Crypto stocks rise as Bitcoin set for biggest monthly jump

Ebang International Holdings

29/02/2024 10:36

** Shares of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related companies
rise premarket after world's biggest cryptocurrency set for best
month since 2020
    ** Bitcoin  BTC=  up 2.9% at 62,328, while Ether  ETH= 
rises 3.8% to 3,449.8
    ** Crypto exchange Coinbase Global  COIN.O  rises 0.1%,
while Blockchain farm operator Bitfarms Ltd  BITF.O  up 3.8%
    ** Crypto miners: Riot Platforms Inc  RIOT.O , Marathon
Digital  MARA.O , U.S.-listed shares of Hut 8  HUT.O  and Bit
Digital  BTBT.O  up 0.4%-1.9%
    ** Software firm and BTC buyer MicroStrategy  MSTR.O  gains
3.6%
    ** BTC mining machine maker Canaan Inc  CAN.O  up 1.6%
    ** ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF  BITO.P  adds 3.0%
    ** BTC has risen 47% year-to-date compared with 42% increase
in the MVIS CryptoCompare Digital Assets 100 Index  .MVDA 

 (Reporting by Shubham Batra in Bengaluru)
 ((Shubham.Batra@thomsonreuters.com))