Lea Thompson (Girl Gone Crypto)

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Lea Thompson (Girl Gone Crypto)

Lea Thompson (Girl Gone Crypto) is an American cryptocurrency and blockchain influencer based out of Washington. She is the founder of Girl Gone Crypto and is a marketing, sales, and brand professional who aims to make cryptocurrencies and blockchain interesting and accessible to everyone.^[7]

Education and Intro to Crypto

Thompson attended Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington and obtained a Bachelor of Applied Science in Information Technology.

Lea's first experience in the cryptocurrency space was using the Steem platform, uploading videos of her singing and playing the ukulele. Steem opened her eyes to a whole new space where content creators could earn cryptocurrency off of their uploads. She described her introduction to the scene as,^[1]

My road to crypto is an unlikely story.
Although I may not be the most talented musician - singing and playing a variety of instruments is one of my favorite past times.
I had just started tinkering with the idea of putting some music covers online when I ran across the Steem platform – which is a website where users can earn crypto for their content.
I began sharing my ukulele videos and quickly started to grow on the platform.
I always think of Steem as my “gateway” to crypto because it caused me to get curious about what crypto was and how it worked.

Girl Gone Crypto

Lea created Girl Gone Crypto media in the summer of 2019.

Applying her production and marketing skills, Lea creates and produces content in the cryptocurrency and blockchain space with the goal of making the scene more approachable to the masses.

She attends crypto conferences around the world, forging friendships in the making.

Girl Gone Crypto offers her services to platforms and businesses looking to promote their brands.

Her production skills in the blockchain and crypto space have been seen on various platforms.

Thompson's Girl Gone Crypto website also has a blog with interviews with players in the scene like Oz Sultan, Jaynti Kanani, David Nage, and Chase Chapman.^[13]

On Twitter, Lea has amassed over 21,200 followers as of July 2020. On the platform she promotes her latest ventures, posts funny videos, and interacts with her fanbase and other crypto enthusiasts.^[7]

Lea's Instagram is where she posts selfies from her travels and personal life, crypto and blockchain videos, and also where she promotes her latest interviews and content. She has over 4,900 followers and goes by @girl_gone_crypto.^[9]

Girl Gone Crypto's TikTok profile has acquired over 27,000 followers. Lea posts funny and entertaining crypto videos, lip syncing clips, and comments on current events and world news. Since joining the platform, Girl Gone Crypto has amassed over 21 million likes.^[10]

The Girl Gone Crypto YouTube Channel has over 2,700 subscribers who tune in to see Lea's latest interviews, educational videos, and what's new in the blockchain and crypto space. The most popular video on the platform is Monero Explained In Two Minutes from 2020.^[11] Another popular video on the platform was Lea's response to J. K. Rowling. The author posted on Twitter that she didn't understand Bitcoin and for someone to explain it to her. Lea's video, titled A Muggle's Guide to Bitcoin was published in May of 2020.^[12]

Trivia

Thompson starred in a Superbowl commercial in 2020. She also holds a barista certification from the International Academy of Specialty Coffee. She is also a fan of the outdoors and loves activities such as hiking and fishing.^[1]