AMD and Intel crushed Nvidia in first half of 2026, and the ripple effects reach crypto

AMD and Intel outperformed Nvidia during the first half of 2026, sparking increased competition among chipmakers. This shift is expected to reduce hardware costs, providing significant benefits to decentralized networks. Consequently, these developments are reshaping the AI and crypto markets as the industry moves into the second half of the year, potentially altering the competitive landscape for hardware providers and the broader technological ecosystem involved in decentralized computing and high-performance AI processing infrastructure.