From the article: "Bitmain, which designs application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) chips and manufacturers cryptocurrency miners, has reportedly made $1.1 billion in profits in the first quarter of 2018 alone.

According to a recent report by Fortune that cites a term sheet for the company’s upcoming IPO obtained from insiders, Bitmain currently claims a 50% net margin and has conservative estimates of $2 to $3 billion for its full-year profit."

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Surprised how the article didn't answer their own question in the title it is a shame to see that even Forbes is doing this kinds of misleading titles. Sadly it onlg focus again of Bitcoin ETFs as well as old news about the past movements of Bitcoin. It is like they are just recycling what they have provided before and making it look like "new" with a even catchier news headline. To tell you the truth the news article left us speculating even more on what is to come with the market.

I'm quite certain that within a year or two the main legacy corporate elite will have taken over the some of the main exchanges in this industry. Poloniex was just a teaser.

That's why it's very important to start building up decentralized economies and put more effort into understanding what LN really is and what it is capable of. I strongly believe that LN is Bitcoin's killer application. It will allow people to utilize Bitcoin as cash on a massive scale that we can't even imagine right now. It will grant Bitcoin an ultimate advantage over any other coin and centralized payment service such as Visa, PayPal, etc.

What's faster than near instant settling payments that barely require a fee?  

If brick and mortar stores accept LN and grant people a 2% discount (which is calculated in due to Visa&Master fees) for every purchase, you can be sure that people will rush to these stores to use it.

Why does someone waste time posting this type of article? the visa and mastercard do not like crypto for several reasons and one of those reasons is because cryptos are not regulated in many country, so if we do not have  bitcoins debit cards or virtual cards that allow to make purchases using bitcoins, as it would be possible to have many transactions related to the purchase of goods or services? I think nobody should waste time posting this kind of article

Apparently two of the five commissioners in the SEC will be moving on and replaced by the end of the year. That may have a bearing on things. I'm not totally sure who decides what but that's a large percentage of attitude that could possible change.

If I were in the driving seat I wouldn't be too turned on by the Winklevoss proposal either. In Wall St terms they're nobodies and I don't think they ever got around  to nominating any type of insurance. We know proper security is more dependable than some insurance company who'll do all they can not to pay. Others may not.

I absolutely agree with you. I even think that there are only two options for the current Chinese government: realize its mistakes and rectify them or stand down/be overthrown. People of China, poor and rich, show that they want to live in a free world, which gives much more opportunities than living in a totalitarian state.

I bet most of the Bitcoin holders who buy real estate in foreign countries would not do that if they could live the life they want to live in their native land.

Headline sounds misleading, the on-chain capacity increases are supposed to average at 20-30%. There's no point in over-selling the scalability improvements, better to emphasise the privacy and fungibility improvements. The latter are absolute, whereas the scaling improvements are only relative (and modest).