Bittensor TAO
coin with its own chainRank 40 by market cap
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Key figures
- Market cap
- 2.59 B $supply as of 2026-09-17
- FDV
- 4.80 B $of the maximum supply
- 24h turnover
- 18.4 M $
- Turnover to market cap
- 0.71 %
- Circulating
- 11.3 M TAO
- Market cap rank
- 40
About the coin
Bittensor builds a market for machine learning in which the protocol pays for useful work. The network is divided into subnets, each with its own task — language models, image generation, retrieval, data processing. Miners submit the output of their models and validators score its quality; emissions follow those scores, and the subnets in turn compete for a share of total emission.
The core idea is that rewards follow judged usefulness rather than resources burned, as under proof of work. The vulnerability follows directly: the distribution is only as good as validators are honest and competent. The number of subnets is limited and a slot has to be bought, which ties demand for the coin to how many teams want to launch a task of their own.
The monetary design echoes Bitcoin in form — supply is capped at 21 million TAO and emission halves periodically. TAO itself is needed for staking, for registering in subnets and for paying access.
Rewards are allocated by validator scoring, so the network's economics are only as sound as those validators are honest and competent.
A reference description of the project, not investment advice.
Price chart
Where it trades
Turnover is what the venue itself reports; we do not verify it, so the order in the table is not a reliability ranking.
| Venue | 24h turnover | Share |
|---|---|---|
| KuCoin | 27.0 M $ | 18.4 % |
| Binance | 18.4 M $ | 66.1 % |
| BTCC | 9.90 M $ | 6.8 % |
| Coinbase International Exchange | 7.37 M $ | 5.0 % |
| CoinW | 7.36 M $ | 5.0 % |
Return by period
Periods from a week are calendar-based, from midnight UTC. The 24-hour figure is a rolling window from the current price — different bases, not a discrepancy.
| Period | TAO | BTC | ETH |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 hoursrolling | +4.20 % | +0.77 % | +1.97 % |
| 7 days | −10.75 % | −2.30 % | −1.70 % |
| 30 days | +14.67 % | +18.51 % | +26.78 % |
| 90 days | −4.62 % | +21.47 % | +41.78 % |
| year to date | +2.69 % | −12.74 % | −18.36 % |
| 1 year | −34.68 % | −34.52 % | −46.10 % |
Supply and issuance
We compute market cap from circulating supply, so its date matters as much as the price.
- Circulating
- 11.3 M TAO
- Total issued
- 21.0 M TAO
- Maximum
- 21.0 M TAO
Risk and statistics
Computed by us from our own history. This section shows no buy/sell ratings — these are values, not verdicts.
- 30d volatility
- 88.06 %
- 90d volatility
- 62.07 %
- Maximum drawdown over a year
- −70.66 %
- Maximum drawdown all time
- −79.53 %
- Beta to bitcoin
- 1,16
- Correlation with bitcoin
- 0,67
- From the all-time high
- −68.42 %All-time high: 712.90 $, 2024-12-08
- From the all-time low
- +54.28 %All-time low: 145.90 $, 2026-02-11
- 52-week range
- 145.90 — 497.20 $
- History depth
- 889 days
Technical indicators
- RSI (14)
- 53.7
- Distance from MA50
- +3.32 %
- Distance from MA200
- −6.12 %
- 24-hour range
- 217.90 — 232.00 $
- 24h turnover
- 18.4 M $
Converter
At the price as of 22:22 UTC — a moment's rate, not a live tick.
1 TAO = 228.50 $
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Sources and coverage
- Price: Binance, pair TAOUSDT.
- History: 889 days in our database
- Market cap and supply — Powered by CoinGecko
- Prices — Binance public market data