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Nvidia Stock Drops by 54% in 4th Quarter of 2018

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7 years ago

December 22, 2018

Nvidia Stock Drops by 54% in 4th Quarter of 2018

Nvidia has been one of the best performers in S&P 500, with dramatically rising stock since early 2016 till September this year. But post that, the stock took an extremely bad hit, dropping by 54% in the stock price.

And this is not the only blow Nvidia received. Just ahead of Christmas weekend, the stock fell by 4.09%, closing at $ 129.57 on Friday. Since 2016, this has been the worst quarter for Nvidia.

But why has this blow occurred?

Nvidia was continuously rising due to the demand for processors to handle workload of AI and mining of crypto currencies. And that rise lifted its market value from $14 Billion to $175 Billion. But suddenly, in this quarter, majority of the investors dumped the stock of Nvidia, dropping it by whooping 54%.

This drop made it the worst performing S&P stock of 2018’s 4^th quarter.

But Nvidia is not the only stock that got hit. Due to this, many others also got caught in this whole dropping index domino, for example Nasdaq, which dropped 21% this quarter. Many other chip stocks also got hit, just like Nvidia.

So this quarter performed poor for majority of chip manufacturing companies, including Nvidia, Micron, AMD, and many more.

And the primary reason for Nvidia’s drop is its relation to crypto currencies, specially the bitcoin. The bitcoin crashed severely this year. And that reduced the demand for the graphic processing units of Nvidia, which eventually led investors to back off from its stock. But this was not the sole reason.

Nvidia also used to provide data center requirements to cloud providers like Amazon. This segment failed to meet the estimates of Wall Street, which also became a major factor to its downfall. But now, when the maximum downfall has already occurred, both in cryptocurrencies as well as Nvidia, we are hoping to see rise this coming year.

Business

Black Banx Group — Third Quarter 2025 Results

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20 hours ago

November 3, 2025

Matthew Wiles

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE · Road Town, British Virgin Islands · October 30 2025

Black Banx reports USD 4.3 billion revenue and USD 1.6 billion pre-tax profit in third quarter 2025

Black Banx Group today announced its results for the third quarter ended 30 September 2025, delivering strong performance with further progress toward its full-year targets.

Key figures for Q3 2025:

Revenue: USD 4.3 billion
Profit before tax (PBT): USD 1.6 billion
Cost-to-income ratio: ≈ 62%
Customer base (period-end): ~92 million clients

YTD (first nine months) results: Revenue USD 12.7 billion, PBT USD 4.7 billion, positioning the Group on track toward its full-year ambitions of ~USD 17 billion revenue and ~USD 6.4 billion PBT.

“Our Q3 results reaffirm the scalability and resilience of our platform,” said Michael Gastauer, Group CEO. “By continuing to scale our client base, deepen engagement, and drive operational efficiencies, we maintain momentum toward our 100 million-customer milestone and full-year ambitions.”

Daniel Dumitrascu, Group CFO, added: “We are pleased to demonstrate sequential improvement in our cost/income ratio despite ongoing investment in growth markets. With the first nine months delivered, our Q4 plan is well calibrated to close the year strongly.”

Business highlights:

Net customer adds of approximately 8 million during Q3, bringing the total client count to ~92 million as of 30 September 2025. On pace for the 100 million-customer target by year-end.
Continued growth across emerging markets, driven by expansion efforts in Africa, South Asia and Latin America.
Strong transaction volumes across cross-border payments and cryptocurrency-adjacent services, contributing to top-line resilience.
Ongoing initiatives to optimise operations and automate processes delivered a sequential improvement in cost/income ratio to ~62% from ~64% in Q2.
Strategic investments sustained in growth markets while preserving profitability and shareholder value.

Outlook:

With three quarters behind it, Black Banx remains aligned with its 2025 full-year targets of approximately USD 17 billion in revenue and ~USD 6.4 billion in pre-tax profit. The company anticipates a seasonally stronger Q4 performance, underpinned by ongoing global client acquisition and further monetisation of its platform.

About Black Banx Group:

Black Banx Group is a global digital banking and fintech platform serving tens of millions of private and business clients across more than 180 countries. The Group offers seamless, borderless banking services, including multi-currency accounts, cross-border payments and cryptocurrency-compatible solutions. Headquartered in the British Virgin Islands, Black Banx is dedicated to innovation, financial inclusion and delivering value to its stakeholders.

Media Contact:

Black Banx Media Relations
Email: [email protected]

Forward-looking statements: This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including statements regarding the Group’s business strategy, financial prospects, targets and trajectory. Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated.