Unconfirmed: Girl Gone Crypto: How These Wildly Entertaining Crypto Videos Get Made - Ep.213

Unchained

Laura Shin

Tech News, Business News, News

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Lea Thompson, aka Girl Gone Crypto, talks about what goes into producing her popular “The Crypto Minute” vlog, what initially got her into crypto, and her recent decision to quit her day job and go full time crypto. In this episode we discuss: what “The Crypto Minute” is all about, and all the crypto video content she produces (2:37) how Lea comes up with creative content such as wearing a whale costume to portray Microstrategy CEO Michael Saylor (5:04) how long it actually takes to create “The Crypto Minute” (6:36) what goes into producing “The Crypto Minute” and which family member is behind the camera (7:05) the biggest challenges Lea faces when creating her videos and how she decides which stories make the final cut (8:56) Lea’s favorite bloopers including, but not limited to, rug pulls, sushi, an Amazon money printer, and a few fake $100 bills (10:28) how Girl Gone Crypto fell down the crypto rabbit hole and why her ukulele skills were instrumental to her crypto journey (12:54) the time when JK Rowling tweeted about Bitcoin, resulting in Lea’s viral “A Muggle’s Guide to Bitcoin” video (17:31) what type of crypto content works best on different social media platforms such as Twitter, YouTube, and TikTok (20:00) when Girl Gone Crypto stopped being a hobby and how it is going now that Lea is full-time crypto (21:46) how Lea is trying to educate people about crypto in a simple and approachable way… one ninja suit at time (22:34) Crypto News Recap (26:12) Thank you to our sponsors! Crypto.com: https://bit.ly/3jzkTAD Download the Crypto.com app here: https://crypto.onelink.me/J9Lg/laurashinpodcasttesla The Sun Exchange: http://thesunexchange.com/unconfirmed Episode links: Lea Thompson: https://twitter.com/girlgone_crypto Her YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/GirlGoneCrypto Her TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@girlgone_crypto?source=h5_m Lea's personal website: https://www.lealovescrypto.com/ Video Examples 2020 Year in Review… News Vlog Style: https://twitter.com/girlgone_crypto/status/1344384717466914817?s=20 A Muggle’s Guide to Bitcoin: https://twitter.com/girlgone_crypto/status/1261445010832015361?s=20 Hardware Wallets Explained: https://twitter.com/girlgone_crypto/status/1329580439820849153?s=20 Miscellaneous Information Fair Use: https://www.copyright.gov/fair-use/more-info.html Money Printer: https://www.amazon.com/Printing-Machine-Magician-Close-Up-Accessories/dp/B07XRBDCL8 Link to the Crypto News Recap: https://unchainedpodcast.com/a-300k-btc-by-eoy/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The paperback version of my book, The Cryptopians, is out now.
0:04.5	It contains a new afterward covering recent developments in crypto since 2021 when the
0:09.0	book went to press.
0:10.6	Plus, this version names the person I suspect to be the Dow hacker.
0:14.7	In case you never got to read the book in hardback, or like me, you like to read paperbacks
0:19.0	or bedtime reading, order today, check our newsletter and the show notes for the link,
0:23.7	or just search for it at any of your favorite bookstores.
0:26.5	It's The Cryptopians.
0:28.0	Idealism, greed, lies, and the making of the first big cryptocurrency craze.
0:32.6	Thanks for reading.
0:34.8	Hi everyone, just a quick announcement before this week's episode.
0:38.7	We're moving the unconfirmed show to the unchained podcast feed.
0:42.9	Since everything is published under one umbrella on YouTube, and there's a huge amount of overlap
0:47.4	between audiences for the two podcasts, it makes the most sense to keep everything
0:51.5	on one platform and move this to the original and more widely known brand.
0:56.1	More than that, everything will stay the same.
0:58.2	On Tuesdays, we'll release a longer interview where we go in depth with a person, project
1:02.5	or topic, and on Fridays, we'll stick more closely to the news and also provide a recap
1:07.1	of the biggest news stories of the week.
1:09.7	If you're a subscriber of Unconfirmed but not unchained, go subscribe to the unchained
1:14.3	podcast feed right now, and if you don't want to miss the next show, because I promise
1:19.4	you, next week's show is with someone I know you will all be interested to hear from.
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