BUZZ-Crypto stocks slide on bitcoin weakness

** Shares of crypto and blockchain-related companies down in premarket trading as bitcoin falls

** Bitcoin BTC=, world's biggest cryptocurrency, falls nearly 1%, while Ether ETH= marginally up 0.3%

** Crypto exchange Coinbase Global COIN.O falls 2.7%, U.S.-listed shares of blockchain farm operator Bitfarms Ltd BITF.O down 3.4%

** Crypto miners Riot Platforms Inc RIOT.O, Hut 8 Mining HUT.O and Marathon Digital MARA.O down between 2.6% and 4%

(Reporting by Jaiveer Singh Shekhawat in Bengaluru)

((JaiveerSingh.Shekhawat@thomsonreuters.com;))