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

VanEck Launches Crypto Mining ETF

Asset management firm VanEck has launched its Digital Assets Mining ETF (DAM) on Wednesday The exchange-traded fund will allocate a minimum of 80% of its total assets in securities of crypto miners that generate or can potentially earn at least 50% of their revenue from mining activities or related activities and technologies VanEck Head of..
4 years ago

Bitcoin Shoots Up After Yellen’s “Leaked” Statement on Crypto Executive Order

Bitcoin (BTC) shot up on Wednesday early morning after US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's prematurely published remarks on President Joe Biden's impending crypto order Nothing that the order takes a constructive approach in regulating digital assets, Yellen said in a statement: "A presidential executive order on cryptocurrencies would 'support..
4 years ago

Apple’s Steve Wozniak In Awe of Bitcoin’s ‘Pure-Gold Mathematics’

In an interview with the Insider, published last week, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak talked about cryptocurrency and repeated his awe of Bitcoin, saying it is the “only one that’s pure-gold mathematics” While being skeptical of most of the other crypto assets, Wozniak said: “There’s so many cryptocurrencies that come out now..
4 years ago

“Ripple Labs vs. SEC to End in September/October”, Legal Expert Says

According to Jeremy Hogan, a crypto legal expert who is closely following the Ripple lawsuit with the the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the defendant is looking to end the legal battle with a win by September or October this year Hogan’s suggestion is based on documents revealed to the public this past weekend He told his..
4 years ago

Crypto Exchange Coinbase To Increase Transparency on its Trading Platform

Nasdaq listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (COIN) is introducing an addition to asset listings on its platform In a company blog post, Product Manager Oshan Wahi unveiled an “experimental” label which will be applied to either new assets or those with relatively low trading volumes Wahi said: “Our goal is to be as transparent as..
4 years ago

U.S. President Biden to Sign Executive Order on Crypto Within Days

According to reports from Bloomberg and Reuters, US President Joe Biden is about to sign an executive order this week summarizing the US government’s strategy for cryptocurrencies Citing people familiar with Biden’s plans, Bloomberg notes that the order implies federal agencies to consider regulatory changes and captures national..
4 years ago

Immutable Raises $200M for NFT Gaming and Gets $2.5B Company Valuation

NFT trading platform Immutable has announced it closed a $200 million Series C funding round led by Singaporean state-owned investment firm Temasek with participation from well known investors Animoca Brands and Tencent Additional investments came from ParaFi Capital, Princeville Capital and Arrington Capital and existing backers King River..
4 years ago

SkyBridge’s Scaramucci Still Believes Bitcoin to Reach $100K At Year-End

Skybridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci told Melissa Francis during an interview on Magnifi by TIFIN, that he believes Bitcoin (BTC) can still make $100,000 by the end of this year, after making similar predictions for the 2021 year-end valuation of the top cryptocurrency According to Scaramucci, his 2021 prediction was off since he..
4 years ago

Crypto a Solid Hedge to “European Mess”, Raoul Pal Says

In a series of Tweets, macro guru and Real Vision CEO Raoul Pal hails cryptocurrency as one of the hotter opportunities amidst global macroeconomic affairs Pal explains to his 901,000 followers that recent surges in food and energy prices around the world, combined with decreased liquidity after imposed sanctions on Russia are showing an effect..
4 years ago

NFT Solutions Startup Rarify Raises $10 Million in Series A Funding For $100 Million Valuation

Startup company Rarify has raised $10 million in its recent Series A funding round Led by Pantera Capital, the round makes Rarify a $100 million company Investments were made by Eniac Ventures, Greycroft, Hyper, and Slow Ventures Rarify aims to simplify the whole process of creating and selling NFTs by producing the right infrastructure for..
4 years ago

Visa, Mastercard and PayPal Join Global Cancelling of Russia

Falling to the public pressure to suspend operations in Russia due to its invasion of Ukraine, Visa, Mastercard and PayPal have decided to suspend operations in Russia this weekend According to a press release, Visa will disable transactions in Russia but the closure could still take a few days Mastercard also released a statement saying it..
4 years ago

EPL Football Club Manchester City Announces OKX As Crypto Partner

English Premier League club Manchester City announced it has signed a deal with cryptocurrency exchange OKX making it the football team’s official crypto partner OKX is one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, currently serving 20 million customers globally With the deal, OKX will get a presence at Manchester City’s..
4 years ago

Andreessen Horowitz Invests $70 Million in Ethereum Staking Development

Silicon Valley-based venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz, has invested $70 million into a new crypto project centered around the staking of top smart contract platform Ethereum (ETH) Top executive at the firm, Chris Dixon, shared the news on Twitter on Friday: https://twittercom/cdixon/status/1499436156861227008 In the announcement,..
4 years ago

Bakkt Survey Among US Consumers Shows Crypto Knowledge Gap Between Men and Women

A survey commissioned by digital asset platform Bakkt across US consumers shows that Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) are the most sought-after digital assets The study “Women & Crypto” questioned 1,012 consumers including – 508 women who don’t own cryptocurrency but have basic level of awareness, 254 women who own crypto and 250..
4 years ago

Mickey Mantle Card NFT Sells for $471,000 at OpenSea

Days after MLB commissioner Rob Manfred canceled the first two series of the 2022 season, trading card company Topps caught headlines with baseball-themed non-fungible token (NFT) sales A first edition of the company’s “Topps Timeless Series,” an NFT of the storied 1952 baseball card of New York Yankees slugger Mickey Mantle got auctioned..
4 years ago

Current Geopolitical Unrest in Ukraine Good for Bitcoin – JP Morgan

A new research note from the biggest bank in the US, JP Morgan, suggest that the crypto and stablecoin markets are looking good since last week Russian citizens started adopting cryptocurrencies in order to protect themselves from a plummeting ruble Noting that the stablecoin share of the crypto market jumped up to a record 10%, JP Morgan..
4 years ago

EU’s Proposed Crypto Legislation No Threat to Bitcoin Yet

European Union’s draft legislation aimed at regulating the European crypto space will be put to vote without a heavily criticized part threating to prohibit cryptocurrencies relying on energy-intensive proof-of-work mining The controversial paragraph with wordings that could lead to the banning of crypto assets with proof-of-work..
4 years ago

OpenSea to Support Solana, Leaked Images Suggest

Leading NFT marketplace OpenSea, with roughly $2273 billion in lifetime NFT sales, may soon introduce Solana-based NFTs The platform currently supports the Ethereum and Polygon blockchain networks Leaked images by tech blogger Jane Manchun Wong who is known for scoops when it comes to new launch features from tech platforms, indicate the Solana..
4 years ago

Final Fantasy Creators Enter the Metaverse with The Sandbox

Square Enix, the Japanese role-playing game (RPG) giant known for its megahit Final Fantasy series, is partnering up with Ethereum-based altcoin project The Sandbox (SAND) According to an announcement by The Sandbox in a new blog post, the two will be releasing the classic Dungeon Siege into the metaverse with a new IP that follows a farmer and..
4 years ago

Genesis Digital to Build a 100% 100Megawatt Clean Energy Bitcoin Mining Centre in Sweden

Private industrial-scale bitcoin mining firm Genesis Digital is building a new self-hosted bitcoin mining data center in Sweden, with a power capacity of up 100 megawatts According to the announcement the facility will make use of a mix of 100% clean energy, hydro (545%), nuclear (428%) and wind (27%) when it comes online by 2024 which is..
4 years ago
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