What Bittensor connects
Bittensor (TAO) is a decentralized oracle network token, currently ranked 32nd by market capitalization among the assets we track. Bittensor is middleware for the on-chain economy. It moves trustworthy data onto blockchains so that lending markets, derivatives, and insurance can price themselves, with TAO as the network's economic fuel.
BitTensor (TAO) is a decentralized ecosystem that enables artificial intelligence training by allowing users to contribute computing power and be rewarded in TAO tokens. It aims to create a collaborative network for machine learning with enhanced scalability and efficiency.
How the data stays trustworthy
Because so much DeFi collateral depends on oracle prices, the security of Bittensor is systemic: a manipulated feed can liquidate users unfairly. That is why node decentralization and crypto-economic staking matter so much here.
Background & fundamentals
Its codebase is open-source, meaning the implementation can be audited rather than taken on trust. In sector terms it is most often filed under Cryptocurrency, AI (Artificial Intelligence), and Big Data & Data Storage.
Where Bittensor sits in the market
Trading around $202.79, Bittensor carries a market capitalization of $2.01B. Around $84.90M changes hands across exchanges in a typical 24-hour window. That is a turnover of about 4.22% of the float — a healthy level of activity for an asset this size.
Almost the entire TAO supply is already in circulation (~100.0% of the 21M cap), so future dilution is effectively off the table. TAO remains -74% beneath its all-time high of $769.13, the kind of gap that historically takes a full cycle or a fresh catalyst to close. Measured from its all-time low of $143.17, TAO is up +42%.
What the price history shows
Across timeframes, TAO shows 24-hour -2.97%, 7-day -9.09%, 30-day -13.14%, 1-year -37.78%. Within its stored 365-day daily history, TAO mounted a low-to-high run of roughly 138% at its strongest stretch.
Volatility profile
Recent action puts Bittensor in the Moderate-volatility band — it shows the kind of price movement common in mid-cap crypto assets — meaningful but not unusual. Over the last 30 days the move totals -13.14%, a useful input for stop placement and position sizing.
How to evaluate an oracle network like Bittensor
For an asset of this type, three lenses matter most:
- Integration breadth — how many protocols and how much value rely on Bittensor feeds.
- Data security — node decentralization and the crypto-economic stake protecting each feed.
- Token demand — whether TAO is genuinely required to pay for or secure the network's services.
This page pulls live market data, on-chain stats where available, exchange-by-exchange volume, and our forecast model into one view so you can work through those questions in a single place. None of it is investment advice — it is a structured starting point for your own research.