** Shares of cryptocurrency firm LM Funding America LMFA.O
rise as much as 52.5%, last up 33.5% at $3.15
** LMFA posts Q1 profit of 61 cents/shr vs a loss of
2.41/shr a year earlier
** Q1 revenue more than doubles to $4.7 mln, driven by
higher digital mining revenue
** LMFA mined 86.4 bitcoin in Q1 worth about $4.6 mln
** More than 460,000 shares have traded, 7.8 times their
25-day moving avg
** As of last close, LMFA shares were down 36.2% YTD
(Reporting by Arasu Kannagi Basil in Bengaluru)
((ArasuKannagi.Basil@thomsonreuters.com;))