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Nvidia Fined $5.5 Million For Covering Up How Crypto Miners Boosted Its Profits

Christian Encila by Christian Encila
1 year ago
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has now penalized graphics card manufacturer Nvidia $5.5 million for failing to disclose to investors how much of its 2017-2018 revenue comes from cryptocurrency miners.

Friday, the SEC confirmed the charges and settlement with the company. In its ruling, the agency asserts that Nvidia misled investors by declaring a massive increase in gaming-related income while concealing the extent to which its success was dependent on the significantly more risky cryptocurrency industry.

As part of the settlement, Nvidia does not acknowledge wrongdoing but promises to cease any unlawful omissions to provide information.

Graphics cards, such as those manufactured by Nvidia, are well-suited for ethereum mining. In 2017, the price of ether surged from about $10 to more than $800, driving miners to purchase new equipment.

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Nvidia Gaming Revenue Balloons 52%

Nvidia’s gaming category, which is how the company reports these sales, increased by 52 percent on an annual basis in the second quarter of its 2018 fiscal year, and by 25 percent in the subsequent quarter, but the company failure to report the impact of cryptocurrency on this growth, according to the SEC.

The related press statement from the SEC reads:

“The SEC’s order also finds that Nvidia’s omissions of material information about the growth of its gaming business were misleading, given that Nvidia made statements about how other parts of the company’s business were driven by demand for cryptocurrencies, creating the impression that the company’s gaming business was not significantly affected by crypto-mining.”

According to Kristina Littman, chief of the SEC’s Enforcement Division, this allegedly deprived investors of “crucial information to evaluate the company’s business in an important market.”

Given the make-or-break nature of cryptocurrencies, Nvidia’s sales figures were not always indicative of future growth, which made investing in the company riskier.

Crypto total market cap at $1.69 trillion on the weekend chart | Source: TradingView.com

Crypto A Major Factor In Revenues

The SEC alleges that analysts and investors of Nvidia were interested in the extent to which the company’s gaming revenue was impacted by crypto mining and routinely questioned senior management regarding the extent to which increases in gaming revenue during this time period were driven by such type of mining.

Nvidia did not highlight mining-related sales as a reason in the success of its gaming segment.

Colette Kress, Nvidia’s chief financial officer, stated in February’s earnings comments, “Our GPUs are capable of cryptocurrency mining, but we have limited visibility into how this affects our total GPU demand.”

Meanwhile, it identified crypto as a key element in other markets, which signaled to the SEC that it was being willfully dishonest.

Investors’ concerns proved to be justified. A crypto market fall in late 2018 and a deteriorating Chinese market prompted the company to reduce its quarterly earnings predictions by $500 million and triggered a shareholder lawsuit.

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