Andreas M. Antonopoulos

- Anti-money laundering:  money laundering and drug trafficking; could this spur the beginning of regulations BTC exchanges?http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bitcoin-champ-charged-funding-drug-shop-article-1.1593656
http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2013/s3933146.htm

- International:  Russia on Bitcoin
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-27/russia-backs-bitcoin-curbs-as-central-bank-snubs-sberbank-plan.html

- Limitations of Bitcoin and the Quantity Theory of Money:
http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2014-01-28/bitcoin-gold-and-quantity-money

- Potential innovations leveraging Bitcoins: "Smart Contracts"
http://www.blacklistednews.com/Way_Beyond_Bitcoin%3A_The_Coming_of_%22Smart_Contracts%22/32397/0/38/38/Y/M.html

- An example of an event taking Bitcoins:
http://wellington.startupweekend.org/2014/01/28/bitcoin-your-startup-weekend-ticket/

- International:  Evidence of emerging markets adopting Bitcoin from weakening currency and inflationary pressures.  Brazil.  (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-27/bitcoin-seen-as-save-haven-in-brazil-boosts-online-trade.html

- Emerging market uncertainties bolster support for Bitcoin.  http://www.nasdaq.com/article/bitcoin-prices-rise-above-usd1000-amid-emerging-market-chaos-cm320950

- Payment:  Bitcoin as an alternative to Western Union for remitances, efficiency gains on credit payments from Visa, etc, and retail transactions. The prevention of double payments.  Potential to revolutionize online payments.  Efficiencies in settlement times. (http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20140127/BIZ/301279940/0/FRONTPAGE)

- Online Retail:  Adult sites. Andreas Hronopoulos
http://www.sacbee.com/2014/01/27/6104110/bitcoins-spending-power-increases.html

- Could Google Coin become a reality?  http://www.valuewalk.com/2014/01/bitcoin-trends-2014/

- Glenn Fleishman counters Andreessen. 
https://medium.com/the-magazine/23e551c67a6