diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b85ff40..04ea1a9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,7 +3,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
-## [24.02.3/2.2.4] 2024-03-19
+
+## [24.02.5/2.2.5] 2024-04-08
+### fixed
+- performance problem (timeouts) on fetching transactions per block for utxo currencies.
+
+## [24.02.4/2.2.4] 2024-03-19
 ### fixed
 - tron delta update: missing tx_hash for traces in deployment txs.
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index afc7424..8298f61 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 SHELL := /bin/bash
 PROJECT := graphsense-lib
 VENV := venv
-RELEASE := 'v24.02.4'
-RELEASESEM := 'v2.2.4'
+RELEASE := 'v24.02.5'
+RELEASESEM := 'v2.2.5'
 
 all: format lint test build
 
diff --git a/src/graphsenselib/db/cassandra.py b/src/graphsenselib/db/cassandra.py
index 6d22f86..8108a4f 100644
--- a/src/graphsenselib/db/cassandra.py
+++ b/src/graphsenselib/db/cassandra.py
@@ -394,6 +394,10 @@ def execute(self, cql_query_str: str, fetch_size=None) -> Iterable:
 
         return self.session.execute(stmt)
 
+    @needs_session
+    def execute_statement(self, stmt: BoundStatement, fetch_size=None) -> Iterable:
+        return self.session.execute(stmt)
+
     @needs_session
     def execute_async(self, cql_query_str: str, fetch_size=None):
         # flat_stmt = cql_query_str.replace("\n", " ")
@@ -417,6 +421,7 @@ def execute_statements_atomic(self, statements: List[BoundStatement]):
 
         self.session.execute(batch)
 
+    @needs_session
     def execute_statements(self, statements: List[BoundStatement]):
         return execute_concurrent(
             self.session,
@@ -424,6 +429,7 @@ def execute_statements(self, statements: List[BoundStatement]):
             raise_on_first_error=True,
         )
 
+    @needs_session
     def execute_statements_async(
         self, statements: List[BoundStatement], concurrency=100
     ):
@@ -441,6 +447,12 @@ def execute_statement_async(self, stmt, params):
 
     @needs_session
     def execute_batch_async(self, stmt, params):
+        if len(params) > 10000:
+            logger.warning(
+                "CAUTION: Running many (10k+) parallel queries against db "
+                "without concurrency control. "
+                "Might lead to timeouts. Consider using execute_statements_async."
+            )
         prp = self.get_prepared_statement(stmt)
         futures = [
             (identifier, self.execute_statement_async(prp, param_list))
diff --git a/src/graphsenselib/db/utxo.py b/src/graphsenselib/db/utxo.py
index 0372158..5b34bca 100644
--- a/src/graphsenselib/db/utxo.py
+++ b/src/graphsenselib/db/utxo.py
@@ -26,20 +26,30 @@ def get_transaction_ids_in_block(self, block: int) -> Iterable:
         return ids
 
     def get_transactions_in_block(self, block: int) -> Iterable:
-        tx_ids = self.get_transaction_ids_in_block(block)
         tx_bucket_size = self.get_tx_bucket_size()
-        stmt = self.select_stmt(
-            "transaction",
-            where={"tx_id_group": "?", "tx_id": "?"},
-            limit=1,
+        minb = self.get_latest_tx_id_before_block(block)
+        maxb = self.get_latest_tx_id_before_block(block + 1)
+
+        mbg = self.get_id_group(minb, tx_bucket_size)
+        mxbg = self.get_id_group(maxb, tx_bucket_size)
+
+        rg = list(range(mbg, mxbg + 1))
+
+        stmt = (
+            f"select * from {self.get_keyspace()}.transaction where "
+            "tx_id_group in :txidgroups and tx_id > :txid_lower "
+            "and tx_id <= :txid_upper"
         )
 
-        parameters = [
-            (tx_id, [self.get_id_group(tx_id, tx_bucket_size), tx_id])
-            for tx_id in tx_ids
-        ]
-        results = self._db.execute_batch_async(stmt, parameters)
-        return [tx.one() for tx_id, tx in self._db.await_batch(results)]
+        prepared_statement = self._db.get_prepared_statement(stmt)
+
+        bstmt = prepared_statement.bind(
+            {"txidgroups": rg, "txid_lower": minb, "txid_upper": maxb}
+        )
+
+        results = self._db.execute_statement(bstmt)
+
+        return list(results)
 
     def get_addresses_in_block(self, block: int) -> Iterable[SlimTx]:
         tx_ids = self.get_transaction_ids_in_block(block)
diff --git a/src/graphsenselib/deltaupdate/update/utxo/update.py b/src/graphsenselib/deltaupdate/update/utxo/update.py
index 1776a98..e1a589f 100644
--- a/src/graphsenselib/deltaupdate/update/utxo/update.py
+++ b/src/graphsenselib/deltaupdate/update/utxo/update.py
@@ -1273,9 +1273,6 @@ def process_batch_impl_hook(self, batch) -> Tuple[Action, Optional[int]]:
                     block
                 ).fiat_values
                 if fiat_values is None:
-                    # raise Exception(
-                    #     "No exchange rate for block {block}. Abort processing."
-                    # )
                     missing_rates_in_block = True
                     fiat_values = [0, 0]
                 rates[block] = fiat_values