Even if you’ve been trading cryptocurrencies and studying blockchain technology for years, you may not have heard of David Marcus until just recently.

However, when the history of this still brand-new industry is written, he’s going to go down as one of the more important behind-the-scenes power brokers.

Last month, you see, Marcus was promoted at Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) to head the social networking giant’s “experimental” blockchain unit. (I’ll tell you more about Marcus’ background in a moment.)

There’s more going on here than just a nice promotion in a hot new field. Facebook’s move comes several months after Marcus joined the board of directors at Coinbase, an online exchange I’ve used more many years.

And I’m sure many of you use Coinbase as well. (If you’re not crypto trading yet, I’ll start to show you how right here.)

After, the number of Coinbase users jumped exponentially throughout 2017 – from 400,000 in January to 4.3 million in December. Just check out this chart.

To me, while from the outside Coinbase may look like a new form of company, it’s really a classic Silicon Valley startup.

It’s even based in San Francisco – for why that’s important, take a look at this recent report.

And this post-Marcus series of moves tells me Coinbase is looking to go public.

Today, I’m going to show why these moves are so important for the future of crypto trading.

And I’ll how you can get involved – before Coinbase makes its IPO move…

The Senate of Canada, as you likely know, late Thursday night passed a bill legalizing recreational marijuana.

And once the House of Commons and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau do their part, Canadians could spend up to $4.7 billion on legal cannabis products in 2019, according to Deloitte.

But bigger things are coming.

Here’s the story…

Legal cannabis history has been made.

It’s been over a year of legislative back and forth, but the Senate of Canada finally passed Bill C-45, known as The Cannabis Act.

The vote, taken after 9 p.m. Eastern on Thursday, was 56 in favor, 30 opposed, and 1 abstention. Here in Silicon Valley, my dinner had to wait till this was over.

But those few hunger pangs were worth it.

This vote brings Canada within a hair’s breadth of legalizing recreational cannabis for adult use throughout the country. The path to legalization is nearly complete.

Now, the House of Commons has to approve a raft of amendments – nearly 50 – that various Canadian senators added yesterday. But once that’s done, the bill will be ready for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s final signature.

And once that happens, Canada will be the first G-7 nation (i.e., wealthy) to fully legalize cannabis, and to have set up a regulated system for its propagation and sale.

It’s similar to the U.S. process, where the House of Representatives and Senate have to reconcile bills that vary slightly before the president can sign on.

An update to Siri… Google Maps and Waze coming to CarPlay… a new photo system in iOS 12… and the debut of “Memoji,” a feature that allows you to create your own emoji that mimics your particular facial expressions.

Those were just a few of the upgrades and new features announced yesterday at the 11th annual Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC).

CEO Tim Cook also noted the App Store, which is now 10 years old, is the largest app market in the world, with 500 million weekly visitors. It’s brought in $100 billion for app developers.

And I’ll show you how you can cash in on this race…

Every day I hear from you folks.

Many of you write in to tell me about the big wins you’ve made on this or that stock pick.

But just as many of you write into me about your worries – what in the market is keeping you up at night.

I get it. The media is filled with stories of doom and gloom.

And one thing that’s keeping many of you folks up all night recently are all the stories about legal marijuana stocks’ “heated valuations.”…

I just won a $10.5 billion bet.

Here’s why I say that. I first began telling Strategic Tech Investor members – maybe you were one of them – about what a great company a certain stock was back in May 2013.

At the time, it seemed like no one on Wall Street likes this firm.

The reason: While it was a pioneer in desktop publishing, many analysts still thought of the firm as a rooted in that seemingly archaic sector.

But I pounded the table and said the Silicon Valley leader’s then-young move into cloud computing would richly reward investors.

That’s why I was so glad to see that on May 21, nearly five years later, this company said it intends to buy back up to $8 billion of its own stock through 2021. And that’s on top of the current $2.5 billion plan that ends later this year.

That’s the $10.5 billion bet I won.

We’ve talked often here about how so-called “Miracle Materials” are literally changing our lives.

Well, earlier this year, one of those Miracle Materials made my vacation possible.

And just like it does every year, it saved my health – at least until I hit the slopes again.

Let me tell you my story.

And then I’m going to tell you about a Miracle Material play that’s highly speculative – but offers a lot of potential upside.

And it trades at only $7 a share.

So stick around today while I tell you my tale…

Mark your calendars for June 7.

That’s the day the Senate of Canada is scheduled to vote on bill C-45, which will finally, officially legalize recreational cannabis in that nation.

This law is widely expected to easily pass.

So this is a conversation you need to be a part of…

I’ve flown all over the world in all kinds of jetliners, and usually when the plane gets going, I tune out the safety presentation.

Been there, done that.

But on a recent Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) flight from Money Map Press headquarters in Baltimore to Oakland International Airport, I listened carefully as the flight attendant described the plane’s safety features.

But today, I’m going to show you why that would be a big mistake…

It’s little more than a “glorified Excel spreadsheet.”

At least that’s how New York University Stern School of Business economist Nouriel Roubini described blockchain technology earlier this month during a panel discussion at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, Calif.

But Roubini, nicknamed “Dr. Doom” for predicting the 2008 financial crisis, wasn’t done there. In fact, he’s been claiming for months now that the technology, which undergirds Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies as an online transaction ledger, is overhyped.

So let’s take a look…