** Shares of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related firms
jump premarket as bitcoin BTC=BTSP rises 3.7% to $30,876.4
** BTC fell 3.4% to below the $30,000-mark on Tuesday
** Cryptocurrency miner Riot Blockchain RIOT.O up 6%
before the bell Wednesday, Marathon Digital Holdings MARA.O is
6.5% higher
** China-focused SOS SOS.N rises 4.1%, while shares of
crypto exchange Coinbase Global COIN.O add 2.3%
** Shares of MicroStrategy Inc MSTR.O , a BTC buyer and
business intelligence software firm, are 4.2% higher
** Bitcoin mining machine makers Ebang International
EBON.O and Canaan Inc CAN.O add 4% and 5.7%, respectively
** YTD, BTC has risen ~5.7%
(Reporting by Aaron Saldanha)
((Aaron.Saldanha@thomsonreuters.com; +91 9810644993; Reuters
Messaging: Aaron.Saldanha@thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))