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Podcast: IEN Radio
Episode: Stolen Crypto Cards Lead to High-Speed Boat Chase
Description: Typically, a story involving smugglers and a high-speed boat chase through the harbors of Hong Kong would be fuel for a Jason Statham movie surrounding organized crime, guns and/or drugs.Post-pandemic however, we’re not talking about nefarious substances or weapons. Rather, a report on DigitalTrends.com links these events to approximately 300 stolen Cryptocurrency Mining Processors made by Santa Clara, CA-based Nvidia. The cards in question were recently confiscated after the aforementioned chase. They carry an inflated retail value of about $220,000, but pandemic-related slowdowns in production and distribution could be driving their black market val...