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
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  • iGaming
  • Casino

Peter's latest articles


Elon Musk Secures Free Speech With His $44B Twitter Buyout Offer Getting Accepted

Twitter (TWTR) has accepted Elon Musk’s $5420-a-share buyout offer or roughly $44 billion in cash, according to a press release Upon finalization of the deal, Twitter will turn to be a privately held company Musk made his intentions clear in a statement, saying: "Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the..
4 years ago

Attack on Proof-of-Work Continues; U.S. Lawmakers Push For Tighter Oversight of Crypto Mining

US Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA) and 22 other Congress members have sent a joint letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan concerning the operations of cryptocurrency mining In the letter, the group is calling for “increased oversight of cryptocurrency’s environmental impacts” and states: "We have..
4 years ago

Brian Armstrong of Coinbase Warns Apple of Potential Antitrust Issues

Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase commented on Apple’s (anti-)crypto policy in a new episode of the popular Indian Superteam podcast Speaking with Tanmay and Akshay, Armstrong said: “You try to get your app in the App Store and Apple ejected it and then they had this competing one that got approved … it’s a black box” The CEO..
4 years ago

Toyota and Nissan Have Joined the Metaverse

Two Japanese carmakers Nissan and Toyota have become the latest global business to enter the metaverse A Nikkei Asia report reveals that Nissan has opened a virtual showroom while Toyota dabbled into the metaverse with virtual workspaces As per the report, Nissan has created a digital reality version of its Tokyo gallery Nissan Crossing which..
4 years ago

Skybridge Capital Is “Extremely Bullish” on Crypto And Sees Huge Growth Coming

Founder Anthony Scaramucci and director John Darsie of Skybridge Capital, discussed their business crypto expectations in an interview with Bloomberg The Skybridge founder said that his firm currently holds of the total of $35 billion in assets in crypto assets, such as Bitcoin, Algorand, Ethereum and publicly traded stocks Scaramucci said..
4 years ago

Inflection Point Nearing as Nasdaq Can Potentially Bring Crypto Prices Down – Raoul Pal

Macro guru and Real Vision CEO, Raoul Pal, is warning his Twitter followers that a potential slide of the stock market is going to impact crypto prices in the next months According to the former Goldman Sachs executive, that Nasdaq could be on the verge of breaking its critical support levels and record new..
4 years ago

A Divided World, Good for Crypto?

Binance CEO, Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao, expects the popularity of cryptocurrencies to further increase Amidst geopolitical tensions and the US dollar’s battle for hegemony, crypto will become a relevant alternative to get people across the globe together, he said Speaking with Jeremy Allaire, CEO of Circle, on The Money Movement YouTube..
4 years ago

Binance Complies with New EU Sanctions and Closes Russian Accounts

The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volumes, Binance, announced it will halt services in Russia to comply with the European Union’s latest round of restrictions In a new company blog post, Binance said it will deactivate Russian accounts with over 10,000 EUR in holdings, following the EU’s expansion of sanctions on the..
4 years ago

A Single Crypto Regulator is What India Needs, Polygon Co-Founder Says

According to Sandeep Nailwal, co-founder of Ethereum scaling project Polygon, India would so well with a single regulator overseeing all crypto related activities The Indian born businessman currently residing in Dubai told crypto news authority Coindesk that a collective authority composed of officials from the Reserve Bank of India,..
4 years ago

TRON Founder Justin Sun Launches New Decentralized Stablecoin USDD

TRON (TRX) CEO Justin Sun has told his 33 million Twitter audience that the TRON decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) is soon launching its own stablecoin, Decentralized USD (USDD) With the launch of USDD, Sun and his partners aim to decentralize the crypto industry’s most centralized sector of stablecoins, an open letter written by..
4 years ago

Goldman Sachs and FTX CEOs Meet to Discuss Collaboration

The Financial Times reported on Thursday that the founder and CEO of crypto exchange FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, has met with Goldman Sachs (GS) CEO David Solomon to discuss a potential collaboration between the two companies Citing people close to the matter, during the meeting set in the Caribbean, the two discussed Goldman Sachs taking an..
4 years ago

Is Kevin O’Leary Hedging Against Ethereum?

In a new interview on Scott Melker’s 'The Wolf Of All Streets’ podcast, Shark Tank host Kevin O’Leary explains that he has optimized his crypto investment portfolio by hedging against Ethereum with different kind of altcoins Realizing that digital assets show a lot of resemblance to software than currency, ‘Mr Wonderful’ put his..
4 years ago

Time to Buy Bitcoin is NOW, Says Crypto Analyst Plan B

In a recent interview with Blockware Intelligence, crypto analyst Plan B, known for his stock-to-flow (S2F) model, says that all Bitcoin metrics are pointing to a bullish scenario playing out in the coming months Speaking with host Will Clemente and co-guest on the show, Willy Woo, the analyst said: “At the risk of being called a moonboy,..
4 years ago

Coinbase Releases its Long Anticipated NFT Marketplace in Beta

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (COIN) has launched its its long-awaited non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace on Wednesday in beta version A small group of users from a 3 million large waiting list can now start testing the platform, which was first announced in October of last year Coinbase’ new platform supports Ethereum-based NFT..
4 years ago

EU Crypto Firms Sound Alarm Over Anti-Money Laundering Laws

The crypto industry has delivered an urgent letter to European Union finance ministers and lawmakers calling for a reconsideration of anti-money laundering rules which it regards as "burdensome" and "alarming" The letter, signed by academics, lobby groups and senior executives from companies such as Ledger, Aave and Blockchaincom, states that..
4 years ago

Robinhood Acquires UK Crypto Asset Firm Ziglu

Online trading platform Robinhood (HOOD) has acquired London-based crypto platform Ziglu The deal was announced on Tuesday, however remains subject to regulatory approval and other closing conditions Ziglu received approval in 2020 to offer its UK-based customers the option to buy and sell eleven cryptocurrencies, earn yield via its..
4 years ago

IMF Favours Tighter Capital Controls in Latest Report

While the war in Ukraine keeps concerns over sanctions evasion alive, the International Monetary Fund believes that governments need to retain power to impose capital controls on crypto as well as traditional assets In a financial stability report published Tuesday, the IMF said: “Laws and regulations for foreign exchange and capital flow..
4 years ago

Animoca Brands Takes Major Stake in Aussie Digital Services Firm Be Media

Hong Kong based investor in non-fungible tokens (NFT) and decentralized gaming, Animoca Brands has acquired a significant stake in Australian digital marketing agency Be Media With locations in Perth, Melbourne, and Sydney, Be Media has been providing Web2 firms with advertising and digital strategy since 2013 Although the agency is not..
4 years ago

Bitcoin & Gold to “Go Higher”, Allianz Chief Economist Predicts

Appearing on CNBC's Squawk Box on Monday, Allianz Chief Economic Advisor Mohamed El-Erian, said that the prices of cryptocurrencies, like bitcoin, will “go higher” as a result of the US Federal Reserve’s response to inflation Discussing the hot topic of the US economy and skyrocketing inflation, El-Erian explained: "I think the markets..
4 years ago

Emirates Airlines Launching NFT and Metaverse Experiences

United Arab Emirates (UAE) airliner, Emirates will soon launch non-fungible tokens (NFT) and “exciting experiences in the metaverse” for its customers and workers In a recent statement, the airliner explains that the move aligns with developments in the UAE’s digital economy and  the country’s virtual assets related initiatives The..
4 years ago