** Shares of cryptocurrency- and blockchain-related companies rise premarket, tracking bitcoin

** World's largest cryptocurency bitcoin up 1.4%, ether

up 1.8%

** Technology stocks and other risk-focused assets rise broadly as investors price in deeper rate cuts from the U.S. Federal Reserve

** Crypto exchange Coinbase Global rises 1.9%, blockchain farm operator Bitfarms Ltd up 2.4%

** Crypto miners jump: Riot Platforms Inc Marathon Digital , U.S.-listed shares of Hut 8 , and Bit Digital up 2%-2.6%

** Software firm and BTC buyer MicroStrategy gains 2.7%

** BTC mining machine maker Canaan Inc up 4.1%

** iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF up 1.9%, iShares Ethereum Trust ETF up 2.3%

** Both Bitcoin and Ethereum have continued to see strong ETF inflows, with $106 million for bitcoin and $43 million for ethereum - Valentin Fournier, analyst at BRN

** Bitcoin up 53% year to date

(Reporting by Lisa Mattackal)

((Lisapauline.mattackal@thomsonreuters.com))