BUZZ-Crypto stocks gain as bitcoin prices rise more than 3%

MARA Holdings +6.50%
Strategy +8.78%
Canaan Inc. +5.54%
Bitfarms 0.00%
HUT 8 +6.59%

MARA Holdings

MARA

11.96

+6.50%

Strategy

MSTR

178.37

+8.78%

Canaan Inc.

CAN

0.56

+5.54%

Bitfarms

BITF

1.98

0.00%

HUT 8

HUT

81.63

+6.59%

** Shares of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related companies rise premarket

** Bitcoin BTC=, the world's biggest cryptocurrency, up 3.2% at $71,261.51, while Ether ETH= rises 2.1% to $2,069.03

** Crypto exchange Coinbase Global COIN.O rises 3.5%; Blockchain farm operator Bitfarms Ltd BITF.O adds 1.9%

** Crypto miners: Riot Platforms Inc RIOT.O, MARA Holdings MARA.O, Hut 8 HUT.O and Bit Digital BTBT.O gain between 2.4% and 2.7%

** BTC buyer Strategy MSTR.O climbs 3.3%

** BTC mining machine maker Canaan Inc CAN.O up 2%

** ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF BITO.P and iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF IBIT.O add 3.2% each

** YTD, BTC and ETH down 18.7% and 30.5%, respectively