Define bitcoin as currency: Australia, Sweden.
It is clear that bitcoin transactions are illegal: Indonesia, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Ecuador and kyrgyzstan.
Clearly identified as legal means of payment: France, Japan.
Specific economic activities related to bitcoin: UK, Germany, France, Finland, Norway, Russia, Singapore, Israel.
The first country to recognize the legal status of bitcoin: Germany.
The first country to block bitcoin: Thailand (now a changed attitude)
ICO's country: China, South Korea.
Countries with positive attitudes to ICO: Russia, France.
Japan: embracing reform, licensing, and overall regulation.
Japan, as an innovator in this reform, has been on the cutting edge.
This is a decent summary showing to us that the opinions of different countries around the world are not unified when it comes to bitcoin and cryptocurrencies each one is taking decisions based on what they think it is best for them, Japan is probably the one that gets my attention the most, they are doing everything they can to promote the use of cryptocurrencies it seems they understand very clearly that bitcoin is going to be big in the future and they want to obtain the most benefits.