https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware-seller-massdrop-says-nvidia-predicts-graphics-card-prices-will-continue-to-go-up-through-the-year/

According to hardware marketplace Massdrop, the high prices of graphics cards as a result of cryptocurrency mining won't be alleviated anytime soon. Massdrop's reasoning? A recent talk with Nvidia, and Nvidia's supposed prediction "that the pricing in the market will continue to go up through Q3 of this year most likely before we start seeing any type of relief."

In a discussion post on a GTX 1080 Ti on Massdrop (login required), tech community lead Brian Hutchins talked about a visit from Nvidia to Massdrop HQ, in which they discussed the causes for the current shortages. "All new cell phones coming out by Apple and Samsung (and others) last year started using the same memory as graphics cards," Hutchins writes. "Apple and Samsung are willing to pay more for this memory to make sure they get it first and all of it that they need. This has created a shortage of memory for the much smaller companies like MSI, Gigabyte, Asus, and EVGA to make graphics cards."