Quote from: patricktim on June 07, 2013, 12:15:41 PM

http://forexmagnates.com/compliance-through-alliance-btc-global-introduces-crowdsourced-bitcoin-regulation/

Seeing the landscape change, todays bitcoin startups are beginning to take regulations and banking relationships more seriously, and viewing them as a necessary annoyance. However, while firms are taking more precaution, it comes at a cost. Explaining the difficulties, Steven Morrel, Co-Founder and CPO at BTC Global expressed to Forex Magnates that to really make sure you are covering yourself in terms of regulation, firms needs be registered in each country or state they do business in. As such, Morrel added that this means employing lawyers and paying for fees in each state or country. Its a huge difficulty for startups.

This article strikes me as very U.S. centric and may be a great example of the future of bitcoin innovation being in other countries.