• Shares of crypto and blockchain-related companies up in premarket trading as bitcoin rises

• Bitcoin , world's biggest cryptocurrency, rises 2.3%, while Ether up 2.1%

• Crypto exchange Coinbase Global rises 2.4%, U.S.-listed shares of blockchain farm operator Bitfarms Ltd

up 3.5%%

• Crypto miners Riot Platforms Inc , Hut 8 Mining

and Marathon Digital up between 4.5% and 5%

(Reporting by Jaiveer Singh Shekhawat in Bengaluru)