Gold smuggler's gait gives him away as Paypal launches price action moon mission: Bad crypto news of the week

It's been quite a week for Bitcoin, a week we've been waiting for.

The coin is up nearly 13 percent and burst through the $13,000 barrier.

Bitcoin's valuation is now just one behind the payments processor that lets people trade it.

A former Goldman Sachs hedge fund manager, Pal has said that he thinks Bitcoin could reach a million bucks in as little as five years.

As Bitcoin tries to decide whether to continue rising, fall back, or stick around $13,000 Monero and other privacy coins are doing fine.

Monero is up more than 14 percent over the last couple of weeks and over 41 percent over the last month.

One place that's happy with Bitcoin's new price level is Turkey.

Turkish registrations on Paxful, a Bitcoin marketplace, are up 274 percent over the last twelve months.

IBM has developed a blockchain-based digital health passport that will let people store their health reports on their smartphones safely.

It looks like Bitcoin isn't the only coin that's levelling up.