TAO

Gold_Instruction2315

Bittensor TAO

OshKayai

TAO

financeguruIB

I’m a $TAO maxi too

4283577

I'm pretty much a TAO maxi at this point. I also have an XRP bag which I'm gonna dump as soon as I break even.

financeguruIB

Will stake in TAO.com

LePandaMasque

You can stake TAO by yourself. Or even choose the subnet you believe in. I went for Nova and Synth

financeguruIB

I think they stopped the earn on TAO on kraken i can’t find it anymore

ccc929

TAO has been money in the last month or so. Nice 5-6% if you’re holding on kraken too

0xGamblerr

TAO

financeguruIB

You know ball😎🔥 $TAO to the 🌙

Existing-Extreme-138

TAO only

ardyes

Checkout QUBIC if you want an AI play. Higher risk than TAO but tech is in a league of its own.

financeguruIB

$TAO will lead the market. One of the two AI tokens i currently hold.

LeoIsLegend

TAO and SERV. AI alts only ones worth touching.

financeguruIB

$TAO holder as well i salute you 🤞

financeguruIB

$TAO will lead the bull market.

financeguruIB

Big facts. I won’t say my targets for $TAO yet till I’m done accumulating

nsbhq

ETH and TAO, I missed out on VVV and wasn’t patient enough with HYPE.

reliable35

BitTensor TAO - only Alt worth taking a punt on… If Open AI & Anthropic can be worth $2T+…. BitTensor has a good shout at capturing 1-5% of that action..$20bn to $100bn..

financeguruIB

Now we’re talking. $ZEC $TAO $SOL😎

financeguruIB

I really hope AVAX does well. I love the project, although i don’t have any. I do own $TAO, $SOL. 🤞

Popapalooza

XLM, TAO, BTC, XRP, HBAR, Chainlink

Individual-Bit8948

TAO looks strong? [https://coinseekly.com/app/screener/tao](https://coinseekly.com/app/screener/tao)

Any-Profit7256

Keeping BTC ETH and TAO like as if I already lost them…I’ll circle back in a few years… HODL cuz that’s always the plan, and DCA always even if it’s a few bucks a day.

unknowngloomth

Your "rhetorical" question is low IQ asf. Just like you flashing your 20% profits. Btw when lambo, bruh? Actually I'd not be surprised if you're some TAO bagholder shilling your shitcoin and pretending you're trading TAO, honestly

unknowngloomth

Zoom out. LTC is up like 3,711% all the time whereas TAO is up only 758.3%. damn. I'm way more up than TAO holders in 1 year alone

unknowngloomth

Your comment had nothing to do with the guy's comment at all. Lmaooo. You're trying to bash LTC. LTC chart still way better than TAO despite LTC being irrelevant for years 🥴

Junglebook3

Alrighty, let's do this. Given that TAO markets itself as "decentralized AI", a regulatory shut down of a model such as Anthropic Mythos highlights the benefits of "decentralized AI". That line of reasoning works if you stop your thinking there and never ask any further questions. So, what is TAO? TAO is a middle man, a routing layer between requests and Gen AI responses. It uses crypto as an incentive model for people to put up hardware to run compute. The crypto side of things could have also been done with credit cards. So, putting the "crypto" element aside, how is it decentralized AI? To be clear, if Anthropic Mythos is banned, it would also not be available via TAO. Other models would be fine though, but those same models are available directly from their respective vendors (OpenAI, Google, etc). But what about open source models such as the Llama ones, those can't be shut down, right? Yes, that's great! But the value there doesn't come from TAO here, it comes from the existence of the open source models, their ongoing funding and development (Meta...), and the hardware provider that runs them. OK, so what about hardware? Well, almost all TAO inference hardware is run of course on the big three clouds, because that is the most cost effective way to compute Gen AI workloads. But what about individual users offering their GPU? That is too slow to do any real work, and not something you would put production workloads on. TAO *does* provide value, the idea of providing an abstraction layer behind hardware and models is neat to an extent, and there are competitors that offer that. In reality most companies choose their cloud provider and stick to them. Multicloud is real and some ultra large companies do that, and those may use a routing service, but that does not make "decentralized AI" or shield you from regulatory risk in any real way.

Mr--Clean--Ass-Naked

i could and i should, you're right, it's just explaining all of BitTensor would take me hours to type and that would not cover it all, but for the most part (for what you need to know): Bittensor was built for decentralized, permission-less, open-source AI, with the "reward" mechanism from mining is increasing intelligence of the BitTensor network (among the open-source AI it is training on), whereas Bitcoin uses excess energy converted into stronger and stronger security scripts, in which both have their own use cases, but Bittensor is the way Bitcoin would work if money tomorrow would be worthless, there is no value to it, hence making it an unstable long-term financial choice now imagine not gaining access to global AI knowledge, which the point was to kind of allow the whole world to accelerate as one, instead of capitalizing on the misfortune of not having privledged access to such open information, and now that Anthropic/Claude has been taken down, only one can assume chatGPT is next, or at the very least similar actions to take place about TAO: there is 21 million coins, with currently: 128 subnets. each subnet is individual, powering different stuff, such as weather forecasting, or health clinical aiding, or science research, all of it is open-source with rewards of TAO paid out as a "thank you" for contributing to open intelligence the subnets were 64, now 128, and soon 256, and only going to grow as more support joins Bittensor. Each subnet has a permanent lock of 21 million coins neat features about Bittensor TAO: there is a burning mechanic in-place (and worked on), allowing subnets (and even to an extent fractions of BitTensor) to be burned permanently if so desired. There is also a "conviction-lock" mechanism, where subnet owners can't just pull their coins out, it will be publicly announced on the blockchain for a duration before it can be sold to prevent rugpulling this is very simple and i am missing a lot of core details about Bittensor but I am currently sick and don't feel too good so I try the best I can lol hope it help

unknowngloomth

TAO and NEAR. Both of them are massively down from ATHs. Very unlikely that another leg will happen to these shitcoins.

Blackiris-Code

What I think would happen: If price doesn't increase within the next 5 years, only networks that can afford to loose all speculators can survive. So BTC would die. Ethereum and Solana would keep growing. Solana wouldn't care about having a low SOL price. Nobody would be able to buy enough SOL to exploit the POS consensus anyway. To buy you need sellers. And validator revenue is not an issue. The low validator revenue at the moment is intentional and that can be changed if needed. Nano would definitely still be used. Afaik Bittensor wouldn't mind a consistently low TAO price, and even if most people loose interest 5 years is not enough to kill it. Same for Internet Computer (ICP). All other coins I know would die off without the speculation. There are probably some obsure coins that would survive too.

CryptigoVespucci

I don’t understand TAO. Centralized players seem too dominant but it’s definitely a blind spot. What’s the two sentence explainer on the tech + thesis on $TAO the asset

liviughg

Forget BTC, go for TAO. This is the age of AI.

Active-Rope9301

BTC/ETH/SOL as the cryptos with actual institutional adoption that’ll be blue chips once regulatory clarity is reached. Hyperliquid is the cash cow that’ll change the game with regards to leverage and the ability to bet on prices of almost any asset. As soon as Americans are allowed to access the platform, the floodgates will open. TAO/Bittensor has tons of AI competition, so it’s speculative. Plus expensive. But might be fun to hold. For everything else, most of it is junk, so don’t buy unless you have experience.

sivartomeus

I bought when btc was at $77k (mostly TAO, SOL and BTC) but I'm scared to buy again now then it goes to $40 like you said, so I'll wait and if it does I'll buy then. If it never goes that low, that's fine too.

PanicForward5618

TAO, Render, etc. do not let his post fear monger you into buying ai crypto

colemusic1

Sorry dude, AI boom is not going anywhere. Have you noticed while BTC, ETH and other majors lately, that AI-narrative tokens had been ripping prior to this huge flush today? RENDER, NEAR, AKT, TAO, FET. There’s a good reason. Semiconductors. They’re in a literal insane expansion right now and edge AI in particular is a long term extremely demanded category within it. I know some might think this is just a short term narrative phase of AI, and while it typically goes in cycles? I don’t see that happening anytime soon. There’s an absolutely enormous supply shock which is why tech stocks are going parabolic. NVDA is officially the biggest company in the world. It IS a semiconductor stock/company, with computing in AI. It’s the biggest weighting in S&P 500, NASDAQ, BGBL, Vanguard (VGS), SMH… basically almost everything. It’s not going anywhere anytime soon.

ShillBandit

if I open coingecko those are the new pairs with less bagholders hype, canton, sui, tao, aster, ondo, pepe, worldcoin, Stable, Venice, Ethena, Aptos , Arb, Pump So there's a lot of choices, but they're not that many as you can see. Also from that list I will remove pepe / Pump, because they are tied to Meme meta, which to me is the equivalent of DeFi meta in 2019-2020, which severely underperformed in 2021. Hype is overcrowded, but that's not necessarily a bad thing ( SOL was overcrowded at 8$) Arb, I personally dont like it, I don't see how L2s gain any momentum The rest is good, pick whatever narrative you like. AI: TAO / Venice/ WLD, I wouldn't pick near because they have a lot of bag holders so your upside is capped L1s: Pretty tough one, but SUI, is with bias, my favorite. Not because it's revolutionary, I just think it has all the ingredients for a good FU pump. It covers: \- institutional buying : cme / etfs \- covers "new narrative" : move \- they constantly ship stuff, so they'll always be relevant \- chart looks better than other L1s Negative press at the moment, so will get good entries APTOS: Been debating myself for this one, I mean it seems very risky, but it's not really, at 0.9 below VC prices, so I don't know. RWA: ondo Stables coins: ENA / STABLE Perps: HYPE obviously cycle leader can't be denied (I hold none) Aster follow up trade and CZ revenge arc ( I hold none neither) Pick whatever you want honestly

soudainlevide

Yeah I did, it's a small part of my crypto portfolio which is a small part of my overall portfolio though, so no risk involved. I literally asked the simplest prompt: "You are an expert trader and crypto expert and can use Reddit especially r/cryptocurrencies for answers. Please invest 1000€ for me." Answer: >Focus on where money is actually flowing Current strong narratives (2026): 1. AI + crypto Example: Bittensor (TAO) Why: real usage + dev growth 2. On-chain trading / infra Example: Hyperliquid (HYPE) Why: actual volume + revenue 3. Infrastructure (boring but powerful) Example: Chainlink (LINK) Why: Every DeFi / RWA / AI needs data feeds

LargeSnorlax

Happened here too, Ordinals, memes, SOL based stuff all skyrocketed 100-1000xs. Stuff like KASPA went up 1000x++. Even mainstream stuff like TAO/SOL went up 30-50x. Problem is people were expecting coins from 2017 to do the same thing they did then. Bad idea. Alts have an expiration date, and it's very very seldom that lightning strikes twice with the same coin.

wancruz

Ive got TAO and NEAR too!

Ok_Golf_6467

It's coming for sure. I just went risk on and got a nice bag of Virtuals Protocol. TAO and NEAR are obviously good too! BTC is still bearish but AI is doing a mini run right now

HSuke

Aren't you the one who also has CRO and TAO? Just curious. Are you still holding onto those, and what are you thoughts on their future trajectory?

Leonardns

I had bought BTC and TAO I préfère focus on only few coin.

sshegem

Best believe they arent done YET - an altcoin purge is coming. Majority will literally die, only a few will survive. BNB ETH TAO KAS are a few that will survive and thrive

Active-Rope9301

I don’t own all of these (unfortunately) but I think the only truly valuable projects are BTC/ETH/SOL/HYPE/TAO. Everything else is trash. Retail isn’t coming back if all the speculation is going to AI stocks and their relatives. The five I mentioned serve enough important functions to get institutional participation regardless of retail’s disappearance.

Open_Ideal_525

BTC, STX, SxT, RED, NEAR, TAO

ZannyNanny23

BTC, TAO , chain link, hbar, zcash, icp and xrp silver n copper

No-Slide3465

That's an interesting list but I would remove $QUBIC, $TAO, $SUI, $ONDO, $PENDLE, $RENDER, and $NEAR.

morefundsneeded

Yes I have SOL and MON but not TAO as I want it to fall lower

sivartomeus

If you're not going BTC just go SOL and TAO. Maybe a smidge of Monad or something

biba8163

Imagine being this clueless and still doubling down after losing so much money... > **Favourite ALTS for 2025?** *(Dec. 16, 2024)* > "All AI alts. Easy money." > "There are loads. Small cap AI alts are a bit risky but can x10. Safer AI alts are TAO and XMW. Vertai, Serv, Eave, Pinklink, Dsync are good holds but some of them up a lot recently." > - TAO -42% > - XMW -99.9% > - Vertai -97.86% > - Serv - 78.9% > - Eave - Delisted > - Dsync -97.44% https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoMarkets/comments/1hfhuws/favourite_alts_for_2025/m2c5bdv/ > **BTC whale dumped their bitcoin bags for ethereum positions..$76M sold, 68k eth bought. Why?** *(Aug. 2025)* > "Even idiots on here know BTC>ETH>ALTS." https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoMarkets/comments/1mw7bwo/btc_whale_dumped_their_bitcoin_bags_for_ethereum/naa9kyy/ And I dropped so many clues for the clueless... > That is **my prediction range $100K to $120K IF we do real well.** But BTC going 2X from here is not going to give you 5X, 10X, 50X on all these Alts that people are holding at major losses and need those type of numbers to just break even.... **Most Alts are absolutely fucked now. (September 2024)** https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/1f98l4j/daily_crypto_discussion_september_5_2024_gmt0/llnadcz/ > A lot of people are holding heavy Alt bags **rationalizing a huge Altseason is coming** this year. Your Alt echo chambers are telling you, it's 100% happening. **There is zero percentage chance of that happening** without another big BTC leg up so it would be wise to temper your expectations. **(January 1st 2025)** https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/1hr1bgb/btc_returns_2010_2024/m4uaz4g/ > **The real Altreckoning will be in 2026.** **(October 11, 2025)** > *ONLY 5 out of the top 200 coins from November 2021 are in profit.* *The majority are down -60% to -90% since then.* People still holding are hoping an Altseason will come but in 2026 it will start becoming more and more obvious nobody is coming to buy their bags. > https://coinmarketcap.com/historical/20211109/ https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/1o3h44p/daily_crypto_discussion_october_11_2025_gmt0/nixcgb5/

ArgumentBasic7671

Que pensez vous de TAO?

oopsmylifeis

Yeah, I'm starting to get careful with TAO and ZEC now because they rallied yesterday, and are volatile in general so I keep those position 90% off now until I find a better entry. In the past having multiple coins blowed me up so I try to close my trades fast now, no more holding (surprisingly it's what's working).

Yee4614

The two that jump out to me are XRP and TAO. I only really care about XRP so I'll talk about that one. XRP had massive amount of supply leave the exchange in March. The XRP available for trade is at 7 year lows (2-3B). We have XRP ETFs significantly outperforming all other crypto ETFs launched in 2025. I think the net outflow for XRP is around 35M a week. On top of that, we have Evernorth launching in a few weeks which has the directive to buy 200-300M XRP immediately and will spend 1B on XRP in the next two quarters. This will all be in the open market and not via OTC.

Boohan33

Buy $TAO and chill…

Quirky_Self_7284

Spot on. The BlackRock/Aptos connection definitely makes it feel like the 'institutional' choice, while TAO feels like the pure AI alpha. I’m definitely watching for a dip in TAO to get a better entry. Good luck with the Czech Republic moves

Candid-Watercress602

I’m in the Czech Republic, and yes I’m really thinking about TAO seems to be going up right now and APTOS appears to be part of the ai future.

Quirky_Self_7284

With $50–$100, focus on learning over profits. BTC and ETH are safer for long-term growth, while TAO and APTOS are high-risk, high-reward. Dollar-cost averaging into BTC or ETH reduces risk. Avoid meme coins unless you’re okay with losing that money. For TAO, watch for dips. Start small and stick to reputable exchanges. What’s your time horizon?

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Gold_Instruction2315

All the money will flow to TAO.

oopsmylifeis

Yeah, I think if I can survive a big ass drop a few times then I'm good because that 6 month downtrend was awful. So now I've been trading SOL which only hovers from 80 to 90, TAO since it dropped to the 240 zone and AAVE now, things have been stable for now with no breakdowns or anything (but need to be prepared).

IBAN-IBON64

Pas assez de BTC . 50% BTC 30% ETH et le reste SOL XRP ADA etc... TAO ??

Own_Addition_7619

i have 50% of my wallet in TAO imo. This is not advice and besides I am less and less comfortable with it, but I have long-term convictions

No_Willingness9476

AI and RWA stuff like TAO or ONDO seem like the move for the next few months. I mostly use Kraken, but bydfi is decent for catching alts before they pump and they're doing a $1M anniversary thing until the end of April.

bastaja1337

Not true. TAO had 100% run few weeks ago. ZEC went from sub 200 to 300+. Alone w/o btc.

Contrasted94

TAO decentralized AI marketplace KAS look at kaspa.stream has about 2 billion transactions with the L2 growing.

PuzzleheadedBell4057

You must own some $KITE and $TAO then.

MakCapital

Yes, unless Hyperliquid keeps pulling users. Then more issuers will skip Solana and just issue on Hyperliquid. Possible. Solana needs competing product that is SOL aligned. Either way, most other unmentioned existing L1s already irrelevant. SUI barely holding as hedge. TAO barely holding as AI meme.

shoecellar

Actually TAO is a good buy right now for near term gains. If you want only longer term go all Bitcoin. ETH is a sell when it gets close to the $5,000 mark. Bitcoin may go all time high several more times

Substantial_Chapter3

I think Michael Van De Poope posted this. Bloke is wrong on nearly everything I have ever seen. He recently brought more TAO and next day it had its huge crash. If you wish to make money do pretty much the opposite of what this guy and 99% of the so called experts do. They buy, you sell.

TexasJB

I’d rather own 250 TAO than 1 BTC

HSuke

I don't hold any TAO either, but I was investigating their subnets for information. They do a LOT of their coordination and subnet planning on Discord. Too much coordination. My account just got kicked off their Discord randomly (I didn't post or do anything besides account verification), so I couldn't get any info on their subnets anymore. That dev has a very good point. **The whole platform is very, very centralized** by design. 1. Subnet 3 was HUGE, and their leaving Bittensor has a gigantic impact. Instant 1/3 price drop. 1. **Their subnets are centralized**, and each subnet can all rugpull if they want to. That's pretty well-known. 1. **BitTensor itself is extremely centralized.** And I hope everyone is already aware of that. 1. BitTensor basically like a kickstarter or donations site for AI models where the backers get very little in return. **No one who actually read their documentation should be expecting returns in the long run.** Treat any assets given to a subnet like a donation.

Wide_Structure_5442

Smart people are buying the dip knowing this is temporary, knowing Dare and Covenant caused this mess by banning discord members for having an opinion about failing metrics, and then chose to methodically rug pull their own community of investors without any warning. Tara Luna relied on violtile assets..algorithmic stablecoins. Like me, most people I know never invested $1 in it. Offering a rediculous unsustainable 20% yield on UST deposits is the only reason why it attracted so many newbies not knowing economics, not knowing any better. TAO is based on actual utility, real money. I believe it is to big to fail in this entirely different world we're living in now. 256 subnets on TAO soon.. AI is already taking over the world, there's no other project like it.

Wide_Structure_5442

The whole story isnt out there yet. Most have no clue what covenant was doing. TAO is to big to fail and there's a huge ordeal going on quietly behind the scenes rite now to blacklist covenant (by multiple AI communities and investors not by tao).. so whenever covenant pops back up as a project somewhere else there will be a cautionary warning label on them for rug pulling.. a trust marker. I like most people I know are buying the dip today.

Wide_Structure_5442

Covenant did this and they are already being blacklisted by the entire TAO community and other AI projects as well. Dare (Covenant) was deleting any and all negative posts on the discord from some of his pretty smart subnet users who noticed the subnets had been starting to underperform by pretty big and concerning metrics.. showing actual numbers and charts. Dare was trying to hide the info from community members on discord and ban the subnet users from future commenting, which is the epitomy of centralized tactics. Steve's (TAO) temporarily stopped him from deleting all these messages.. (aligning with Tao's mission) making sure the community could see what was discovered with the concerning underperforming metrics, and be able to make decisions for themselves. Dare started cashing out the 37,000 tokens (10mil) on the 3 subnets and then completely shut off the subnets 6hours before letting the community of investors know he was basically just mad that Steve's caught him and stopped him from silencing members on discord. Dare essentially pulled a Justin Sun (TRX) and rug pulled all his investors, deliberately timing the exit to maximize profits for himself while leaving all of his retail community at nearly a total loss. Dare (covenant) lost all credibility just like Justin Sun has. He'll more than likely be sued and lose. Most will never trust him with their money ever again. TAO is already in the process of updated which would prevent any subnet from being able to rug pull ever again. TAO is going to be just fine. Price will bounce back higher than ever after these new upgrades caused by Covenants transgressions.

GlitteringBelt4287

TAO and it’s subnets are extremely useful

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Anxious_Subject_2604

What happened to TAO? Did it stop being a revolutionary coin? :D

FlipprDolphin

It's Jimmy from VET, he is the one who made TAO.

daanishh

I saw that, but the founder of TAO has given his side of the story. A lot of other devs are saying the dev that sold has screwed over the community and acted irrationally. I kinda do believe that, because what he did is basically kind of a rugpull...

alexsonze

Buying this dip, I need more TAO hopefully it stays at these levels for longer so I can load more

brianmonarch

According to twitter, a big company that was backing TAO just dropped out stating their reasoning is that TAO is not as decentralized as they claimed and that an entity controls too many decisions etc. so they moved on. Not sure what will happen, but some on twitter were saying that they might actually be in big trouble going forward now. Check out the posts. They come up first on a search for $TAO on there.

EdgeQuiet2199

yeah it’s down around 15–20% today… this kind of drop happens often with TAO. could be a good time to buy a little, but better not put all money at once https://preview.redd.it/20hhuch9nbug1.png?width=1032&format=png&auto=webp&s=1b996c1074b11d27b5230a0403b3c081255107fa

Successful_Serve_340

I will say mine: TAO

PuzzleheadedBell4057

20% of total portfolio. 5% ea. BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP. Planning on adding less than 1% ea KITE and TAO in May

Aerocryptic

I have a small bag of Near. The team is more than legit on the AI field. The issue with Neat is that they have a long story of pivoting from a narrative to the other. There’s a lack of clarity on what they really try to build. On the AI part I’ve seen some announcements but no tangible result yet. TAO is by far the most advanced crypto x AI today. Most of the other cryptos try to bring agents / AI on chain. Bittensor just uses the crypto as a complex but effective incentive model to find AI start ups

slaybrownbeast

My $tao bear thesis The core issue is not whether some Bittensor subnets do “real work.” The issue is **who is actually paying for that work**. In a normal business, a real customer pays cash for a useful product. In TAO, a subnet creator can define a task, miners do the work because they want TAO, validators score it because they want TAO, and the creator also gets rewarded in TAO. That means the system can fund activity **before any real paying customer exists**. So even if a subnet’s output is genuinely useful, the creator may still be getting that work **subsidized by the token economy**, not by external demand. In practice, that means **TAO buyers/stakers may be the ones indirectly paying** for creators to get projects, data, models, or services done. This creates a major risk of **circular economics**: * creators launch subnets mainly to capture TAO * miners/validators participate mainly to farm TAO * activity looks impressive on-chain * but the real economic engine is still token emissions and token buyers absorbing sell pressure So my bear case is: **TAO network activity does not prove real value capture.** A subnet can be useful and still be a **bad token investment** if the value is going to creators/miners/validators while TAO holders are just subsidizing the whole machine. The key test is simple: **If TAO emissions disappeared tomorrow, would anyone still pay real cash for the subnet’s output?** If not, then it is probably not a real business — just token-funded theater.

Revenantjuggernaut

That’s what’s up! Dumped my FET Virtuals ICP and ETH to buy more TAO. It’s no f’n joke. Staking in the subnets 😮‍💨⛽️

jizzinmyeyes69

Buying TAO at a high price... Got sucked into the AI hype. Gave in to FOMO and listened to people on social media who thought TAO was going to be the next Bitcoin. As it turned out, those people making that claim knew even less about TAO than I did.

PuzzleheadedBell4057

I'm looking at $KITE and $TAO. They're Ai-centric. Something different for diversification purpose

ma6ic

| Token | Jan 1 | Current | YTD | vs HYPE | | ----- | ------- | ------- | ------ | ------- | | HYPE | $25.44 | $35.99 | +41.5% | — | | XRP | $2.08 | $2.09 | +0.4% | -41.1% | | BTC | $87,520 | $66,696 | -23.8% | -65.3% | | ETH | $2,967 | $2,046 | -31.0% | -72.5% | | SOL | $124.52 | $80.83 | -35.1% | -76.6% | | HBAR | $0.268 | $0.163 | -39.2% | -80.7% | | TAO | $440.21 | $223.65 | -49.2% | -90.7% |

Grogers92

In my humble and personal opinion, way too many people are sleeping on TAO (bittenser). It just had a huge rally, so I’m waiting for the next decent dip and I’m buying some.

Ok_Golf_6467

I'm positioned for meme coin season (PEPE and PENGU). I also think AI is due for a rally (VIRTUALS, RENDER, TAO). I also think SOL is going to out perform both BTC and ETH this year but that's just my personal conclusion

levitationbound

yeah im gonna be rockin with TAO for sure. if the whole thing is a gamble to some extent, i like this option the best, as well some btc and eth probably.

ComplexWrangler1346

Bittensor should be your number one play by far …..it is a decentralized AI blockchain that actually just got praise last week from the Nvdia CEO….Bittensor currently has 128 subnets you can buy in their ecosystem as well and staking rewards of these sub nets are insane ! I am invested in 4 subnets and I get over $150 a month on staking rewards alone and about another $200 for staking TAO itself ! Bittensor is also hard capped exactly like bitcoin with only 21 million tokens …it will be 3-5k a token within the next 2 years if not sooner

West-Possession-9974

Look into a.i. based blockchains. I've done well with TAO lately, Freysa has had some good runs but moving sideways in recent short term. Solana has also performed very well for me. XRP but again been moving sideways for a minute.

Revenantjuggernaut

You should definitely join then Bittensor subreddit. But you buy TAO. Download taostats on your phone it’s the hot wallet. You then basically hedge your Tao into the Subnets which are building real projects within the ecosystem. Mix of liquidity farm/momentum it’s really amazing and it’s compounding TAO for all of us who are doing it. Which surprisingly isn’t a lot.

Revenantjuggernaut

TAO stake the subnets thank me later

GlitteringBelt4287

4 main things to look at BTC TAO Bittensor Network QNT Quant and Overledger HYPE Hyperliquid Decentralized Markets These are the most interesting and valuable things in the crypto space in 2026 in my opinion. Don’t take my word for it though do some research. Will gladly answer any questions you have though. If I’m knowledgeable enough to answer.