** Shares of crypto- and blockchain-related companies fall, tracking losses in bitcoin
** Bitcoin 
BTCUSD, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, down 3.1% as Fed injects doubt into the dovish policy path
** The Fed on Wednesday cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point but Jerome Powell warned that a lack of federal government data may put another interest rate cut out of reach this year
** Crypto exchange Coinbase Global COIN down 2.7%; quarterly results due after the bell
** H.C. Wainwright earlier on Thursday double upgraded COIN to “buy” and raised PT to $425 from $300
** BTC bull Strategy MSTR falls 3.4%
** Crypto miners Riot Platforms RIOT down 3.3%, MARA Holdings MARA falls 3.8%, Hut 8 HUT down 3.3%, and Bit Digital BTBT falls 6%
