Crypto stocks fall as bitcoin slides below $30,000

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20/07/2021 11:29

** Shares of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related firms
fall premarket as bitcoin  BTC=BTSP  drops 4% to $29,597.50 
    ** Cryptocurrency miners Riot Blockchain  RIOT.O  and
Marathon Patent Group  MARA.O  fall 2.6% and 2.8%, respectively
    ** MicroStrategy Inc  MSTR.O , a BTC buyer and business
intelligence software firm, declines 2.7% 
    ** Shares of crypto exchange Coinbase Global  COIN.O  tick
down 1.4%
    ** Bitcoin mining machine makers Ebang International
 EBON.O  and Canaan Inc  CAN.O  shed 0.9% and 0.7%, respectively
 
    ** YTD, BTC has risen ~2.2%

 (Reporting by Aaron Saldanha)
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