Coinbase (COIN), the only U.S.-traded cryptocurrency exchange, added 4.9% in pre-market trading, MicroStrategy (MSTR), the largest bitcoin holder, rose 10%, and BlackRock's Bitcoin Exchange Traded Fund (IBIT) added About 6.5. %.
The CoinDesk 20 Index, a measure of the broader cryptocurrency market, rose 3.1% over 24 hours.
The halving, which cuts the amount Bitcoin miners are paid for adding blocks to the blockchain by 50%, is on track for April 20. After it happens, they will be rewarded with 3.125 BTC per block.
Among miners, Marathon Digital (MARA) added 5.2% and Hut 8 (HUT), which merged with USBTC at the end of last year, rose 5.6%. Argo Blockchain (ARB) trading on the London Stock Exchange rose 5%.
