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

Abu Dhabi's FSRA granted Bitcoin Suisse's BTCS (Middle East) unit a full Financial Services Permission covering spot trading, custody and derivatives.

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.

June payrolls came in at 57,000 against a 110,000 forecast, moving the first Fed hike out to October. Bitcoin held near $61,600, with solana up 17% on the week.

The Fed held its benchmark rate at 3.50%-3.75% in Kevin Warsh's first meeting as chair, but nine of eighteen officials now project at least one hike by year-end, against none in March. Bitcoin fell to $64,800 before steadying near $65,300.

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.

US spot crypto ETFs recorded a 13th consecutive session of net outflows on Wednesday, taking the total to $4.37 billion since mid-May. Bitcoin fund assets have fallen from $104.29 billion to $82.83 billion, and the ETF share of bitcoin's market capitalization has slipped to 6.36%.

Stellar's XLM rose 40.4% on the first trading day of June, lifting its market capitalization above $9.6 billion on $2.3 billion of spot turnover, after an integration with the DTCC's tokenization work. The broader market opened the month lower, with US spot bitcoin ETFs shedding $483.8 million.

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When random influencers talk about Bitcoin hitting $1 million, most traders ignore it. Crypto has always been full of extreme predictions. But Adam Back is different. The Adam…