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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34.4 Million Fidelity Clients Can Soon Buy Bitcoin

Fidelity customers may soon be able to buy Bitcoin via the company’s brokerage platform According to a report in the The Wall Street Journal, Boston-based investment giant, Fidelity, will soon offer its customers the possibility to buy Bitcoin via its brokerage platform which is also available in a mobile app The newspaper article said..
4 years ago

China to Push for Wider Use of its Digital Yuan, the e-CNY

China is gearing up for further implementing the digital yuan Saying it will increased convenience of using its central bank digital currency, the People’s bank of China (PBOC) has called for streamlining the integration of the digital yuan (e-CNY) system with traditional tools for electronic payments To improve on the ease of use for the..
4 years ago

Singapore’s Leading Bank Partners with The Sandbox Metaverse

Singapore’s leading consumer bank, DBS is partnering up with metaverse platform, the Sandbox A press release revealed that the Asian banking giant is taking its first steps into the metaverse and has purchased a 3x3 parcel of LAND in The Sandbox The announcement read: "The partnership makes DBS the first Singapore company to seal a..
4 years ago

Bitcoin Has Bottomed Out and Starting a New Rally

Dan Morehead, founder and CEO of crypto asset management firm, Pantera Capital, predicts Bitcoin (BTC) is closing in on a new rally upwards Speaking with Bloomberg, the CEO of the asset manager holding roughly $45 billion in assets under management, explained that Bitcoin is likely to have bottomed out in June and appeared bullish on the..
4 years ago

FTX Expands Crypto Footprint and Takes 30% Share in SkyBridge

FTX Ventures, the investment arm of the Sam Bankman-Fried led crypto exchange FTX is taking a 30% in SkyBridge Capital The amount involved in the deal was not disclosed, however SkyBridge, founded and run by former advisor to President Donald Trump, Anthony Scaramucci, will be using part of the funds to add $40 million in cryptocurrencies to..
4 years ago

Blockchain.com Opens Office in Dubai after Regulatory Approval

Cryptocurrency exchange platform and crypto wallet, Blockchaincom, has reportedly received regulatory approval from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) According to a Reuters report on Friday, the London-based exchange has penned a deal with Dubai’s VARA to set up an office in the emirate Blockchaincom currently operates..
4 years ago

Mysten Labs Valued at $2B After $300M Investment Round

Web3 Startup Mysten Labs has raised $300 million in a Series B funding round led by Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX Ventures Some of the biggest names in the crypto industry invested along in this latest round which gives Mysten Labs a $2 billion valuation Binance Labs, Coinbase Ventures, Circle Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Andreessen..
4 years ago

Bloomberg Strategist: Bitcoin Trading at a Discount

Now would be a good time to buy Bitcoin This is what Mike McGlone hints hat, a senior commodity strategist at Bloomberg, who believes the flagship cryptocurrency is undervalued and trading for less than what it should be In a new edition of Bloomberg’s Crypto Outlook, McGlone looks ahead to a new bull run which will correlate with the broader..
4 years ago

GameStop Teams up with Crypto Exchange FTX

Video-game retailer GameStop (GME) is teaming up with the US branch of Sam Bankman-Fried led cryptocurrency exchange FTX to further develop the integration of gaming and crypto According to a press release on Wednesday, the leading crypto exchange and the subject of the meme-stock hyper in 2021, GameStop, will jointly promote e-commerce and..
4 years ago

The NBA has Arrived at Sorare NFT Fantasy Sports

The most exciting NFT sports projects around, Ethereum based fantasy sports game Sorare, has partnered with the National Basketball Association (NBA) and National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) The NBA, NBPA and Sorare all shared the news of a multi-year partnership on Wednesday via Twitter ahead of the start of the 2022-23 NBA season..
4 years ago

FTX CEO Bankman-Fried on Benefits of On-Chain Social Media

Crypto billionaire and Chief Executive Officer of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, said that there are some unique benefits to on-chain social media In a spinoff from a long thread on the multitude of use cases from crypto, the FTX CEO highlighted the possibility to verify the authenticity of messaging noting: “In theory, if..
4 years ago

Russia Discussing Stablecoin Settlements with Friendly Nations

According to Russian news agency Tass, Russia is considering the launch of clearing platforms for cross-border settlements in stablecoins and is discussing the development with friendly nation “We are currently working with a number of countries to create bilateral platforms in order not to use dollars and euros We offer mutually acceptable..
4 years ago

Inswitch and Binance Pay Boost Crypto Payments in LATAM

Inswitch, a leading embedded financial technology and payments infrastructure company, and Binance Pay, the contactless, borderless and secure cryptocurrency payments technology developed by Binance, announced that they have Launch Strategy has signed a partnershipBy teaming up, both parties can enhance their fintech solutions and offer Binance..
4 years ago

Reserve Bank of India and Stakeholders Finalize 2023 CBDC Pilot

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is further streamlining its upcoming pilot for a central bank digital currency (CBDC) Citing an anonymous source, local news outlet Moneycontrol revealed that the RBI is in talks with large fintech firms and state-controlled banks to discuss a trial run ahead of a CBDC launch The banks mentioned are State Bank of..
4 years ago

China Continues to Invest in Metaverse Transition

The Chinese metaverse industry has reportedly raised about $780 million in funding and there are expectations this will grow to be a $58 trillion industry by 2030 So far there are 160,000 virtual human enterprises in China while 20 provinces or cities in the country are reportedly supporting the metaverse With the promise of growing to a $58..
4 years ago

Ripple and SEC Could Settle Court Case This Year

An end to Ripple’s court case with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over allegedly selling XRP as an unregistered security is in sight as the two parties could settle the matter This according to legal expert Jeremy Hogan who has been closely watching the lawsuit since its start in December 2020 Hogan said on Twitter that with..
4 years ago

Nigeria Discussing Crypto Free Zone with Binance Exchange

Nigeria, the West African country with a population of over 200 million, is planning to create a virtual free zone similar to Dubai A press release said that The Nigerian Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) is considering to partner with crypto exchange Binance to create the free zone, specifically focused on blockchain and the digital..
4 years ago

Mt. Gox Repayment In Preparation, Details and Timeline Lacking

On August 31, Mt Gox published an official update from the court trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi saying it is “currently preparing to make repayments” to creditors It has been years in the waiting for Mt Gox creditors to get access to the bitcoins held by the court in Tokyo The website’s claim process explains that payments in Bitcoin (BTC)..
4 years ago

FIFA Launching Best World Cup Moments NFT Clips this Month

The world’s football governing body FIFA is launching an NFT-based (non-fungible token) collection of historical World Cup clips Ahead of the 2022 Qatar World Cup, FIFA+ Collect will launch in September giving global football enthusiasts the opportunity to trade best goals, assists, saves and celebrations from World Cup history The..
4 years ago

El Salvador to Delay Bitcoin Bonds Launch by 2 to 3 Months More

El Salvador will be further delaying issuing the Bitcoin bonds, partly intended to finance the construction of the ambitious Bitcoin City in the country In a recent interview with Fortune magazine, Paolo Ardoino, CTO at Bitfinex, the exchange that will be offering the bonds, said that the legal framework needed for the digital securities is not..
4 years ago
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