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I like the argument that Wall street getting involved will help bitcoin go mainstream.

Which App/Company can bring massive BTC adoption to the world?

I think messaging apps with new features including BTC of course, can do it.

Do you have some information or is this just something that you think is possible?

Samsung Electronics Co. is working with International Business Machines Corp. to use bitcoin technology for new applications.
While bitcoin’s price has almost halved in the past year and the prospects for the digital currency are uncertain, its underlying software is attracting companies like phone makers, carriers and banks. That’s because the technology can be tweaked to record changes in ownership of any asset in a public ledger using a distributed network of computers or mobile phones. It could help facilitate all types of online transactions.
Samsung Research America, a division based in Silicon Valley, has researchers looking at using the so-called bitcoin blockchain to design better ways to verify “that what you say is authentic is authentic,” said Steven Rahman, director of strategy at the research division.
Samsung makes electronics ranging from Galaxy smartphones to home appliances and TVs. The Suwon, South Korea-based company also runs music radio and video services, a mobile-payment service, and offers a variety of apps.
“The blockchain technology is very interesting in general, and it can be applied in a lot of areas,” Rahman said. “Currency, it’s just the first use case. You could imagine that anything, like prescriptions, could be managed with the blockchain technology.”
Samsung Research America usually develops technologies that may be used in commercial products in two to five years, he said, declining to provide further details about the bitcoin project.
Storage Alternative
The bitcoin blockchain could allow for cheaper money transfer and be used for storage of files like songs and videos, which currently require companies to either buy hundreds of servers or lease capacity from other service providers.
Other companies have become interested in the technology. Orange SA’s Silicon Valley-based venture-capital arm has said it’s looking to invest in bitcoin startups. This year Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. licensed its technology to a bitcoin trading company, while the New York Stock Exchange invested in bitcoin startup Coinbase.
Steve Tomasco, a spokesman for IBM, didn’t respond to a request for comment.

Do you have some information or is this just something that you think is possible?

I think Ebay is the most important. Its the biggest buy/sell place in the planet. BTC would be great there, because it would be way cheaper than using the scam that is Paypal with their abusive fees.

Samsung is a real possibility.

Forget about Apple. We don't need them. They're evil.
I'd personally like Google, Samsung and Amazon to join Bitcoin. It would be quite nice if you could pay for things in the Play store using Bitcoin.
Although it would be more beneficial if companies such as Wallmart would adopt Bitcoin. People need 'more' reasons to buy Bitcoin. Being able to buy groceries is a pretty good reason?

Forget about Apple. We don't need them. They're evil.
I'd personally like Google, Samsung and Amazon to join Bitcoin. It would be quite nice if you could pay for things in the Play store using Bitcoin.
Although it would be more beneficial if companies such as Wallmart would adopt Bitcoin. People need 'more' reasons to buy Bitcoin. Being able to buy groceries is a pretty good reason?

Mainstream companies of course
Google,Apple, Samsung,Amazon,Ebay,Paypal are the big companies that can make bitcoin more used with just one announcement

Imagine they implement bitcoin in their payments systems or in their phones, it would be huge.
Some of them are testing with bitcoin because they don't trust it yet, I hope they change their mind

Gaming!

Get one of those big mobile games that have those microtransactions to accept Bitcoins and advertise it heavily.

Make it seem like BTC is the only way to get your loot:

I think if Wal-Mart, Amazon, Overstock, or one of those large companies agreed to pay their vendors faster if they took bitcoin, we would suddenly see mainstream adoption.