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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Former Head of Thailand Central Bank Warns Crypto Bubble Not Over Yet

Anusorn Thammajai, the former Bank of Thailand (BOT) Director warns that the cryptocurrency market could come down on its knees in just a couple of months from now As reported by the Nation on Sunday,  the ex-central bank director noted that although the first wave of the crypto bubble has already passed leading to a devaluation of..
4 years ago

Central Bank of Ireland: Crypto Funds Too Complex for Retail Investors

In a February 2022 report called ‘Securities Markets Risk Outlook Report: A Changing Landscape’, the Central Bank of Ireland states that it is far from approving investment funds for retail crypto investors since they lack the knowledge to safely dive into the high-risk asset class The report details crypto assets as complex and a..
4 years ago

McDonalds to Set Up Shop in the Metaverse, Trademark Applications Show

Global American restaurant chain McDonald’s is not missing out on the Metaverse, following application for 10 trademarks in the virtual space Trademark attorney and founder of Gerben Intellectual Property, Josh Gerben, revealed today that on February 4, the fast-food chain submitted a trademark application that include plans for "a virtual..
4 years ago

Russian Government to Regulate Cryptocurrency

After months of speculation about how the Russian government will handle digital currencies, it has reached an agreement with the central bank on how to regulate cryptocurrencies, according to a Tuesday announcement The two are working on a draft law that will define crypto as an “analogue of currencies” rather than digital financial..
4 years ago

Apple to Bring Crypto Payments to iPhone with New Feature

Apple has announced plans to launch Tap to Pay for its iPhone on Wednesday This new feature will effectively turn smartphones into a point-of-sale device for businesses and merchants The announcement explains that with Tap to Pay, iPhone-owning merchants receive contactless payments by using their mobile devices as a point-of-sale machine..
4 years ago

BlackRock Rumored To Offer Crypto Trading Services to Clients

The world’s largest asset manager with over $10 trillion under management, BlackRock, will soon bring cryptocurrency trading services to its investor clients, according to three sources familiar with the matter According to a source, BlackRock’s clients can borrow from the firm with crypto assets as collateral Another person said that..
4 years ago

Zynga Moves All-In on NFT Gaming

Mobile gaming giant Zynga is readying the launch of its first non-fungible token (NFT) games and set to to conquer the space of NFT gaming The growth will also include more alliances, partnerships and potential acquisitions that will be announced before the end of this year’s second quarter, Speaking with crypto news authority Coindesk,..
4 years ago

Shiba Inu Joins the Metaverse With ‘Shiba Lands’

Shiba Inu developers on Tuesday said their memecoin protocol will soon be offering plots of virtual lands in an upcoming, yet-unnamed metaverse Following the news, prices of native tokens like SHIB and LEASH jumped as much as 40% In a blog post, Shiba Inu developers said: “The Metaverse is set to be one of the biggest areas within crypto..
4 years ago

PayPal Brings Leading Experts Together in Advisory Council on Crypto & Blockchain

Global payments giant PayPal has put together a team of industry experts to serve as advisors on crypto, blockchain and digital currencies PayPal made the announcement on Tuesday where it said it had “established a cross-disciplinary advisory council on Blockchain, Crypto and Digital Currencies (BCDC) comprised of some of the world’s..
4 years ago

104 CryptoPunks On Auction By Sotheby’s Expected to Bring In $30M

Auction house Sotheby’s is expecting to bring in the amount of around $30 million for the upcoming auctioning of 104 CryptoPunk non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in New York City auction on February 23 The complete collection that will be sold as a single lot titled “Punk It!,” was acquired in July 2021 in a single blockchain transaction by..
4 years ago

U.S. DOJ Arrests 2 People and Seizes 94,636 Bitcoin From 2016 Bitfinex Hack

On Tuesday, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it has has seized stolen cryptocurrency directly linked to hack of cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex in 2016 The DOJ states that this is the “largest cryptocurrency seizure to date, valued at more than $36 billion” at the time of the seizure Nevertheless, with Bitcoin price’s..
4 years ago

Polygon Raises $450M in Funding Round To Power Web3 Development

Layer-2 scaling solution Polygon has raised $450 million in a funding round that saw the participation of some of blockchain’s biggest venture funds The round was led by Sequoia Capital India, and over 40 other investors participated in the fundraiser Some of the investors were Galaxy Digital, Galaxy Interactive, Kevin ‘Mr Wonderful’..
4 years ago

China’s eCNY a Threat to U.S. Interests, Pat Toomey Says as He Requests Answers From Government Leaders

US Senator Pat Toomey shared his concerns about a China central bank digital currency with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Secretary of State Tony Blinken in a letter last week Addressing the policy makers, Toomey wrote: “I write to request your engagement on a momentous development in Beijing this week: the rollout of the world’s..
4 years ago

Block’s Cash App Out Rolls Out Lightning Bitcoin Payments

After months of rumors and anticipation, it is now official Jack Dorsey’s mobile payments service Cash App has integrated Lightning Network payments to its platform and is available to most of US customers The firm shared the news on Twitter late Monday night https://twittercom/CashApp/status/1490767860750336004 Cash App immediately..
4 years ago

NY Federal Reserve – Stablecoins “Not the Future of Payments”

In a paper published Monday, four researchers at the Federal Reserve bank of New York argue why stablecoins are not the future of payments According to the authors, for stablecoins to remain ‘stable’, they are pegged to an asset considered safe, such as the US dollar, thereby unnecessarily tying up assets, which could lead to shortages of..
4 years ago

Binance Takes on Crypto Celebrities in Super Bowl Ad Campaign, “Do Your Own Research”

With Super Bowl LVI coming up this Sunday, all eyes are on advertisement, especially crypto ad campaigns with major exchanges like FTX and Cryptocom already having secured slots during the largest televised sporting event on the globe In anticipation of the marketing feast, also dubbed 'Crypto Bowl', the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the..
4 years ago

Valkyrie Bitcoin Miners ETF Approved for Tuesday Launch on Nasdaq

Crypto asset manager Valkyrie received approval for its Bitcoin Miners ETF, the exchange-traded fund (ETF) with exposure to the stocks of bitcoin miners The fund will invest a minimum of 80% of its net assets in businesses that derive a minimum of 50% of their profit from bitcoin mining and will be available for trading on the Nasdaq Stock..
4 years ago

“Digital Assets Are Liquid Alternatives To Cash”, Tesla Informs SEC

Electric car manufactured, Tesla, filed its annual report with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last Friday The documents reveal Elon Musk’s company holds Bitcoin at a value of almost $2 billion as of December 31st, 2021 The filings read: “The fair market value of our bitcoin holdings as of December 31, 2021, was $199..
4 years ago

Google Cloud Integrates Crypto-Mining Malware Defense

Google Cloud has developed a Virtual Machine Threat Detection (VMTD), which will help protect users from threats such as malware that mines crypto currency on a compromised account A Google blog post details: “VMTD is a first-to-market detection capability from a major cloud provider that provides agentless memory scanning to help detect..
4 years ago

KPMG Canada Purchases Bitcoin and Ethereum for its Treasury

On Monday, KPMG Canada announced its first allocation of crypto assets to its corporate treasury The firm said acquisition of bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) on its balance sheet was made through Gemini Trust Company’s execution and custody services The Canadian branch of the accounting giant did not disclose the amounts of BTC and ETC..
4 years ago
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