Nvidia Quits Crypto Due to Low Profit, Not Because of Decline in Demand

[Zurcemozz]

The world’s largest graphic card and chip maker Nvidia has officially put an end to its crypto venture, with the official announcement of its CFO Colette Kress.

In a statement, Kress said:

“We believe we’ve reached a normal period as we’re looking forward to essentially no cryptocurrency as we move forward. Our revenue outlook had anticipated cryptocurrency-specific products declining to approximately $100 million, while actual crypto-specific product revenue was $18 million, and we now expect a negligible contribution going forward.”

Jensen Huang, the CEO at Nvidia, echoed the negative sentiment of Kress, adding that the profitability of its cryptocurrency-focused mining chips has declined substantially, as the price of cryptocurrencies moved to a downward trend.

Bitmain’s $1 Billion Profit
In July, CCN reported that Bitmain, the biggest conglomerate in the cryptocurrency sector valued at $19 billion, recorded a profit of $1.1 billion in the first quarter of 2018, generating approximately 65 times the profit recorded by Nvidia’s cryptocurrency venture.

Interestingly, Bitmain recorded a profit of $1.1 billion in the first three months of 2018, while Nvidia generated a profit of $550 million, exactly 50 percent of Bitmain’s. Despite being the biggest graphic card and chip manufacturer in the global market, Nvidia was not able to surpass the profitability of Bitmain.

What do you think about this? Nvidia Giving up or not ?

Source Link : https://www.ccn.com/nvidia-quits-crypto-due-to-low-profit-not-because-of-decline-in-demand/

[btyco]

Nvidia should just focus on what they are known for, making top notch graphics cards for gamers. They have been overpriced now for a long time due to miners swallowing them up, although ATI cärds are better for mining anyway