** Cryptocurrency and blockchain-related companies’ shares rise premarket
** Bitcoin BTCUSD reaches record high above $94,000 after the Financial Times reported that Trump Media and Technology Group DJT is close to an all-stock acquisition of crypto trading firm Bakkt BKKT
** Bitcoin up 2.56% at $94,605.59
** Exchange operator Coinbase Global COIN up 2.4%; miners Riot Platforms RIOT and MARA Holdings MARA gain 3.1% and 4.8% respectively
** Bitcoin miner Bit Digital BTBT up 3.4%
** MicroStrategy MSTR, a major crypto investor, rises 7.6%
** MSTR announces pricing of its offering of $2.6 billion 0% convertible senior notes due 2029; intends to use net proceeds to acquire additional bitcoins
** Co on Monday said it bought additional bitcoins for nearly $4.6 bln between Nov. 11 and Nov. 17
** iShares Bitcoin Trust IBIT advances 2.2% and ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF BITO up 2.3%
** Cryptocurrency-linked firms have soared since the Nov. 5 U.S. election, driven by hopes of President-elect Donald Trump’s support for digital assets