** Shares of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related companies rise as bitcoin, world's biggest cryptocurrency, gains
** Bitcoin has not breached Tuesday's levels and is trading above $70,000; last up 0.4%
** Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global is up 4.7% and miners Riot Platforms , Marathon Digital
and U.S.-listed shares of Hut 8 Mining rise between 6.3% and 8.2%
** Bitcoin miner CleanSpark gains 8.6%, while software firm MicroStrategy , a major crypto bull, rises 3.6%
** ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF climbs 2.1%
** YTD, bitcoin is up ~59%
(Reporting by Pritam Biswas in Bengaluru)
((Pritam.Biswas@thomsonreuters.com))
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