** 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))
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