Crypto stocks cheer bitcoin's longest winning steak this year

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28/07/2021 11:37

** Bitcoin and cryptocurrency related stocks jump as bitcoin
 BTC=BTSP  rises for the eight straight day
    ** Bitcoin briefly broke above $40,000 as it looked at its
longest winning streak since Dec 2020
    ** Crypto miners Riot Blockchain  RIOT.O  and Marathon
Patent Group  MARA.O  rise about 7%, respectively
    ** Among China-based cos, bitcoin mining machine maker Ebang
International  EBON.O  rises 6.1%, China-focused SOS  SOS.N 
adds 5.3% and Future Fintech Group Inc  FTFT.O  up 5.2%
    ** Crypto-exchange Coinbase Global  COIN.O  rises 2.7%,
MicroStrategy Inc  MSTR.O  - a major bitcoin buyer - up 5.6%
    ** Overstock.com  OSTK.O  - an online retailer and
blockchain tech investor - rises 0.7%

 (Reporting by Medha Singh)
 ((medha.singh@thomsonreuters.com))