Worldwide bitcoin trading has long been very difficult to predict, and to many, it’s been disappointing. At least as a currency, Bitcoin hasn’t been adopted in the sweeping and rapid way some expected, and it certainly hasn’t supplanted fiat currencies around the world – though that isn’t to say it isn’t out there. Contrary to how it may seem or what some people might tell you, there are plenty of ways to use bitcoin in the world, from retail to travel booking, and there may soon be many more of these opportunities in the United States.

Looking into trading volume by country it actually becomes clear that the U.S. already uses bitcoin more than any other country on Earth. This may come as a surprise, particularly given that some Americans still feel it’s hard to find reasonable opportunities to spend bitcoin. It’s not as if we’ve reached a point at which the Starbucks around the corner is taking bitcoin transactions for lattes. This same fact also keeps a lot of Americans from investing in or holding bitcoin. For many of the same Americans, however, this could be about to change thanks to the impending legalization of sports and event betting in most, if not all states across the country. This will represent a major shift in American policy toward games or events of chance with real money on the line, but thanks to a Supreme Court ruling earlier this year, we will indeed see a United States sports betting market.

It might be hard for some to imagine what such a market would look like in the U.S. because sports betting has been widely outlawed for many years now. However, we can probably safely look the UK as an example. The leading platforms in the UK are varied but firmly established, competitive with one another because of the bonuses they offer and the ways in which they welcome new players. Underneath all of this, they’re all effectively the same, offering the most up-to-date odds and information they possibly can and catering to huge user bases.