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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  • iGaming
  • Casino

Peter's latest articles


Chances of Crypto Sell-Off Small, New Wave of Crypto Adoption Emerging – Raoul Pal

Macro guru and Real Vision CEO Raoul Pal sees a new wave of crypto adoption emerging Speaking with Nasos Papadopoulos in an interview on the MetaLearn Channel, the former Goldman Sachs discussed scenarios for how the war between Russia & Ukraine plays out Pal also shared his outlook for different asset classes including stock &..
4 years ago

Crypto Market Rally Close to an End?

Investment bank JPMorgan is warning that cryptocurrency markets will experience limited upside in a publication last week The JPMorgan note pins stablecoins’ share of the total cryptocurrency market value as an indicator of serious price action In the note issued last week, JPMorgan analyst Panigirtzoglou explained: “The share of..
4 years ago

Indian Gaming Firm MPL On FTX’ Radar as Next Target

Cryptocurrency exchange FTX is reportedly considering to to invest in Indian gaming firm Mobile Premier League (MPL) Citing sources familiar with the matter, TechCrunch reports that FTX is one of the investors MPL is talking with as it gears up to expand into Web 3 gaming The sources also say that the Indian gaming firm, which counts Sequoia..
4 years ago

Indonesia to Charge a 0.1% VAT On Crypto Transactions

Starting May 1, Indonesia will be collecting a value-added tax (VAT) on crypto transactions and capital gains at a rate of 01% As reported by Reuters, the government of the Southeast Asian archipelago is still working on the regulation, tax official Hestu Yoga Saksama said: "Crypto assets will be subject to VAT because they are a commodity as..
4 years ago

Bitcoin Price to Surpass Expectations in 2022 Galaxy Digital’s Mike Novogratz Says

Billionaire and Galaxy Digital Chief Executive Officer, Mike Novogratz, highlighted Bitcoin’s accelerated adoption rate during his firm’s latest earnings call Acknowledging the increased interest from investors and the continuing innovation that characterizes the crypto industry, the CEO expects Bitcoin’s price to surpass his previous..
4 years ago

NBC Survey Says 1 in 5 Americans Has Dabbled In Crypto

A recent NBC News poll indicated that one in five American residents has used cryptocurrencies in some way and that especially the popularity among men was significant with at least 50% of men between the ages of 18 and 49 confirming they have either invested in or traded crypto assets The NBC News survey questioned 1,000 American adults on..
4 years ago

Goldman Sachs Close to Offering All Inclusive Crypto Investment Package to Clients

Investment bank Goldman Sachs will soon be offering crypto investment services to its high-value clients in its private wealth management segment CNBC reported that following high demand for its wealthiest clients, those with a minimum of $25 million to invest, the banking giant is adding Bitcoin and a whole spectrum of other cryptocurrencies..
4 years ago

Citi Releases Extensive Report on Metaverse and Predicts a $13 Trillion Market

One of the world’s largest financial institutions, Citi has released a new report in which it predicts that by 2030 over 60% of the global population could have entered the metaverse In the report called “Metaverse and Money – Decrypting the Future”, the multinational corporation estimates the metaverse’s total addressable market to..
4 years ago

SEC Rejects Another Bitcoin Spot ETF, Says No To Ark 21Shares

Another snub by the the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to crypto investment firms as it rejected an application for a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) from Ark 21Shares, run by Cathie Wood Citing a lack of investor protections, the SEC commented in its decision: “The Commission concludes that BZX has not met its burden..
4 years ago

Axie Infinity ‘Origin’ Upgrade Moved Back By One Week After Ronin Hack

Axie Infinity’s highly anticipated “Origin” upgrade has been postponed with a week After hackers stole $625 million from the underlying Ronin blockchain, Sky Mavis, the developer of the play-to-earn (p2e) game, moved the launched back to April 7 instead of the initially planned March 30 Sky Mavis explained on its Substack: “While the..
4 years ago

EU Surveillance Regime for Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency In The Making After Committees Voted

On Thursday, The EU Committees on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) and on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) voted to extend anti-money laundering requirements that currently apply to fiat payments over EUR 1,000 ($1,115) to the cryptocurrency sector, but with an ‘unfair’ addition In what is a de-facto surveillance regime..
4 years ago

BNY Mellon Chosen To Be USDC’s Primary Custodian

America’s oldest investment bank, BNY Mellon, has been selected by Circle Internet Financial to custody the firm’s usd coin (USDC) reserves In the announcement on Thursday, Circle said to anticipate the partnership to “facilitate an exchange of expertise on a range of topics across digital and traditional markets” The statement..
4 years ago

Senior Bloomberg Analyst Mike McGlone Reconfirms Strong 2022 Ahead for Bitcoin

In a talk with Yahoo Finance on Wednesday, Bloomberg Senior Commodity Analyst, Mike McGlone said to have high expectations of Bitcoin for the rest of the year McGlone said that recent developments have only strengthened reaffirmed his convictions on the top cryptocurrency’s power: “The significance of Bitcoin, which really struck me in the..
4 years ago

Binance To Sponsor this Year’s Grammy Awards

In a press release on Thursday, crypto exchange Binance announced to be sponsoring this year’s Grammy Awards As "the first-ever official cryptocurrency exchange partner" of the Recording Academy, the organizer of the awards, Binance said the deal is more than just a branding opportunity for the exchange Binance co-founder Yi He..
4 years ago

Crypto Exchange Blockchain.com Now Valued at $14 Billion After New Funding Round

After a new funding round raising an undisclosed amount, cryptocurrency exchange Blockchaincom is now a $14 billion valued company The funding round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with "major participation" from Baille Gifford & Co The latter already invested $100 million in the platform in April of last year The exchange was..
4 years ago

More Than 100K Land Plots Available in Shiba Inu’s Metaverse

Shiba Inu (SHIB) developers have released details of their virtual reality project "SHIB: The Metaverse" To be released in phases, the new world will have a total of 100,595 land plots, some of which will remain private In the first stage, 36,431 plots split into four categories will become available for prices between 02 to 1 ether (ETH) The..
4 years ago

Bengal Energy to Use Aussie ‘Stranded Wells’ for Bitcoin Mining

Canadian oil and gas company Bengal Energy is starting a pilot program where it will set up around 70 Bitcoin mining rigs inside a portable building (donga), near a number of previously out-of-operation gas wells in the Cooper Basin, Australia As reported in The Australian, Bengal Energy’s chief operating officer, Kai Eberspaecher, said his..
4 years ago

IMF Director Kristalina Georgieva Calls for Harmonized Crypto Infrastructure

Discussing crypto regulation on the Foreign Policy Live podcast last week, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva hinted at what governments’ reaction should be in response to the rising challenges facing the global economy, including cryptocurrency Explaining that the IMF separates digital assets into three types: “crypto assets like..
4 years ago

Sky Mavis Promises to Reimburse Players Affected by $625 Million Axie Infinity Hack

After hackers were able to take $625 million from the Ronin blockchain that supports Sky Mavis' Axie Infinity game on Tuesday, the developers have assured the affected players will be reimbursed Attackers were able to find a backdoor in a Ronin node and then used hacked private keys to withdraw 173,600 ether and $255 million in USDC Sky..
4 years ago

EU Central Bank Executive Calls For Coordinated Action Against Bitcoin ‘Gambling’

According to European Central Bank Executive Fabio Panetta, policy makers should be “less tolerant” to emerging technologies like Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies Citing the old and debunked adage of high energy needed to mine new coins, Panetta said: “It would be ideal from a social viewpoint to intervene and have a less tolerant..
4 years ago