BUZZ-Crypto stocks fall as investors sell riskier assets expecting hawkish FED policy

** Crypto and blockchain-related firms fall premarket as investors dump riskier assets, anticipating a more hawkish Fed.

** Bitcoin, the world's largest digital asset , drops 0.9% to $41886.49, while Ethereum loses 1.3% to $3,168.14

** Cryptocurrency miners Riot Blockchain Inc, Marathon Digital Holdings Inc , Hut 8 Mining Corp, and Bit Digital Inc decline between 2.4% and 3.2%

** Blockchain farm operator Bitfarms Ltd slides 3.5%, and BTC mining machine maker Canaan Inc down 3.2%

** BTC buyer and business intelligence software co MicroStrategy Inc  and cryptocurrency bank Silvergate Capital Corp lose 2.1% and 2.6%, respectively

** Crypto exchange Coinbase Global Inc drops 2.4%, while online retailer and blockchain tech investor Overstock.com Inc dips 2%

** The Nasdaq crypto index, which tracks a basket of digital assets, dips 0.6%; ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF, tracking bitcoin futures, down 2.8%

** However, investors of the volatile cryptocurrency dig in for the long haul 

(Reporting by Ruhi Soni in Bengaluru;) ((Ruhi.Soni@thomsonreuters.com ; Twitter: https://twitter.com/ruhithere ;;))