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Blockchain

Bitcoin Core 31.1 Fixes a Disk-Thrashing Chainstate Bug

The maintenance release stops the chainstate database from rewriting itself repeatedly, closes a PrivateBroadcast clearnet leak, and credits 20 contributors.

· 8 Jul 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Bitcoin

Bitcoin's Daily Transaction Count Is Running at 2026 Highs

Data compiled by Blockchair and reported by one outlet put Bitcoin's daily transaction count well above 2025 levels. The metric counts transfers, not value.

· 5 Jul 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Bitcoin

Bitcoin Retakes $63,000 for the First Time in Two Weeks

Bitcoin rose 1.4% on July 4 to clear $63,000, a two-week high, with ether up 11.5% and solana 13.2% over seven days in thin holiday trading.

· 4 Jul 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Bitcoin

More Bitcoin Is Held at a Loss Than in Profit for the First Time

On-chain data on July 3 put 10.83M BTC below their last traded price against 9.22M above it, the first such crossover this cycle, with bitcoin near $62,000.

· 3 Jul 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Market

Bitcoin Jumps 4% in the Selloff's First Real Bounce

Bitcoin rose 4% to $61,200 and the CoinDesk 20 gained 4.77%, with open interest and funding rates turning in a way June's brief rallies never did.

· 2 Jul 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Bitcoin

Bitcoin Prints a Cycle Low at $57,735, Then Reclaims $60,000

Bitcoin bottomed at $57,735 on the first day of July, then a spot buying surge carried it back above $60,000, closing a first half down about 30%.

· 1 Jul 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Bitcoin

Strategy Board Clears Sale of Up to $1.25B in BTC as mNAV Breaks 1.0

Strategy's board authorized the sale of up to $1.25 billion of bitcoin, two days after its mNAV fell below 1.0 and shut off the equity-issuance model behind four years of buying. It holds more than 843,000 BTC against preferred dividends above $700 million a year.

· 29 Jun 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Bitcoin

Bitcoin Hits a 21-Month Low as Spot ETFs Shed $696.3 Million

Bitcoin traded down to about $58,000 on Thursday, its lowest level since September 2024, before recovering to roughly $59,460. US spot bitcoin ETFs shed $696.3 million, the month's largest single-day outflow, with about $10 billion of options due to expire the next day.

· 25 Jun 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Market

Spot Bitcoin ETFs Lose $469 Million as the Outflow Streak Reaches Six Weeks

US spot bitcoin ETFs shed $469.1 million on Wednesday after $113.8 million on Tuesday, ending a brief lull, as bitcoin fell to a two-week low and the dollar hit a seven-month high.

· 24 Jun 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Mining

Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Drops 9.91% as Hashrate Leaves the Network

Bitcoin's mining difficulty fell 9.91% at the 13 June retarget, from 138.96 trillion to 125.19 trillion, one of the largest downward moves on record. Hashrate had slid to roughly 967 EH/s as unprofitable rigs powered down with bitcoin near $64,007.

· 13 Jun 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Market

May Inflation Lands on Forecast and Bitcoin Barely Moves at $61,000

US consumer prices rose 0.5% in May and 4.2% on the year, matching forecasts, while core inflation came in a tenth below expectations. Bitcoin held just above $61,000; rate markets moved more than crypto did.

· 10 Jun 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Bitcoin

Bitcoin Breaks Below $60,000 in a $1.57B Liquidation Wave

Bitcoin traded as low as $59,743 on Friday, its first move under $60,000 this cycle, after a five-session fall of about $14,000. A $1.57 billion liquidation wave marked the fourth billion-dollar day in five sessions, and total crypto market value dropped to $2.23 trillion.

· 5 Jun 2026· 🕐 3 min read