well i guess hotforex does allow a certain number of countries to trade bitcoin, but that would depend on the country. many in the EU region are not allowed, i guess russia and china are strongly against it, but with japan being the biggest country supporting it then who knows, the thing is there are already apps, like locally coin.ph allows direct conversion of cash to btc. not to mention the many third party companies that deals in btc. another thing im look at is ripple this generation of currencies are crazy. what happened to the good old days of simply cash money and gold LOL. sign of aging i guess