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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Coinbase US Plans to Hire 2,000 People in 2022

The largest US cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, Coinbase Global, will hire up to 2,000 people in 2022 as it looks to make use of opportunities in the development of Web 3, and other areas Chief People Officer LJ Brock, made the announcement in a company blog post on Tuesday Brock said: "We believe our industry is in its..
4 years ago

Ripple Labs Will Collaborate with Digital Euro Association on CBDC

Ripple and the Digital Euro Association (DEA) will jointly work on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) The collaboration, announced on Friday, credits Ripple for being a leader in the space of cross-border payments “Ripple, one of the leading providers of enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions for cross-border payments, has recently..
4 years ago

European Commission Working on Draft CBDC Proposal, Ready By 2023

The European Commission (EC) is working on new legislation to establish the legal basis for the digital version of the Euro fiat currency A draft of the legislation is expected in 2023 and will support the European Central Bank (ECB) in finalizing the technical side of the digital Euro project which the ECB started investigating in October..
4 years ago

IMF Director Snubs Crypto and Thinks CBDC Are the Future of Money

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) seems to be concerned about the rise in popularity of cryptocurrencies and to be doing anything to prevent further uprising of the digital assets, which would effectively diminish the institution’s control on nation states Speaking at the Atlantic Council in Washington DC last week, IMF managing director..
4 years ago

Bahrain Central Bank Tests Cross-Border Transfer with JPMorgan’s ‘JPM Coin’

Bahrain’s central bank announced a successful transfer of funds across borders using the JPMorgan blockchain, in preparation of its central bank digital currency (CBDC) The transfer, using JPM Coin, was done in collaboration with Bank ABC The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB), governor, Rasheed Mohammed Al Maraj said: "We at the Central Bank of..
4 years ago

Uber Will Start Accepting Crypto For Payments At Some Point, CEO Says

In a recent Bloomberg interview, CEO of leading rideshare application Uber, Dara Khosrowshahi said that there are two big hurdles to be taken before approving introducing digital assets to cover the cost of transportation and food deliveries on his platform Speaking with host Emily Chang on crypto for payments, the CEO noted: “It definitely..
4 years ago

Ripple’s Court Case Could Soon See an End As Judge Allows ‘Fair Notice Defense’

Ripple’s ongoing court case, in which the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) claims that Ripple sold XRP as illegal securities, might be nearing to a verdict Court documents showed this week that Judge Analisa Torres has give Ripple permission to respond to the SEC's Memorandum of Law in support of the Motion to Strike fair notice..
4 years ago

Onlyfans Moves Into the World of NFTs

London-based internet subscription service Onlyfans announced that its members will soon have the ability to display authenticated NFTs as their profile pictures The site is renowned for its innovative concepts, such as for its direct funding for content creators, its one-time tips, the firm’s pay-per-view (PPV) features, and of course,..
4 years ago

Netflix Announces Series on Infamous Bitfinex Hack of 120,000 BTC

American subscription streaming service and production company Netflix announced Friday that it “has ordered a documentary series about a married couple’s alleged scheme to launder billions of dollars worth of stolen cryptocurrency in the biggest criminal financial crime case in history, the infamous Bitfinex hack, that saw a huge twist just..
4 years ago

SEC Chairman Gary Gensler Discusses Crypto Regulation with Bloomberg

In an interview with Bloomberg this week, Chairman of the SEC, Gary Gensler talked about cryptocurrency regulation and the agency’s agenda “We do have a broad agenda and crypto is part of that agenda,” Gensler confirmed Commenting specifically on crypto regulation, the SEC boss affirmed that “The agency is really just looking out..
4 years ago

Veteran Investor Bill Miller: Bitcoin Is Insurance Against Financial Catastrophe

Veteran investor Bill Miller discussed cryptocurrencies in an interview with CNBC on Wednesday About Bitcoin in particular, Miller said, “It’s like an insurance policy” He added: “Insurance policies have no intrinsic value In fact, you want them to have no intrinsic value You don’t want to have your house burned down or get in a..
4 years ago

Binance Takes a $200 Million Stake in Forbes To Promote Crypto Awareness

The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has taken a big interest in Forbes In an announcement, it was revealed that the leading exchange will invest $200 million as part of a strategic investment Forbes CEO Mike Federle commented: “Forbes is committed to demystifying the complexities and providing helpful information about..
4 years ago

Rapper Drake Bets Over CA$1.5 Million in BTC Rooting for the LA Rams

Four-time Grammy winning Canadian rapper Drake is rooting for the Los Angeles Rams in Sunday’s Super Bowl LVI, also dubbed 'Crypto Bowl' for the large number of anticipated crypto advertisements The rapper took to Instagram sharing his Stakecom betslips, betting in total more than $15 million Canadian dollars in Bitcoin At 151 odds, the..
4 years ago

NFT Platform OpenSea Moves Into Venture Capital

In a company blog post, leading non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea announced the launch of an investment arm The firm that raised $300 million in January good for a company valuation of $133 billion said that OpenSea ventures is dedicated to growing the Web 3 ecosystem “through NFTs, decentralized systems and other novel..
4 years ago

Stock Trading Soon Available on FTX US

FTX US has opened up a wait list for users to learn about its soon-to-be-launched stock trading platform President of the cryptocurrency exchange, Brett Harrison, announced in a tweet on Friday, that they will be soon offering stock trading and that those interested can now sign up for the latest..
4 years ago

JPMorgan Predicts $150K for Bitcoin in Long-Term

In a research note published Tuesday, global investment bank JPMorgan said that looking at the long-term, Bitcoin’s price will reach $150K while the fair value of the cryptocurrency lies currently at $38K At the predicted level of $150K level, Bitcoin’s total market value would be equal to that of all privately held gold, JPMorgan..
4 years ago

Fitch Ratings Lowers El Salvador’s Bonds to Junk Grade Citing Bitcoin Concerns

American credit rating agency and one of the ‘Big Three’, Fitch Ratings just downgraded El Salvador’s Long Term Foreign Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) from “B-” to “CCC” on Wednesday To Fitch, bonds rated AAA, AA, A, or BBB are considered investment grade, while those rated BB, B, CCC, CC, C, or D are considered speculative,..
4 years ago

India’s Central Bank Still Believes Crypto A “Big Threat” To Financial System

Confusion remains in India on the status of cryptocurrencies where Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor, Shaktikanta Das, repeated his concerns that cryptocurrency is a “big threat” to the country’s financial stability During a press conference on Thursday, Das reiterated his previous warnings and said that any crypto not backed by the..
4 years ago

Swiss Bank UBS Details Alternative Crypto Investment Strategies

Switzerland’s largest bank, UBS, published a research note last week suggesting alternative investments to the direct purchase of crypto In the note, the analysts explained that “direct exposure to cryptos is highly speculative” They added that Bitcoin’s latest crash of almost 40% since its all-time high in November, 2021, “has..
4 years ago

New Play-to-Earn Winter Olympics Game Shoots FLOW Tokens Up

After a new officially licensed mobile game showcasing the ongoing Beijing 2022 Olympics Winter Games was launched on the network, Flow’s FLOW tokens surged 11% in the past 24 hours nWayPlay’s Olympic Games Jam: Beijing 2022, a play-to-earn mobile game that was created in collaboration with the International Olympic Committee, launched this..
4 years ago
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