Updates
** Shares of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related firms rise on Weds as bitcoin tops $100,000 for the first time in three months
** Bitcoin BTC=, world's biggest cryptocurrency, up 4.3% to $100,958, after climbing as high as $101,531
** Ether ETH= pops 14% to $2,050
** Major equity indexes rally, along with risk assets such as crypto, after wide-ranging trade deal between the U.S. and Britain .N
** Shares of crypto exchange Coinbase Global COIN.O up 6%. Co on Thurs announced $2.9 bln deal to buy crypto option exchange Deribit
** BTC stockpiler Strategy MSTR.O, formerly known as MicroStrategy, up 7% on the session
** Retail trading platform Robinhood HOOD.O surges nearly 9%
** Crypto miners up: Riot Platforms RIOT.O >8%, Mara Holdings MARA.O 7%, Cleanspark CLSK.O ~10%, Bit Digital BTBT.O ~5%
** ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF BITO.P and iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF IBIT.O both up >5%
** BTC now up ~8% YTD and up sharply from 2025 low of $74,446 hit about a month ago. But it remains well below record high above $109,000 hit in early Jan
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
((lance.tupper@tr.com 1-646-279-6380))
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