Bitcoin pushes past 200-day moving average, driving Bitfarms stock up 21%

Bitcoin (BTC-USD) breaks above $45K, its highest point since mid-May, and nears $46K after some bitcoin short positions liquidated on Friday, according to a CoinDesk report, citing Datamish data. "The 200-day moving average at approximately $45,000 has provided some resistance — a clean break here could lead to the next accelerated push higher," Toby Chapple, head of ditital asset firm Zerocap, told CoinDesk. Ethereum (ETH-USD) heads up 0.8%, Binance Coin (BNB-USD) +1.7%, litecoin (LTC-USD) +1.2%, dogecoin +0.6%. As for crypto-related stocks, Bitfarms (NASDAQ:BITF) jumps 21%, Riot Blockchain (NASDAQ:RIOT) rises 6.9% in premarket trading, Marathon Digital (NASDAQ:MARA) +9.3%, MicroStrategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) +7.3%. Earlier, Bitcoin breakout? Price of the cryptocurrency pushes above $45K