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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Nexo Offers Celsius Buyout as its Rival Platform Suspends Withdrawals

Cryptocurrency lending platform Nexo said it is interested in buying certain assets from rival Celsius, for example its collateralized loan portfolio In response to Celsius' decision to suspend withdrawals and transfers, citing extreme market conditions, fellow cryptocurrency lending platform Nexo stepped up saying it could buy certain assets,..
4 years ago

Bitcoin, Ethereum Tank and Hit New 12-Month Lows

Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the other leading cryptocurrencies dropped hard over the weekend, wiping out mild gains made in the previous week The global crypto market cap is down to $103 trillion, losing 75% in value within 24 hours, according to CoinMarketCap Bitcoin has lost 18% in the past seven days and has fallen below $26,000 to $25,513, a new..
4 years ago

Crypto Lending Firm Celsius Stops Withdrawals, Markets Crash

Crypto lending service Celsius has paused all withdrawals, as a result of "extreme market conditions" In addition, the company is also pausing its swap and transfer products, it said in a blog post It did not give timeline for when withdrawals would be resumed https://twittercom/CelsiusNetwork/status/1536169010877739009 The company blog..
4 years ago

American Express to Launch Crypto Rewards Credit Card This Year

Payments card services company American Express will soon be launching its first ever crypto rewards credit card As reported by Forbes, the credit card firm is partnering up with crypto wealth management platform Abra to issue a credit card that earning users crypto rewards on any purchase category or amount The crypto rewards will feature..
4 years ago

PayPal Moving Away from a Fiat-Oriented World, CEO Explains

According to PayPal CEO Dan Schulman, the payments giant’s latest move to enable crypto transactions to external wallets is a step away from the fiat world Schulman took center stage alongside PayPal’s crypto lead Jose Fernandez da Ponte at the Consensus 2022 event in Austin and explained the company’s gameplan He said: “We will..
4 years ago

PwC Study: Hedge Funds Remain Bullish on Bitcoin

New research from one of the Big Four accounting firms has revealed that crypto hedge funds managers are expecting a strong comeback for Bitcoin (BTC) towards the end of the year as they remain extremely bullish on the flagship cryptocurrency A PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) study which includes data from a CoinShares survey conducted  in Q1..
4 years ago

“Use Crypto, Not Only Invest in it,” Edward Snowden Says

In a virtual appearance at the Consensus 2022 conference in Austin, famous whistleblower Edward Snowden said the value of crypto is in their use rather than investment Snowden, also president of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, said: "I use bitcoin to use it In 2013, Bitcoin is what I used to pay for the servers pseudonymously" He..
4 years ago

PayPal Finally Allows Transfer of Cryptocurrencies to External Wallets

More than a year since plans were revealed, payments giant PayPal has finally started to allow users transfer cryptocurrencies between its platform and other external wallets and exchanges The announcement said: We are thrilled to announce that starting today, PayPal supports the native transfer of cryptocurrencies between PayPal and other..
4 years ago

FTX Hiring Process – “When Others Zig, You Zag.”

Despite the crypto market downturn and layoffs at competing cryptocurrency exchanges and platform FTX founder and Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried confirmed that his firm plans to keep hiring new people In new Tweet, Bankman-Fried explained how FTX hiring and onboarding is done in a more sustainable way leading to a properly trained workforce..
4 years ago

Big Error by SEC in Ripple Labs Court Case A Potentially Expensive One

According to crypto legal expert Jeremy Hogan, who has been reporting on Ripple Labs court case with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from day 1, the regulator has made some significant errors It is all to do about documents related to former SEC Director Wiliam Henman’s famous speech back in 2018 where he stated that Ethereum..
4 years ago

Qatar Airways Entering the Metaverse with its QVerse

Qatar Airways has announced that it launched its first metaverse experience, the QVerse Customers and other interested parties can virtually visit and navigate the Premium Check-in area at the International Airport of Hamad (HIA) through the virtual reality platform The company’s entry into the metaverse is a reflection of passengers desire..
4 years ago

Top Obama Administration Lawyer Joins Grayscale Ahead of ETF Decision

As Grayscale approaches a July 6 deadline for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to decide on its application to convert GBTC to a spot bitcoin ETF, it has strengthened its legal team with top Obama lawyer, Donald B Verrilli Jr Verrilli previously serving as a solicitor general for the US from 2011-2016 under the Obama administration..
4 years ago

BGC Partners to Deliver its Crypto Exchange by 2023

Joining a long list of traditional Wall Street firm entering the crypto space, global brokerage company BGC Partners (BGCP) has announced it is going to build a cryptocurrency exchange Speaking with Bob Pisani on CNBC during the Piper Sandler’s Global Exchange & Brokerage Conference in New York, the firm’s CEO Howard Lutnick broke the..
4 years ago

Crypto Regulation Will Welcome New Capital to Bitcoin- Kevin O’Leary

Popular investor and Shark Tank host Kevin O’Leary argues in favor of regulation of the crypto industry as it will bring stability to Bitcoin (BTC) and other crypto markets Also referred to as “Mr Wonderful”, O’Leary said during his appearance at a DC Blockchain Summit that before allocating part of their massive capital to Bitcoin,..
4 years ago

Indonesian Exchange Pintu Raises $113M In Fight for Crypto Market Share

In a Series B funding round, Indonesian cryptocurrency exchange Pintu has raised $113 million The event saw investments from venture capital firms Intudo Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Pantera Capital and investment advisory firm Northstar Group In August of 2021, Pintu’s Series A extension round for $35 million was led by..
4 years ago

New Paper Highlights Satoshi Nakomoto and Bitcoin’s Early Years

A new academic paper on Bitcoin’s formative years reveals that the Bitcoin network in its first couple of years was more centralized and fragile than what was generally thought The flagship cryptocurrency was able to survive and thrive thanks to a select group of pioneers, who chose not to attack the network in times when they easily could..
4 years ago

Gala Games’ Grit Becomes First Web3 Game Added on Epic Store

According to a statement Monday, the Epic Games Store has made a first Web 3 game available for players on the platform Gamers can now play Gala Games’s Grit – a Wild West battle royal, via the Epic, thereby giving it an instant audience of over 194 million users worldwide John Osvald, Gala’s president of games, said: “Easy access..
4 years ago

Animoca Brands Reports Investment Portfolio Worth Over $1.5B

Hong Kong based investor in non-fungible tokens (NFT) and decentralized gaming, Animoca Brands  released its unaudited results on Monday The documents reveal the firms’ portfolio investments totaling over $15 billion spread out over more than 340 investments Bookings including token and NFT sales and other non-blockchain earnings were $148..
4 years ago

Dubai’s Retail Giant Majid Al Futtaim Accepting Crypto In All Its Business

Dubai headquartered Majid Al Futtaim, a leading shopping mall operator in the Middle East, Africa and Asia has announced a strategic partnership with Dubai headquartered Majid Al Futtaim, a leading shopping mall operator in the Middle East, Africa and Asia has announced a strategic partnership with Binance The two companies will collaborate on a..
4 years ago

Bitcoin to Be “One of The Best Assets on the Planet”

Bloomberg’s senior commodity analyst Mike McGlone predicts and an economic catastrophy from which gold and Bitcoin (BTC) will recover and come back stronger than ever Speaking with Michelle Makori on Kitco News, McGlone forecasts a “great reversion”, with a rebalancing of the financial markets and correction of risk-on assets like real..
4 years ago
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