** Shares of cryptocurrency- and blockchain-related
companies fall premarket after the world's biggest
cryptocurrency Bitcoin dips
** Bitcoin BTC= falls 2.1% to $50,958, while Ether ETH=
dips 3.1% to $2,896.40
** Crypto exchange Coinbase Global COIN.O down 4.2%, while
U.S.-listed shares of blockchain farm operator Bitfarms BITF.O
fall 3.5%
** Crypto miners: Riot Platforms RIOT.O , Marathon Digital
MARA.O , U.S-listed shares of Hut 8 HUT.O , and Bit Digital
BTBT.O fall between 4% and 5.4%
** Software firm and BTC buyer MicroStrategy MSTR.O down
3.5%, while BTC mining machine maker Canaan CAN.O falls 4.7%
** ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF BITO.P down 1.7%
(Reporting by Arasu Kannagi Basil in Bengaluru)
((ArasuKannagi.Basil@thomsonreuters.com;))