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

Economic Hardships and Inflation Could Bring Crypto Markets to New Highs – Bank of America

As reported by Reuters on Friday, Bank of America analyst have issued a note to clients warning of the possible effects of the surging inflation on the US markets Nevertheless, the bank’s analyst come with a silver lining for crypto, as they believe the changing macroeconomic dynamics could shoot cryptocurrencies to new highs A..
4 years ago

European Union Hits Russian Crypto Investors By Expanding Restrictions

The European Union (EU) is coming hard at Russian crypto traders imposing further restrictions, in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine A latest update of the Official Journal of the EU, announces that EU sanctions placed on Russia have been expanded, including limits on deposits to cryptocurrency wallets It reads: “In view of the..
4 years ago

Elon Musk Suggests Allowing Twitter Payments in Dogecoin

Twitter’s biggest shareholder with a 92% stake in the company, Tesla and Spacex CEO, Elon Musk, has suggested to make the meme cryptocurrency Dogecoin (DOGE) a payment option for the Twitter Blue subscription service The ‘Dogefather’ recently joined Twitter’s board of directors and promised to bring “significant improvement” tot the..
4 years ago

Binance Receives In-Principle Approval to Offer Services in Abu Dhabi

The world's largest crypto exchange by volume, Binance, has reportedly received provisional approval to operate as a virtual assets broker-dealer in Abu Dhabi Binance CEO and founder Changpeng Zhao shared a Bloomberg report on Sunday, announcing his firm’s first step toward becoming a fully regulated crypto service provider in the United Arab..
4 years ago

Tesla, Blockstream and Block Join Hands to Mine Bitcoin in Texas By Using Solar Energy

Blockstream and Block are developing a pilot crypto mine in Texas which will be powered by a Tesla solar installation The news was announced by Blockstream CEO, Adam Black at the Bitcoin 2022 Conference in Miami where he said that the pilot is intended to show that the mining of Bitcoin can fund renewable energy installations and innovation He..
4 years ago

Mastercard Moves In On the Metaverse and Files 15 New Trademark Applications

Multinational financial services giant, Mastercard has recently filed 15 new trademark applications related to crypto, fintech and the metaverse Top trademark lawyer Mike Kondoudis reveals that the credit card giant is planning to create non-fungible token (NFT)-backed media, while bringing its payment processing and e-commerce transaction..
4 years ago

Palaneum Launches Polygon Metaverse

The Polygon metaverse, Palaneum has opened its presales, with 10,000 plots of virtual land now open in the Southeast Region The metaverse features explosive growth with companies from Goldman Sachs to Dolce & Gabbana bringing their brands to get in early to Web3, the next iteration of the internet Start out your journey with virtual land in..
4 years ago

Sky Mavis Taking “Full Responsibility” For $650M Axie Infinity ‘Ronin’ Hack

Chief Operating Officer, Alexsander Larsen at Sky Mavis, the company behind play-to-earn game Axie Infinity, on Friday apologized for the security breach that cost users $625 Appearing Friday morning on CoinDesk TV show “First Mover,” Larsen said: “These are the players that deposited their funds into the Ronin network, and who trusted..
4 years ago

Jack Mallers’ Strike Reveils Shopify Integration for Bitcoin Lightning Payments

Speaking at the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami on Thursday, Strike CEO Jack Mallers, said his 'King's Gambit' is bringing Bitcoin back to its payments roots as he announced a number of eye-catching partnerships Mallers revealed that Strike is now partners with NCR (NCR), the globe’s largest point-of-sale (POS) supplier, and payments firm..
4 years ago

Coinbase Begins Offering Crypto Trading Services in India

Nasdaq-listed crypto platform, Coinbase (COIN) is now offering its crypto trading services to users in India During an event in India's tech hub, Bengaluru, the world’s second largest exchange by trading volume, committed to making a “long term investment” in India Brian Armstrong, co-founder and CEO of Coinbase, acknowledges the..
4 years ago

Meta Reported to Work on Virtual Currencies Referred to as “Zuck Bucks”

Facebook's parent company, Meta Platforms (FB), has reportedly been exploring virtual centralized currencies for its Metaverse According to an article in the Financial Times, virtual coins, tokens and lending services are being looked into by the online firm Citing people familiar with the matter, the plans are still in early stages and the..
4 years ago

PayMaya Brings Crypto Trading Services to More than 40 Million Filipinos

On Wednesday, Philippines-based fintech and digital payments firm, PayMaya, launched new features on its app allowing users to buy, sell, and earn crypto By expanding into crypto services, the company is showing strong leadership in the financial sector boosting the adoption of cryptocurrencies among Filipinos PayMaya is both an electronic..
4 years ago

FTX Ventures Participates in $3.8M Funding Round of Cross Chain Communication Protocol, Bridge Network

Bridge Network, a cross-chain communication protocol, has closed its $38 million funding round with backing from FTX Ventures, MEXC Global, Master Ventures, Blockfinex, Croc Capital and others The protocol has been in development for over a year and has plans to revolutionize the way users transact in the multichain world with a key focus on..
4 years ago

El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele Cancels Bitcoin Conference Appearance Following Unrest At Home

Citing “unforeseen circumstances” that demand his full attention in his home country, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele cancelled his planned participation at the upcoming Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami Bukele made his apologies in a directed to the conference organizers While not detailing the exact circumstances in his country, they..
4 years ago

ESPN Launches First NFT Collection With Tom Brady’s Platform Autograph

Tom Brady’s non-fungible token (NFT) company, Autograph, on Wednesday announced a multi-year deal to mint ESPN’s first NFT collection The collection is released while he Hall Of Fame Quarterback who recently got ‘out of retirement’ is being featured in a docuseries on ESPN+ and Disney+, “Man in the Arena: Tom Brady”, in which..
4 years ago

US House of Representatives Reviewing Legislature In Response to El Salvador’s Bitcoin Adoption

On Monday, US representatives Norma J Torres (D-Calif) and Rick Crawford (R-Ark) introduced the Accountability for Cryptocurrency in El Salvador (ACES) Act, aimed at mitigating risks to the US financial system from El Salvador's adoption of Bitcoin (BTC) as legal tender on September 7, 2021 Torres made the announcement on Twitter..
4 years ago

Crypto a Popular Option for Retirement Among U.S. Millennials

A recent survey published by Investopedia reveals that 28% of the US millennials polled said they plan to use cryptocurrency to support themselves once they retire This number was higher than those who responded to be using savings (25%) and stock investments (27%) to fund their retired life The same survey, held under 4,000 US adults aged..
4 years ago

MicroStrategy Acquires 4,167 Bitcoin for $190.5 Million

Nasdaq-listed software intelligence firm, MicroStrategy has purchased more Bitcoin (BTC) through its subsidiary, MacroStrategy Its CEO and notorious Bitcoin Bull, Michael Saylor, tweeted the news on Tuesday: https://twittercom/saylor/status/1511315882886246409 MacroStrategy used a $205 million BTC-backed loan that it acquired from Silvergate..
4 years ago

United Kingdom to Become Global Leading Crypto Hotspot

The UK government on Monday announced its plans of making the country a global crypto hotspot In a press release, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak revealed a number of initiatives to realize its plans He said: “The measures we’ve outlined today will help to ensure firms can invest, innovate and scale up in this country” An..
4 years ago

SEC Exploring Shared Oversight Over Crypto Platforms

Chairman Gary Gensler of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) noted on Monday that the regulator is breaking its head over how to effectively oversee cryptocurrency trading Speaking at an event hosted by the University of Pennsylvania’s law school, Gensler said they are thinking of splitting oversight of crypto trading platforms..
4 years ago
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