** Shares of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related companies
fall as bitcoin, the world's biggest cryptocurrency, trades near
three-month lows
** Bitcoin BTC=BTSP down 1.2% at $24,828, while ether
ETH=BTSP falls 1.3% to $1,630
** Crypto exchange Coinbase Global COIN.O falls 4.5%,
while blockchain farm operator Bitfarms Ltd BITF.O down 3.4%
** Crypto miners: Riot Platforms Inc RIOT.O , Marathon
Digital MARA.O , Hut 8 Mining HUT.O , Bit Digital BTBT.O and
Core Scientific CORZ.O down 3.7%-7.3%
** Software firm and BTC buyer MicroStrategy MSTR.O
declines 3.5%, and Canaan Inc CAN.O down 2.2%
** ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF BITO.P down 3.6%
** Up to last close, BTC had fallen 2% YTD vs a 25% increase
in the MVIS CryptoCompare Digital Assets 100 Index .MVDA
(Reporting by Johann M Cherian in Bengaluru)
((johann.mcherian@thomsonreuters.com;))