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

U.S. SEC Digging Deeper Into NFTs Which Could Qualify as Securities

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are being investigated by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to see if some might qualify as securities and should therefore be regulated as such As reported by Bloomberg, SEC attorneys have issued subpoenas to NFT creators and multiple crypto exchanges requesting more information Sources close to the..
4 years ago

Citadel Moving Into Crypto as Founder Ken Griffin Admits He Was “Wrong” About Bitcoin

In a recent appearance on Bloomberg Wealth speaking with David Rubenstein, Ken Griffin, founder and CEO of multinational hedge fund Citadel discussed current market dynamics amidst the geopolitical unrest and noted they are at a “very volatile inflection point” When the two talked about digital assets, Griffin said that his firm will be..
4 years ago

Airbnb Considering Crypto Payments and Pledges Help to 100,000 Ukrainian Refugees

In an interview with CNBC on Tuesday, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky discussed cryptocurrency and what his company’s can do to help Ukrainian refugees Airbnb has about 6 million active listings spread around 100,000 cities and towns across the globe Chesky was asked if his platform supports cryptocurrencies since people in Ukraine are urging to take..
4 years ago

Cambridge University Starts New Crypto Research Program With Key Financial Players

Cambridge University’s Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) will commence a new program researching cryptocurrencies The program, dubbed the Cambridge Digital Assets Programme (CDAP), will be in collaboration with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) CCAF executive director Bryan Zhang..
4 years ago

Dogecoin and Shiba Inu Payments Coming to AMC Theatres Soon

The world’s largest movie cinema chain, AMC Entertainment, will soon be accepting the two most popular meme cryptocurrencies, dogecoin (DOGE) and shiba inu (SHIB) Late Monday evening, AMC’s Chief Executive Officer, Adam Aron, made the announcement on Twitter that his AMC Theatres will be accepting payments in cooperation with BitPay by..
4 years ago

Marathon Digital Reports 600% YOY Increase in Mined BTC, Pledges Carbon Neutral by 2023

One of the biggest publicly traded Bitcoin miners in North America, Marathon Digital (MARA), has reported a fourth-quarter revenue increase of 17% from the previous quarter Nevertheless the $603 million was still a little below what analyst estimated with $609 million The company’s earnings press release noted that the self-mined Bitcoin was..
4 years ago

African Crypto Exchange VALR Raises $50Million in Series B Funding Round

South African-based cryptocurrency exchange VALR has just raised $50 million valuing the company at $240 million The largest funding round ever for an African crypto firm, as the exchange calls it, was led by Pantera Capital with participation from Alameda Research, Coinbase Ventures, Cadenza, CMT Digital, Distributed Global, GSR, Third Prime..
4 years ago

Valve CEO Talks About NFTs, and Crypto Payments on Steam

Gabe Newell, CEO and founder of Valve which owns one of the largest digital distribution markets in the PC gaming industry, Steam, spoke with gaming media ‘Rock, Paper, Shotgun’ about crypto and NFTs According to Newell, validated NFT technology opens a door of possibilities, yet he acknowledged there are some acting in bad faith and are..
4 years ago

Is eBay Adding Cryptocurrencies for Payments Soon? CEO Jamie Iannone Speaks

In a recent interview with The Street, published on February 27, president and Chief Executive Officer of eBay, Jamie Iannone, discussed the possible integration of cryptocurrencies on its platform and the sales of NFTs eBay has allowed NFT sales since May of 2021 of which CEO Jamie Iannone said that this simply emerged without much..
4 years ago

Ukraine’s Request For Crypto Exchanges to Halt Services to Russians Gets Dismissed

Ukraine's Ministry of Digital has reached out to 8 leading cryptocurrency exchanges asking them to halt services to Russian users Letters were sent out on Sunday to Coinbase, Binance, Huobi, KuCoin, Bybit, Gateio and Whitebit, and Ukrainian exchange Kuna Binance, Coinbase and Kraken have all said not to ban Russian users from its platforms,..
4 years ago

Blockchain-Based Storage App Collects $17.2 Million in Seeding

Following a seed investment round, blockchain-based permanent storage application ArDrive, raised a neat $172 million from 13 investors The round was led by Arweave Team, Blockchain Capital, and Sino Global Capital ArDrive currently hosts over 6 million files from across the globe, including text, articles, photos and videos on its Arweave..
4 years ago

‘NFT Worlds’ Upgrade Brings Microsoft’s Minecraft to the Metaverse

Huge news for Minecraft fans and NFT collectors alike Popular video game Minecraft, released as early as 2011, is upgrading to Web3 thanks to unaffiliated third party developers With some of Minecraft’s software being open source, NFT Worlds has entered to provide the game’s players a metaverse experience in an existing game NFT..
4 years ago

$10 Million in Bitcoin and Ethereum Donated To Ukraine So Far

The Ukraine government’s call for donations to resist Russian forces in the country has been successful with nearly $10 million in the cryptocurrencies Bitcoin and Ethereum The Ukrainian government began asking for cryptocurrency donations on Saturday morning The official Twitter account for..
4 years ago

Rakuten Launches Non-Fungible Token Marketplace

Japanese electronic commerce and online retail company, Rakuten Group, has announced the launch of a non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace called Rakuten NFT The company said in a statement: “Rakuten NFT is a service that provides a marketplace for users to purchase NFTs, as well as peer-to-peer buying and selling of NFTs, in a range of areas..
4 years ago

BNY Mellon Partners With Chainalysis And Launches Custody Platform

The Bank of New York (BNY) Mellon, which is the world's largest custodian bank and securities services company with $417 trillion in assets under custody (AUC) and over $22 trillion in assets under management (AUM), has partnered with blockchain software and analytics firm, Chainalysis BNY Mellon will be utilizing Chainalysis compliance..
4 years ago

U.S. Needs to Embrace Bitcoin Immediately

In an interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box”, Morgan Creek Digital co-founder and crypto entrepreneur, Anthony Pompliano, said that the United States needs to take the lead when it comes to Bitcoin acceptance In the context of national security, Pompliano noted that although Bitcoin adoption at the national level is well underway, with bipartisan..
4 years ago

Elon Musk’s Brother Critical of Tesla’s Decision to Buy Bitcoin In 2021

Elon Musk’s younger brother, Kimbal Musk, who is a longtime board member of Tesla, came out critical about the electric vehicle manufacturer’s decision to purchase $15 billion worth of Bitcoin (BTC) a year ago Speaking at the ETHDenver conference, he noted that Tesla was not considering the cryptocurrency’s carbon footprint and just..
4 years ago

Jack Mallers’ Strike to Partner with Shopify?

In a new episode of the Bitcoin Magazine Podcast, Strike’s CEO Jack Mallers sat down with host Alex McShane to discuss Bitcoin and his plans for 2022, in which he is committed to give global customers the best possible experience which Bitcoin can provide Recognizing that there are still many merchants that do not accept Bitcoin, Mallers sees..
4 years ago

Block’s Cash App Announces 2021 Earnings Report, 14% Increase in Gross Profits

Block Inc, formerly Square Inc, on Thursday released its Q4 2021 earnings report Included were the numbers of its popular mobile payment platform Cash App, which offers users the trading of cryptocurrencies The company announced: "Cash App generated $196 billion of bitcoin revenue and $46 million of bitcoin gross profit during the fourth..
4 years ago

ECB to Act Quick on Crypto Regulation Following Russian Sanctions

Following a meeting of the European Union's Economic and Financial Affairs Council, ECB President Christine Lagarde said it's "critically important" for crypto regulation to be pushed through as soon as possible The Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) legislation is the result of years of work and aims to provide a structure for broadly regulating..
4 years ago
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