** Shares of cryptocurrency- and blockchain-related firms rise premarket after Bitcoin BTC= advances
** Hopes of end to U.S. government shutdown lifted risk sentiment
** Bitcoin, world's largest cryptocurrency, rises 1.5% to $106,286
** BTC was at its lowest since late June on Tuesday last week
** Shares of crypto exchange Coinbase Global COIN.O were up 3.2% before the bell
** BTC accumulator Strategy MSTR.O, formerly known as MicroStrategy, gains more than 2.5%
** Crypto miners Riot Platforms RIOT.O gains 4.3%, Mara Holdings MARA.O adds 3.9%, and CleanSpark CLSK.O advances 4.6%, Hut 8 HUT.O adds 5.4%, Bit Digital BTBT.O climbs 4.8%
** Retail trading platform Robinhood HOOD.O rises 3.9%
(Reporting by Utkarsh Tushar Hathi)
((utkarshtushar.hathi@thomsonreuters.com))