https://wccftech.com/nvidia-cmp-series-anti-consumerists-intentions-looks-to-be-to-kill-second-hand-resale-market/

Cryptocurrencies have taken over for the time being and that has siphoned away all the consumer cards into large-scale operations. Did NVIDIA have a solution? Eh... I wouldn't say it's exactly a solution rather a PR move in order to win the hearts and minds of the consumer. Was battling cryptocurrency mining ever a priority for NVIDIA? We don't know the answer for sure, but it most likely was not.

Before the current boom, cryptocurrency mining was popular in late 2017 and early 2018 when Bitcoin peaked at $20,000. We learned much since that time about how the marketplace looks for graphics cards during and after the boom. The card at the time that was most sought after was the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti with an MSRP of $800. We quickly saw what happened with cards doubling and tripling in price due to the extremely high demand from miners.