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Grayscale

2026-10-05 06:00:58

Grayscale says AI crypto led September gains as NEAR, VVV and TAO begin to diverge

Grayscale’s latest research said artificial intelligence was one of the strongest themes in crypto markets in September. The FTSE Grayscale Artificial Intelligence Crypto Sector Index rose 54% during the month, compared with a 24% gain for the broader crypto market. Among the projects highlighted in the report, NEAR climbed 183%, VVV gained 70%, and TAO rose 37%. Price action has started to split in early October. As of around 1 p.m. Taipei time on Oct. 5, NEAR traded near $4.85, up 1.0% on the day, VVV was around $29.60, up 6.5%, and TAO changed hands near $298.83, down 2.4%. Over the past seven days, NEAR fell about 7.1%, VVV added 4.4%, and TAO slipped 2.8%. The report also pointed to differences in business models across the three tokens. Grayscale described NEAR as a base platform for AI agent commerce, Venice as a privacy-focused generative AI service that does not store user prompts, and Bittensor as a network of subnets offering services such as inference, data, compute and AI agents. CoinGecko data cited in the report showed elevated leverage in VVV perpetuals, while broader AI token market data suggested the sector remains relatively small and more sensitive to capital flows.

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Grayscale

2026-10-02 15:21:53

Grayscale says its AI crypto sector returned 54% in September, ahead of the broader market

Grayscale said in a post on X that its Artificial Intelligence Crypto Sector delivered a 54% return in September, outpacing the broader cryptocurrency market’s 24% return over the same period. The firm said the move may reflect growing market interest in blockchain as potential infrastructure for artificial intelligence. Grayscale also shared performance figures for several AI-linked tokens in September. According to the data it cited, NEAR rose 183%, VVV gained 70%, WLD climbed 47%, and TAO advanced 37%. The update highlights a month in which AI-related crypto assets outperformed the wider market by a wide margin, based on Grayscale’s sector tracking.

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Binance

2026-09-15 09:01:08

Binance to revise collateral ratios for multiple tokens on Sept. 18

Binance said it will update collateral ratios across several products at 06:00 UTC on Sept. 18, 2026, according to an official announcement cited by Odaily. The changes will apply to cross margin borrowing and transfer-out collateral ratios, unified account collateral ratios, and tiered collateral ratios under Unified Account Pro. Among the listed assets, ARB, TAO, and WLD will see their collateral ratios raised from 50% to 60%. In contrast, AUCTION, BLUR, GALA, HYPER, S, and SYRUP will have their ratios cut from 30% to 10%. Binance also said the tiered collateral ratio for WLFI under Unified Account Pro will be adjusted at the same time. The announcement did not disclose additional details in the news brief beyond the effective time and the affected assets.

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Chainlink

2026-09-13 14:08:53

TAO Goes Live on Robinhood Chain Through a Chainlink CCIP-Based Bridge

Bittensor’s TAO token has launched on Robinhood Chain through Forever Money, a bridge built on Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol, according to an official announcement from Chainlink cited by ChainCatcher. The move gives TAO a 1:1 native presence in what Chainlink described as its second major blockchain environment. The update centers on the token’s cross-chain availability and the infrastructure used to bring it onto Robinhood Chain. No additional rollout details were disclosed in the brief announcement provided.

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VVV

2026-09-09 10:18:39

VVV jumps as privacy inference narrative gains traction, with Venice, NEAR and TAO in focus

Venice AI’s token VVV surged more than 60% in a single day and briefly traded above $25, with the move tied to a fresh debate over whether sensitive user inputs to AI systems can remain private. The discussion intensified after New York University mathematician Tristan Buckmaster said he and his co-authors had entered a full project draft into Codex, then questioned OpenAI after learning an internal team had made progress on the same problem. OpenAI said neither researchers nor agents accessed specific user data to solve the problem, while also saying it could not fully rule out the possibility that de-identified private chats with Codex had helped improve models. That dispute pushed “privacy inference” into the center of crypto AI trading narratives. Traders began pointing to Venice as a direct liquid proxy, while the wider theme also pulled attention toward NEAR’s confidential computing stack and Bittensor’s open-market model supply network. Venice is pitching privacy as a commercial product, NEAR is tying verifiable confidential inference and intent-based execution to token utility, and TAO remains the base asset for capital allocation across Bittensor subnets. Together, the three projects outline different ways Web3 teams are trying to give users more control over valuable research, code, and business data in AI workflows.

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Sanctum

2026-09-08 08:45:13

Sanctum Overtakes Jupiter as Solana’s Largest Protocol by TVL While Its Token FDV Sits at $32 Million

Sanctum has quietly moved past Jupiter to become the largest protocol on Solana by total value locked, reaching $1.77 billion in TVL, yet its token’s fully diluted valuation stands at only $32 million. The gap is unusual for a protocol that has become a major piece of Solana’s liquid staking infrastructure. Sanctum’s model lets partners launch branded liquid staking tokens without having to seed deep standalone liquidity pools, instead plugging into a shared liquidity network used across more than 200 LSTs. The report also places Sanctum in the context of a weekend rally in altcoins. Raydium rose about 58% after StonkFun said new token launches would go through Raydium’s LaunchLab, while TAO demand got a boost after StonkFun added support for TAO-paired launches. Against that backdrop, Sanctum stood out less for price action than for fundamentals: rising monthly revenue denominated in SOL, an 8月 gross margin of 55%, and a treasury holding of $6.53 million against a circulating market cap of $16 million. The team has also floated token-level changes, including a proposal to burn 25% of supply from the community reserve and rename the token to SANC. Co-founder Jaye has hinted at swSOL, a product aimed at monetizing idle wSOL deposits.

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TAO

2026-09-07 10:15:00

TAO Surges 13% in 24 Hours as Bittensor Rolls Out Protocol Upgrades

Bittensor's TAO jumped 13.48% to $267.39 according to HTX, following the introduction of Root Reborn protocol adjustments that enhance staking and capital allocation in its subnet ecosystem. The project also expanded to Robinhood Chain via Chainlink CCIP.

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HTX

2026-08-27 10:53:23

HTX to List TAO (Bittensor) for Spot and Grid Trading on Aug. 27

HTX said it will open spot and grid trading for the TAO/USDT pair at 21:00 on Aug. 27 (UTC+8), according to an official announcement cited by BlockBeats. The exchange has already opened deposits for TAO, while withdrawals are scheduled to go live at 21:00 on Aug. 28. TAO is the native token of Bittensor, an open-source protocol designed to support a decentralized, blockchain-based machine learning network. According to the project description included in the announcement, Bittensor uses a "proof of intelligence" mechanism and dedicated subnet architecture to enable collaborative training and sharing of AI models. Contributors to the network are rewarded in TAO, forming what the project describes as a globally distributed machine learning marketplace.

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