As the US goes, so goes the rest of the world.
The rest of
western world. Which is not "the world".
Bitcoin is in violation of the laws of nearly every country. Now I
That's utter BS. Can you show me how is bitcoin violating the laws of Italy, Russia, China, Sweden, Iran, Japan... Just to have a few examples. Be concrete, if you are so sure.
And yes, in the US you have some negative precedent (the e-gold thing, liberty dollar, etc.) - but again, the US is not "the rest of the world".