BTC $81,566 -2.6%ETH $2,383 -5.2%USDT $0.9991 0.0%BNB $722.72 -3.0%XRP $1.32 -3.7%USDC $0.9997 0.0%SOL $103.88 -3.7%TRX $0.3308 0.0%FIGR_HELOC $1.04 +1.3%ZEC $1,116 -11.6%HYPE $79.98 -2.8%DOGE $0.0807 -5.2%XMR $547.16 -1.6%USDS $0.9997 0.0%WBT $79.74 -2.9%LINK $12.22 -6.1%ADA $0.2243 -5.2%LEO $9.03 +0.2%XLM $0.1807 -5.1%RAIN $0.008823 -10.5%NEAR $4.72 -7.1%BCH $265.89 -5.3%USDE $0.9993 0.0%LTC $58.54 -5.5%DAI $1.00 0.0%UNI $7.02 -6.0%CC $0.1094 -12.5%AVAX $9.68 -6.3%SUI $1.00 -5.3%USD1 $0.9991 0.0%GRAM $1.35 -1.9%HBAR $0.0824 -5.5%BTW $2.30 -9.7%XAUT $4,136 -0.6%USDG $1.00 0.0%TAO $265.56 -5.6%SHIB $0.000005 -4.1%PYUSD $0.9997 0.0%QNT $196.16 -8.5%CRO $0.0567 -5.7%ENA $0.1889 -10.8%OKB $118.08 -4.1%RLUSD $1.00 0.0%USYC $1.14 0.0%USDY $1.15 +0.1%AAVE $152.41 -6.0%BUIDL $1.00 0.0%ONDO $0.437 -7.0%PUMP $0.00442 -12.6%DOT $1.11 -4.7%

BTC $81,566 -2.6%ETH $2,383 -5.2%USDT $0.9991 0.0%BNB $722.72 -3.0%XRP $1.32 -3.7%USDC $0.9997 0.0%SOL $103.88 -3.7%TRX $0.3308 0.0%FIGR_HELOC $1.04 +1.3%ZEC $1,116 -11.6%HYPE $79.98 -2.8%DOGE $0.0807 -5.2%XMR $547.16 -1.6%USDS $0.9997 0.0%WBT $79.74 -2.9%LINK $12.22 -6.1%ADA $0.2243 -5.2%LEO $9.03 +0.2%XLM $0.1807 -5.1%RAIN $0.008823 -10.5%NEAR $4.72 -7.1%BCH $265.89 -5.3%USDE $0.9993 0.0%LTC $58.54 -5.5%DAI $1.00 0.0%UNI $7.02 -6.0%CC $0.1094 -12.5%AVAX $9.68 -6.3%SUI $1.00 -5.3%USD1 $0.9991 0.0%GRAM $1.35 -1.9%HBAR $0.0824 -5.5%BTW $2.30 -9.7%XAUT $4,136 -0.6%USDG $1.00 0.0%TAO $265.56 -5.6%SHIB $0.000005 -4.1%PYUSD $0.9997 0.0%QNT $196.16 -8.5%CRO $0.0567 -5.7%ENA $0.1889 -10.8%OKB $118.08 -4.1%RLUSD $1.00 0.0%USYC $1.14 0.0%USDY $1.15 +0.1%AAVE $152.41 -6.0%BUIDL $1.00 0.0%ONDO $0.437 -7.0%PUMP $0.00442 -12.6%DOT $1.11 -4.7%

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Updated Oct 14, 2026, 10:20 PM UTC

Why is Bittensor down today?

$265.56-5.6% 24h-7.9% 7d

Bittensor is down 3.4% to $268.95 over 24 hours with no TAO-specific news behind it — the move is the broader crypto market selling off, amplified by the usual higher beta of small-cap AI tokens. Bitcoin fell 2.1% to $81,576 over the same stretch, so TAO is underperforming the benchmark by roughly a point and a half, and is off 7.3% on the week.

The main driver is macro: September CPI came in at 3.7%, above forecasts, pushing Treasury yields higher and putting another Fed hike back on the table. That dragged crypto lower alongside equities, and rate-sensitive, high-risk assets like AI infrastructure tokens typically take the hardest hit.

Washington offered no offset. Patrick Witt is leaving his White House crypto adviser post with the Clarity Act stalled, removing a policy tailwind, while the OCC flagged debanking practices at nine major US banks affecting digital-asset issuers and exchanges. Kraken parent Payward's purchase of Lithuania's Saldo Bank was the session's main constructive headline, but it is firm-specific.

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