SoftBank led gains in Japanese tech-related stocks Wednesday, tracking Wall Street peers, and boosting the Nikkei 225.

Tech-focused investment major SoftBank rose more than 8%, snapping a three-session streak of losses. Japan's Tokyo Electron , which provides essential chipmaking equipment to foundries that manufacture Nvidia chips, rose more than 5%; chip equipment maker Lasertec added as much as 7%, and chipmaker Renesas Electronics advanced more than 7%. Semiconductor testing equipment supplier Advantest also gained as much as 5%.

The Nikkei led gains in Asia, up 1.54%. The broad-based Topix was down marginally.

Bitcoin climbed over 7% to cross the $90,000 mark in overnight trading after a sharp sell-off a day earlier, and was last t

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