Last Friday marked a major milestone for bitcoin investors.

Not only did the digital currency reach an all-time high of $1,293 (a 313% increase in just 12 months)...

But for the first time ever, bitcoin became more valuable than one of the most stable and valuable commodities in the world:…

A few years ago, a middle-aged guy named Jeremy heard about a new start-up.

He didn’t fully understand what the company did, but he thought it had potential—so he made a small investment in it.

Long story short: every $5,000 he invested turned into $1.25 million.

Today, I’ll tell you…

Human Embryo Editing Gets the OK—But No Superbabies

An advisory board formed by the National Academy of Sciences just gave gene editing the green light—but please, don’t bring your baby in for an upgrade »

Airbnb Is Killing It

We knew that hospitality start-up Airbnb was already profitable.…

This might sound awful, but I’m going to say it anyway:

I love it when I’m right...

Especially when everyone else is dead wrong.

For example, when Matt and I started Crowdability, people said we were crazy. They said individual investors like you would never make money in this market.

James Dean had one.

So did Peter Fonda in “Easy Rider.”

And so do all the Hells Angels today

I'm referring, of course, to the coolest thing on two wheels:

Motorcycles. 

But now an innovative start-up is creating a new kind of motorcycle—

And as you’re about to learn,…

This Device Knows When You’re About to Get Sick

Michael Snyder, Chairman of the Genetics Department at Stanford University, thinks you should pay more attention to your smart watch. Why? Because based on his latest research, he believes it can be used to detect the start of the flu, Lyme…

Next week, SnapChat is set to IPO.

When it goes public, the popular photo and video sharing start-up is expected to have a market cap of about $18 billion.

At that level, Snap’s private market investors stand to make a fortune.

In fact, even Snap’s investors who got involved late…

This past weekend, I had the best burger in New York City.

Thick, rare and juicy. A fresh slice of ripe tomato and onion. And a charbroiled bun.

It’s from a downtown dive called the Corner Bistro.

But plenty of folks disagree with me:

They say NYC’s best burger is…

Now That’s a Party

There were camels in the sand, a gondolier in the pool, and a giant birthday cake in the shape of a Chinese temple. And then, at the stroke of midnight, Gwen Stefani sang Happy Birthday. But who was the birthday boy?

Become a Cyborg……

I couldn’t believe my ears...

I’d been enjoying a pre-flight cocktail at the George Bush Airport in Houston, casually chatting with some folks at the bar. Most of them were well-dressed professionals in their late 50s.

Soon, the topic of the stock market came up—and as they told me, they…