** Shares of crypto stocks edge up premarket as bitcoin trades higher

** Bitcoin , the world's biggest cryptocurrency, up 0.3%, while ether down ~1%

** Crypto exchange Coinbase Global up 0.4%, U.S.-listed shares of blockchain farm operator Bitfarms Ltd

up 0.6%

** Crypto miners Riot Platforms Inc , Hut 8 Mining

and Marathon Digital up between 0.3% and 0.7%

(Reporting by Jaiveer Singh Shekhawat in Bengaluru)

((JaiveerSingh.Shekhawat@thomsonreuters.com;))