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
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Peter's latest articles

No Bitcoin Ban In Europe as EU Parliament Committee Votes In Favor of Alternative Provision

On Monday, the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) voted on the proposed Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) framework The proposal included a de-facto ban on proof-of-work, which was added to the bill last-minute The new MiCA draft passed with 31 votes for and 4 against Prior to the vote, the heavily..
4 years ago

Binance Receives License to Operate in Bahrain

The world’s largest crypto exchange Binance has received a license from the Central Bank of Bahrain to operate in the country The exchange is now allowed to offer its services to Bahraini customers, including crypto trading, custody, and portfolio management services Preliminary approval for the license was given to Binance in December of..
4 years ago

“1 Billion Bitcoin Wallets by 2025” As the Top Crypto Asset Will Benefit From Turmoil

In a recent interview with MarketWatch, SkyBridge Capital founder Scaramucci says that Bitcoin is likely to rally in the coming months as a result of macroeconomic outlooks improving The veteran investor expects US inflation rates to restore within a year and also believes that the tensions in Eastern Europe will flatten over time and thereby..
4 years ago

Elon Musk Has Still Got It, Sends Crypto Markets Up With a Single Tweet

Elon Musk has still got it On Monday early morning, cryptocurrency markets briefly went up a few percent with Dogecoin spiking as much as 10% after the Tesla CEO and ‘Dogefather’ told the world that despite inflationary concerns, he will not be selling his crypto holdings, Bitcoin, Ethereum and Dogecoin Musk told his 776 million Twitter..
4 years ago

“Crypto Will Have 5 Billion Users Globally By 2030”

Real Vision founder and Macro Guru, Raoul Pal, told his Twitter audience that crypto assets are growing in a rapid pace, much faster than internet in its adoption Having spent, significant time on reviewing date from the World Bank and Cryptocom, Pal says the data speak for itself: “2021 was an accelerating growth year and the Reed’s Law..
4 years ago

U.S. Treasure Department Outlines Crypto Guidance in Relation to Russia Sanctions

The US Treasury Department has released guidelines on how to prevent cryptocurrencies to be used to circumvent the latest economic sanctions imposed against Russia after occupying Ukraine In a FAQ tied to the Russian Harmful Activities Sanctions, the Treasury Department notes: “US persons, including virtual currency exchanges, virtual..
4 years ago

Yuga Labs Acquires CryptoPunks and Meebits Collections from Larva Labs

The firm behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT collection, Yuga Labs, has acquired CryptoPunks and Meebits from the developer Larva Labs On Friday evening, a join statement was made by Yuga Labs and Larva Labs on Twitter https://twittercom/yugalabs/status/1502420714527334406 https://twittercom/larvalabs/status/1502421713153318918 Yuga..
4 years ago

EU’s Proposed Legal Framework Still a Threat to Proof-of-Work Crypto, Vote Upcoming

The European Union's (EU) proposed legislative framework for governing virtual currencies, Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA), still poses a threat to the use of proof-of-work cryptocurrencies While after some serious industry backlash, a previous draft of the MiCA framework which contained a strongly worded provision against environmentally..
4 years ago

Ripple Celebrates Big Win in Ongoing Lawsuit, Judge Denies Critical SEC Motion

Ripple Labs celebrated another win in its ongoing lawsuit with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with a final settlement starting to take shape A recently court order reveals that Judge Analisa Torres has denied the SEC’s motion to prevent the defendants from using a “Fair Notice..
4 years ago

Two More Bitcoin Spot ETF’s Rejected by the U.S. SEC

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continues to shield off a first Bitcoin spot ETF in the United States After already having rejected a number of ETF applications, including VanEck's and Fidelity’s bids, the US regulator has now denied NYSE Arca’s bid to change a rule to list and trade shares of the NYDIG Bitcoin ETFThe SEC..
4 years ago

Jack Dorsey’s Block BTC Wallet to Include Fingerprint Sensor & Access Sharing

Jack Dorsey’s Block has announced a new update on its upcoming Bitcoin (BTC) wallet The firm, formerly known as Square revealed in a March update, that it will adding fingerprint sensor devices for security to both hardware and mobile wallets https://twittercom/jack/status/1502358737981521925 The company notes: “For transactions that..
4 years ago

Bitcoin Is “Magical” and Gold Just a Commodity – Michael Saylor

In a recent episode of the PBD Podcast, MicroStrategy CEO and renowned Bitcoin bull, Michael Saylor, told host Patrick Bet-David that Bitcoin is the only scarce asset known to humanity While all other assets could, if time permits, continuously be created and accumulated, Bitcoin is strictly limited at a 21 million supply, Saylor told..
4 years ago

Stripe Relaunches Crypto & NFT Support

Global payments firm Stripe has announced the (re)launch of its crypto services, allowing businesses the ability to use Stripe as a payment method for crypto and NFT transactions The firm ended its crypto services back in 2018 The services will include checkout services for Web3 firm and know-your-customer (KYC) and fraud prevention..
4 years ago

Crypto About to Show Its Real Value, Macro Guru Raoul Pal Says in New Video

Commenting on current geopolitical tensions, Real Vision founder and macro guru, Raoul says that the real value of cryptocurrency in our daily lives will be starting to show In a new video on his YouTube channel, the former Goldman Sachs executive says that Russia’s expedition in Ukraine and the consequential actions of nations across the..
4 years ago

Stanford University Secures $32 Million to Fund Development of a New Layer-1 Blockchain

Stanford University researchers are working on the development of a new privacy-focused layer-1 blockchain As stated in the announcement, the Espresso Systems project, as it is called, combines a “proof-of-stake consensus and a [Zero-Knowledge]-Rollup mechanism to achieve high throughput and low fees” in a new blockchain The Stanford..
4 years ago

Dubai Approves Virtual Asset Law In Drive to Become Key Player

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Wednesday issued the Dubai Virtual Asset Regulation Law The new regulation aims to develop an advanced legal framework for investor protection to allow the virtual asset (VA) industry to grow responsible complying with international..
4 years ago

Biden Signs Executive Order Centered Around 6 Key Priorities

On Wednesday US President Joe Biden signed the long-anticipated executive order on crypto, according to a White House announcement The executive order stresses that “the United States must maintain technological leadership in this rapidly growing space” and further outlines: "The first ever, whole-of-government approach to addressing the..
4 years ago

Binance Scooping Up Non-Crypto Business Opportunities

According to a report from the Financial Times where it interviews the CEO of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, said the firm is working hard to diversify its interests ‘CZ’ said the exchange is interested in expanding outside the scope of cryptocurrency and bring in companies from..
4 years ago

DeFi a Serious Threat to Supremacy of Traditional Finance

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) poses a serious threat to the supremacy of financial institutions This according to ARK Invest founder Cathie Wood who in a recent conversation with Miami Herbert Business School, discussed the booming sector’s potential effect on traditional finance She said: “The financial revolution is DeFi and really,..
4 years ago

Thailand Relaxes Tax Rules for Bitcoin and Other Crypto Assets

On Tuesday, Thailand’s tax regulations on Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were eased by the cabinet According to an official press release, the relaxing of rules were made to fully develop the second-largest growing economy in Southeast Asia A 7% VAT for licensed exchanges and the ability to offset one’s annual losses for taxes were..
4 years ago
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