Well we do know that lot of VC money has been pouring into Bitcoin recently, so Silicon Valley(or someone else) might see this as the perfect opportunity to jump in and stake their claim in the exchange market. Which would be good for us since Bitcoin is obviously outgrowing Mt. Gox.
For instance, BTCGlobal.com looks very promising!
Impressive.
Is there a roll out schedule? The website simply says "May", and it's solely for Southern American countries at launch.
The owners appear to want to compete with Gox, they make that quite clear, so there has to be an international plan..
There are a lot of people very willing to support new exchanges that can demonstrate having their shit together.
[–]btcglobal 10 points 2 hours ago
All of the above assumptions are correct.
We will roll out in Latin America first. We plan to roll out globally as well. There is a fixed schedule plan for the roll out, but we care more about solid technology, solid legal backing, solid banking support, solid customer service - then about plans. So we do one step at a time and make sure all fits. But no worries we'll also be as transparent as possible so expect news on this soon.