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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  • Crypto
  • Poker
  • iGaming
  • Casino

Peter's latest articles

Crypto Markets Tank After Russia Moves in On Ukraine But Recovered Quickly

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies experienced heavy swings over the past 24 hours amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine While US President Biden imposed new sanctions on Russia for the attack, Russian airstrikes caused declines across speculative assets worldwide, including cryptocurrencies Losing almost 9%, with Bitcoin (BTC) falling as much..
4 years ago

Charles Hoskinson Shares his Admiration for Ethereum and its Co-Founder

In a new Ask Me Anything (AMA) on his YouTube channel, Cardano (ADA) creator Charles Hoskinson expresses his admiration for rival Ethereum’s ecosystem He notes: “[Ethereum’s] ecosystem is fascinating, roll-ups in particular There’s a lot of magic there and I admire that greatly And I think we can do better as an ecosystem I think a lot..
4 years ago

Thailand Stock Exchange to Launch a Digital Asset Exchange

After Thailand recently eased its tax rules on crypto, removing the heavily criticized 15% withholding tax, plans are ready to regulate crypto as a means of payment in the country and the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) is about to launch a digital asset exchange In an interview with Bloomberg this week, the president of the SET, Dr Pakorn..
4 years ago

NFT Platform Ucollex Raises $10 Million in Funding Round Led by Animoca Brands

Animoca Brands recently led a $10 million Series A for Hong Kong-based non-fungible token (NFT) platform, Ucollex together with MCP IPX One Fund from Japanese investment firm MCP Asset Management Ucollex’s NFT platform, focused on art and pop collectible’s, offers users exclusive content, artist interviews, 3D art and virtual reality..
4 years ago

Bitcoin Adoption in El Salvador A Powerful Boost for Country’s Economy

El Salvador’s adoption of Bitcoin as legal tender has triggered some notable economic benefits in the country, not only for the gross domestic product (GDP) but also for the tourism industry The head of the Ministry of Tourism (MITUR), Morena Valdez, said in an interview with local news: “The implementation of bitcoin benefited the sector..
4 years ago

Sothebys Abruptly Cancels Auction of 104 CryptoPunks

On Wednesday, auction house Sothebys abruptly withdrew a collection of 104 CryptoPunks that was expected to bring in as much as $30 million in a much-anticipated auction just minutes before start of bidding Sotheby said that the seller decided to withdraw the lot but did not disclose the reasons why the NFT series was canceled The collection..
4 years ago

Crypto Winter Can be a Good Thing According to Vitalik Buterin

Speaking with Bloomberg recently, 28-year-old Ethereum co-founder, Vitalik Buterin, said that a retreat in cryptocurrency prices could have a positive effect in the long run The dreaded ‘crypto winter’, he notes, would shield the space from speculation: “When there are these long periods of prices moving up by huge amounts like it does –..
4 years ago

Bloomberg’s Mike McGlone on Eastern European Tensions and Bitcoin

Mike McGlone, Bloomberg’s senior commodity analyst, weighs in on the current geopolitical tensions in Eastern Europe According to McGlone, current affairs do not necessarily have to negatively impact top cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH), although this week can still be a bit choppy On Twitter, the analysts notes that..
4 years ago

BetCity.nl Joins Leading Betting Integrity Monitor IBIA

BetEnt BV’s Dutch licensed sports betting brand BetCitynl has become a member of the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) The operator joins many of the leading regulated sports betting operators in the world in becoming part of IBIA, with the association’s members accounting for over $137bn (€115bn) of global betting..
4 years ago

Russia’s Finance Ministry Snubs Central Bank and Proposes Crypto Bill

Russia's Ministry of Finance has formally introduced a bill regulate cryptocurrencies in the country According to a press release published on Monday, in defiance of the country’s Central bank (CBR),  the bill was put up on February 18 and based on the previously approved roadmap that was drafter by several government bodies The CBR..
4 years ago

South Korean KB Bank Readies to Launch Crypto ETF’s and Futures

South Korean Kookmin Bank will shortly become the first bank on the Korean peninsula to bring crypto investment products to its retail customers In an official announcement on Monday, KB said that it had formed a Digital Asset Management Preparatory Committee to determine product and strategy capabilities of digital assets and artificial..
4 years ago

Bitcoin Bull Market Years Away, Huobi Co-Founder Says

Speaking with CNBC, co-founder of cryptocurrency exchange Huobi, Du Jun, said to fear that Bitcoin's historical four-year pattern points to the start of a Bitcoin winter Noting that the markets follow four-year cycles and that bear markets follow bull markets after the halving has set in, Jun notes: “In crypto, there is a cycle or a curse..
4 years ago

Crypto Platform FTX Launches New Blockchain Gaming Unit

Popular crypto trading platform FTX is rolling a new gaming unit, according to a Bloomberg repot on Monday The unit, FTX Gaming, aims at stimulating gaming companies to start using cryptocurrencies and will offer a "crypto-as-a-service" platform for the launch of tokens and NFT support An FTX spokesperson told Bloomberg that gaming is an..
4 years ago

Kevin O’Leary Expects Bitcoin to Skyrocket Once Institutions Are ‘Allowed’ to Get In

Shark Tank star, Mr Wonderful, Kevin O’Leary expects the price of Bitcoin to “appreciate drastically” In an interview with Stansberry Research last week, he explained that when institutions are finally getting direct exposure to Bitcoin, with the right regulations in place, the price will skyrocket He said: “You want to talk about bitcoin..
4 years ago

Denver Broncos Coming in the Hands of Crypto Enthusiast for $4B?

The NFL Denver Broncos are up for sale and according to reports, a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) is in the running to acquire the franchise The DAO, led by Sean O’Brien, a 10-year veteran of Cisco Systems' legal department, is aiming to raise $4 billion when it goes live this week According to estimates by ESPN, this is exactly..
4 years ago

Crypto-Based ETNs Available to Bulgarian Investors

The Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE) has recently launched crypto trading instruments tracking the price rates of Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) An announcement made last week said: “Investors looking for suitable innovative crypto products may now freely trade in eight crypto exchange-traded notes (ETNs)” The Bulgarian stock market..
4 years ago

Ripple Labs Moving to Advantage After ‘Big Mistake’ by SEC in XRP Lawsuit

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) motion in which it asks the reconsideration of the unsealing of emails relating to former SEC Director of Corporate Finance William Hinman’s speech when he said that Ethereum (ETH) was not a security, is a big mistake This according to attorney and legal expert Jeremy Hogan, who has been reporting..
4 years ago

Axie Infinity Surpasses $4B Sales on its 4th Birthday

Celebrating its 4th Birthday, popular blockchain-based online video game, Axie Infinity has just surpassed $4 billion in all-time non-fungible token (NFT) sales The play-to-earn (P2E) game by Vietnamese software studio Sky Mavis firmly sits on the third spot of largest NFT projects in terms of all-time sales, just behind LooksRare and..
4 years ago

Wyoming Senator Lummis: Fed Reserve Should Buy Bitcoin

Speaking at a webinar hosted by the Orrin G Hatch Foundation, Wyoming pro-Bitcoin senator, Cynthia Lummis, said that the US Federal Reserve should be stacking up on Bitcoin (BTC) When asked about the Fed purchasing Bitcoin, the Senator noted it would be a good idea with the right regulation in place: “I think it’s a great idea, to be..
4 years ago

Crypto Exchange Bit2Me Becomes First Licensed VASP in Spain

Leading Spanish and Latin American crypto exchange, Bit2Me has become the first platform to act officially as a recognized virtual asset service provider (VASP) in Spain The exchange made the announcement on Thursday after it received the approval from the Bank of Spain to be the “first provider of services for the exchange of virtual..
4 years ago
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