# Nvidia Wins Legal Battle Over $1B In Sales Of Crypto Mining Hardware After 3 Years By Coinness Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/7145 Published: 2021-03-04T06:21:03.000Z Updated: 2021-03-04T06:21:03.000Z Section: Investing > A three-year-old lawsuit accusing Nvidia of “misrepresenting $1 billion in sales” of crypto mining hardware during the 2017/2018 bull run came to a close on Mar. 2, with a California district court judge ruling in fav… A three-year-old lawsuit accusing Nvidia of “misrepresenting $1 billion in sales” of crypto mining hardware during the 2017/2018 bull run came to a close on Mar. 2, with a California district court judge ruling in favor of the GPU manufacturer. The lawsuit alleged Nvidia misled investors by overstating demand from gamers as their primary sales audience. According to a summary of court documents by Law360, Judge Haywood Gilliam granted Nvidia’s request to dismiss the lawsuit on the basis that the plaintiff’s witnesses — former employees of Nvidia — were unable to demonstrate the manufacturer had acted with “conscious recklessness” when failing to disclose that a significant amount of its 2017 and 2018 revenue came from sales of cryptocurrency miners. [Coinness]() ## Links in this article - [Coinness](https://coinness.com)