illicit removal of hundreds of thousands of dollars in consumer monies On Tuesday, the popular sports..
3 years ago

Fidelity Starts Offering Bitcoin and Ethereum Trading to 34.4M Customers

Despite opposition from US politicians, investment firm Fidelity has introduced new retail crypto trading accounts, moving deeper into the troubled cryptocurrency sector The investment giant with over $45 trillion of assets under management and holding 344 million retail accounts, made the announcement on its website on Tuesday “Fidelity..
3 years ago

Bitcoin Can Soon Become Legal Means of Payment in Brazil

Brazilian legislature have established a comprehensive legal framework for cryptocurrency trade and use in the country The new guidelines in bill 2303/15, which were approved on Tuesday evening in the country's capital of Brasilia, acknowledge bitcoin as a digital representation of value that may be used as a method of payment as well as an..
3 years ago

4 Banks and 4 Cities to Start CBDC Trial in India

The Reserve Bank of India announced Tuesday that it will begin testing its retail central bank digital currency (CBDC), the digital rupee, in Mumbai, New Delhi, Bengaluru, and Bhubaneswar, with the participation of four banks, including the State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, Yes Bank, and IDFC First Bank The decision to begin the pilot on..
3 years ago

Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum Classic, XRP and XLM No Longer Supported on Coinbase Wallet

According to an update on the crypto exchange's website, Coinbase Wallet will no longer accept the native tokens associated with Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Ethereum Classic (ETC), Ripple's XRP (XRP), and Stellar (XLM) as of December 5 The assets will be decommissioned on December 5, although customers holding balances will be able to withdraw beyond..
3 years ago

Kraken Exchange Settles with U.S. Treasury over Iran Sanctions Violations Quarrel

The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said Monday that it has struck an agreement with crypto exchange Kraken over serving customers in Iran Kraken will pay an amount of $362,159 in settlement of potential legal responsibility for apparent breaches of Iran sanctions Kraken also committed to spend $100,000 to put..
3 years ago

Baidu Japan Announces the Launch of the World’s First Kaomoji Avatar NFT Project

Baidu Japan Inc has created CryptoSimeji, which combines the iconic mushroom logo of the Japanese keyboard app Simeji as the IP prototype with kaomoji culture to produce the world's first kaomoji avatar NFT project When the initiative was officially launched in August 2022, all 10,000 NFTs sold out within hours, resulting in a transaction..
3 years ago

Animoca Brands’ MADworld Launches NFTs and Ukiyo-e Style Art

With its new Ghost in the Shell x Ukiyo-e NFT collection, the innovative Web3 environment MADworld, backed by metaverse investment firm Animoca Brands, is giving fresh life to the 1995 classic animated cyberpunk thriller "Ghost in the Shell" The package will comprise 500 digital drops inspired by renowned cinema motifs, as well as a..
3 years ago

FTX Fallout Woes – Crypto Lender BlockFi Files for Bankrupcy

BlockFi, a cryptocurrency lender, filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday, only days after stopping withdrawals in the aftermath of FTX's bankruptcy filing The firm announced its intention to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, suggesting that it wanted to restructure while maintaining operations in the meanwhile BlockFi has around..
3 years ago

Despite Recent Crypto Debacles, BTC and ETH Will Slowly Get Back MIke Novogratz Says

Despite overwhelming unfavorable opinion in the market, the CEO of crypto investing business Galaxy Digital claims that the top two major digital assets aren't going anywhere In a recent interview on CNBC's Squawk Box, billionaire Mike Novogratz said he doesn't see the flagship cryptocurrency Bitcoin (BTC) and top smart contract platform..
3 years ago

Lionel Messi Stars in Bitget’s Newest Crypto Promotion Video

Lionel Messi, the Argentine soccer player touted by many as the best player of the world, has partnered with Bitget, a digital currency firm The Singapore-based startup will allow supporters of Messi's Paris Saint-Germain squad to exchange digital products and explore the expanding world of web3 A $20 million marketing campaign starring Lionel..
3 years ago
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