Why Bitcoin-, Ethereum- And Litecoin-Related Stocks Are Falling

Shares of crypto-related stocks, including Bitfarms Ltd BITF, Coinbase Global Inc COIN and Riot Blockchain Inc RIOT, are all trading lower Thursday afternoon amid a decrease in the price of Bitcoin BTC/USD, Ethereum ETH/USD and Litecoin LTC/USD.

Bitcoin is trading 2.9% lower Thursday afternoon at around $45,750.

Ethereum is trading 3.7% lower Thursday afternoon at around $3,300.

Litecoin is trading 6.7% lower Thursday afternoon at around $122.50.

Bitfarms provides computing power to cryptocurrency networks such as Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Litecoin and Dash, earning fees from each network for securing and processing transactions.

Bitfarms is trading lower by 4.6% at $3.82 per share.

Coinbase is the leading cryptocurrency exchange platform in the United States.

Coinbase is trading lower by 2.61% at $191.57 per share.

Riot Blockchain is focused on building, supporting and operating blockchain technologies. The company's portfolio consists of Verady, Tesspay, Coinsquare and others.

Riot Blockchain is trading lower by 2.95% at $21.40 per share.