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Bittensor ($TAO) Tops Whale Inflows as AI Crypto Attracts Smart Money
Cover image source: Gordon A recent on-chain analysis shared by crypto strategist shows that AI-focused crypto projects are leading whale capital inflows, with Bittensor ($TAO) taking the top spot. As of January 23, 2026, Bittensor recorded approximately $250 million in 24-hour whale inflows, the highest among all tracked projects. This places TAO ahead of other…
Djinn Subnet (SN103) Sets New Bitstarter Record, Raising 600 TAO in 51 Minutes
The Djinn project, also known as SN103 or “The Genius-Idiot Network,” has set a new record on Bitstarter, Bittensor’s on-chain crowdfunding platform, by completing its raise in just 51 minutes. The campaign hit its full target of 600 TAO, with 35 early participants contributing an average of 17.17 TAO each. This is the fastest in…
Templar (SN3) Completes Pre-Training of Covenant72B, the Largest Fully Decentralized LLM to Date
Templar, Bittensor Subnet 3, has completed pre-training for Covenant72B, a 72-billion-parameter language model. This is the largest frontier-scale model ever trained in a fully permissionless and decentralized setting. The run was coordinated across a global network of independent GPUs with no central datacenter, no single owner, and no gatekeeping. Pre-training processed roughly 1.2 trillion tokens,…
ICYMI: Astrid Intelligence Acquires TaoFi and Rebrands It as Astrid Bridge
Astrid Intelligence PLC, a publicly listed company (AQSE: ASTR), has acquired TaoFi, the decentralized exchange and liquidity platform embedded in the Bittensor ($TAO) ecosystem. Following the acquisition, TaoFi has been rebranded to Astrid Bridge, marking Astrid’s move deeper into operating core decentralized AI infrastructure rather than passively holding TAO. What Astrid gains is direct control…
Crunch opens Bittensor mining to its community of over 11,000 ML engineers and 1,200+ PhDs
Crunch DAO has announced plans to mine on Bittensor, marking a meaningful step toward bridging traditional machine learning talent with decentralized AI infrastructure. The goal is straightforward. Bring experienced ML practitioners into Bittensor subnets without forcing them to become crypto-native operators. What Is Crunch DAO? Crunch DAO is a collective intelligence platform originally built in…
Exploit Summit Postponed to Fall 2026, Relocated Outside the US
The Bittensor community’s highly anticipated Exploit Summit, originally set for March 30-31, 2026, at The Midway in San Francisco, has been rescheduled to fall 2026 and moved to a location outside the United States. The decision stems from travel restrictions preventing key speakers, panelists, and keynotes from attending the event in person. According to the…
Opentensor Foundation Unveils The Experts Setting the Bar for Bittensor’s Next Subnets
As Bittensor continues to mature from an experimental network into a full intelligence economy, the quality of its next wave of subnets matters more than ever. That reality is reflected in the judging panel assembled for the Opentensor Foundation x HackQuest Bittensor Subnet Ideathon, a competition designed to surface subnet designs with real incentive logic,…
Bitcast Lands Bitget as First Major Client Outside Bittensor Ecosystem
Cover Image Credit: Bitcast Bitcast (Subnet 93 on Bittensor), has announced that Bitget (a global exchange platform) has been onboarded as its major client outside the Bittensor ecosystem, marking a meaningful milestone for the subnet. The deal positions Bitcast as an embedded distribution layer for one of the world’s largest crypto trading platforms, reinforcing the…
Alex DRocks Launches TaoFlows for Real-Time Bittensor Transaction Tracking
Alex DRocks just released a new tool that makes tracking Bittensor transactions way easier. On January 15, 2026, he announced TaoFlows, a web dashboard that monitors TAO token movements across all 128 subnets in real time. The tool is live at taoflows.app, and it’s free to use. Taoflows is built for high-speed monitoring of $TAO…
JSTprove Goes Live on DSperse and Introduces Verifiable AI Inference
JSTprove has officially launched on DSperse (Bittensor Subnet 2), marking a major step forward for decentralized AI infrastructure. While the release has flown under the radar, it addresses one of the most critical weaknesses in today’s AI agent economy: the lack of provable guarantees that a model actually performed the computation it claims. The core…