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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YouTube to Integrate NFTs and Other Web3.0 Services, CEO Says

American online video sharing giant YouTube will soon be integrating non-fungible tokens (NFTs) into its business model Speaking with BlockWorks, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki said with the help of NFTs it would be easier to identify ‘ownership’ of the video creation, thereby adding a new and better option for monetization: “If creators are..
4 years ago

‘New Round, New Chances’ as Cathie Woods Tries to get BTC Spot ETF Approved

Cathie Wood’s ARK Investment Management and Switzerland-based investment-products issuer 21Shares are taking another shot at getting their spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) approved by the US Securities and Exchange Commission ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF was rejected by the SEC in April, citing a lack of investor..
4 years ago

Tether Launches MXN₮ Token Pegged to Mexican Peso

Tether on Thursday launched its MXNT token pegged to the Mexico’s peso, adding to its roster of stablecoins The token will initially be supported in the Ethereum, Tron and Polyong blockchains A press release revealed that Tether Limited, the Hong Kong-based firm that created the largest stablecoin by market cap, has started issuing the MXNT,..
4 years ago

Huobi Exchange Boosts Latin America Presence with Bitex Acquisition

In an announcement made on Thursday, Chinese crypto exchange Huobi said it had acquired Latin American crypto exchange Bitex to expand its presence in the region In a statement, Huobi explains that Bitex’s exchange platform will integrate with its global platform, while it will continue operating under its current name and management team in..
4 years ago

“Digital Assets Instead of Expensive Real Estate” – JPMorgan

JPMorgan analysts believe that digital assets are preferred over real estate as alternative asset class In JPMorgan’s alternative investments outlook and strategy note, Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou and team shed light on the outlook for crypto following the Terra collapse In the note to clients issued on Wednesday, the strategists said: "While..
4 years ago

Thailand Readies for Digital Economy, Gives Tax Break For Crypto Transactions

In a push to prepare the Southeast Asian country for the future digital economy, authorities in Thailand have officially exempted value-added tax (VAT) for transfers of cryptocurrencies through government-approved exchanges In force until the end of 2023, the tax exemption will also apply to digital currency issued by the Bank of Thailand A..
4 years ago

Venture Capital Giant Andreessen Horowitz Raises $4.5 Billion Crypto Fund Amid Market Stagnation

Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz on Wednesday announced it is launching a staggering $45 billion digital assets funds Unfazed by the crypto markets stagnation, the new fund comes at the back of a recently announced $600 million metaverse fund In a note, Andreessen Horowitz general partner Chris Dixon, explains..
4 years ago

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse in Talks with Georgian Prime Minister

San Francisco-based payments firm Ripple Labs is on the radar of Georgia as CEO Brad Garlinghouse met with the country’s Prime Minster Irakli Garibashvili sharing his crypto expertise and exploring the further adoption of crypto in the country The meeting was held during the 2022 World Economic Forum in Davos where the Prime Minister was..
4 years ago

US Senators Lummis and Gillibrand New Crypto Bill Is Almost There

Appearing on a panel together on Tuesday at the DC Blockchain Summit, US senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo) discussed their proposed bipartisan crypto legislation which is in the making and nearing completion before the summer The bill’s main considerations are clarity on the roles of the two key US market..
4 years ago

FTX’s Bankman-Fried Talks About his Political Backings

In an interview on the Pushkin podcast “What’s Your Problem”, FTX exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried said that he might be donating a figure “north of $100 million” on future political campaigns, and even up to $1 billion Bankman-Fried was one of the single-largest donors backing President Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign, which remains a..
4 years ago

Coinbase Enabling Users Access to ‘Thousands of Tokens’

Nasdaq-listed and America’s largest crypto exchange Coinbase is adding support its Coinbase Wallet for the BNB Chain (formerly Binance Smart Chain) and Avalanche A May 24 company blog post said that the added functionality will allow users access to “thousands of tokens” which they can trade and store, constituting to a “greater variety..
4 years ago

Software Firm Lavu Brings Restaurant Crypto Payments to 65+ Countries

Large restaurant software provider Lavu has announced a partnership with global payments solutions provider, Verifone, effectively making it possible for millions around the world to pay at their favorite restaurants by using cryptocurrencies The cooperation will integrate Lavu’s restaurant software suite with the Verifone FLEX payment..
4 years ago

EBay Launches Collection of Sports-Themed NFTs

The Popular e-commerce platform eBay (EBAY) has launched a collection of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), a hockey-themed drop in partnership with Tezos- and Polygon-based NFT platform OneOf With its own release the online marketplace giant, with more than 140 million users, makes its debut into the digital collectibles space The price to pay..
4 years ago

GameStop’s Crypto and NFT Wallet is Live

Video-game retailer GameStop (GME) has launched a digital asset wallet for storing, sending and receiving crypto and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) Ahead of the launch of its NFT marketplace later this summer, a beta version of the self-custodial Ethereum wallet is now available for download from GameStop's website The wallet will allow..
4 years ago

US Fed Survey Shows 12% of Adults Held Crypto in 2021

According to a Federal Reserve study released on Monday, twelve percent of US adults held cryptocurrency in 2021 The Fed’s annual survey measuring the economic health of US consumers, this year included questions on cryptocurrencies for a first-time A clear sign of the US central bank’s interest in the booming crypto economy, the report..
4 years ago

CFTC Chairman Says Bitcoin and Ether Are Commodities

In an interview with CNBC last week, chairman Rostin Behnam of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission said that Bitcoin and Ethereum are commodities Discussing the regulation of cryptocurrencies by the CFTC and the SEC and how the two agencies are cooperating, Behnam said: “This is a little bit of an age-old issue between the CFTC and..
4 years ago

Crypto Bear Market No Effect on US Consumers, Goldman Sachs Reports

As reported by Bloomberg, US banking giant Goldman Sachs notes that the latest crypto market crash had almost no effect on the financial well-being of US consumers Goldman Sachs analysts note that the recent crypto correction is “very small” in relation to US households’ overall net worth, which in 2021 totaled $150 trillion For..
4 years ago

Andreessen Horowitz Launches New $600M Metaverse Fund

Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz is launching a new $600 million metaverse fund Dedicated to supporting innovation in the gaming industry and developing the metaverse’s underlying infrastructure, the investment giant announced its Games One Fund in a new company blog post Andreessen Horowitz anticipates that..
4 years ago

Robinhood Launches New Crypto and NFT Wallet

Retail trading platform Robinhood is bringing a new non-custodial crypto and non-fungible token (NFT) wallet in its latest push to mark its presence in the digital asset space In a press release, the platform announced it has started developing a multichain Web 30 wallet that will give investors total control of their digital assets while..
4 years ago

G-7 Finance Ministers Push to Speed Up Global Crypto Regulations

Following last week’s collapse of the terraUSD stablecoin last week, the finance ministers from the Group of Seven (G-7) large developed economies are calling for faster global crypto regulations The carnage in crypto markets last week, in which the Terra asset normally worth $1 tanked to as low as 7 cents, and Tether's USDT also losing its..
4 years ago
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