Nvidia kicks crypto to the curb: 'doesn’t bring anything useful for society. AI does'

Nvidia has both been the benefactor and victim of cryptocurrencies' boom/bust cycle. When crypto was soaring in value, so was Nvidia's share price. When crypto crashed, often Nvidia's share price dropped with it. The company makes a product that was, for a long while, crucial to the operation of most of the world's largest cryptocurrencies outside of bitcoin, and that's been both a blessing and a curse.

Nvidia and crypto is a love/hate relationship. When the going was good, Nvidia would...