Nvidia\'s Revenue Sinks 24%\, but Wall Street Feared Worse

Nvidia’s Revenue Sinks 24%, but Wall Street Feared Worse

Falling demand for chips used in cryptocurrency mining and gaming weighs on the company’s results

Nvidia Corp. reported a 24% drop in quarterly revenue Thursday and signaled work ahead to shake off a funk in cryptocurrency mining and revive demand for its chips used by videogamers and data centers.

It was Nvidia’s first quarterly year-over-year revenue decline in five years and the steepest in nearly a decade.

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