** Shares of cryptocurrency- and blockchain-related
companies fall premarket as Bitcoin slides to more than three
months' low on Tuesday
** Bitcoin BTC= , the world's biggest cryptocurrency, down
5.4% at $88,752, its lowest since November
** Ether ETH= falls 9.5% to $2,388
** Traders continue to process last week's hack of $1.5
billion worth of ether from crypto exchange Bybit
** Crypto exchange Coinbase Global COIN.O falls 4.6%,
while Blockchain farm operator Bitfarms Ltd BITF.O down 7.3%
** Crypto miners Riot Platforms Inc RIOT.O down 3.8%, MARA
Holdings MARA.O drops 6.3%, Hut 8 HUT.O falls 5.1% and Bit
Digital BTBT.O down 7%
** BTC buyer MicroStrategy MSTR.O declines 6.2%
** BTC mining machine maker Canaan Inc CAN.O down 9%
** ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF BITO.P falls 5.7% and
iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF IBIT.O slips 5.5%
** As of last close, BTC had fallen 5% YTD
(Reporting by Sanchayaita Roy in Bengaluru)
((sanchayaita.roy@thomsonreuters.com))