TAO Flows #2 – Welcome Back
Issue #2 is here, and the money printer is officially on borrowed time (11 days left until inflation is cut in half).
We explain Bittensor & decentralized AI the way you’d break it down to a friend over wings and a beer at the bar: zero jargon, zero code, just the facts, the alpha, and the occasional meme.
Our mission stays the same: turn curious normies into TAO believers—one short, addictive Flow at a time.
Let’s dive in. 🧠💧
☕ TAO Today
1 TAO = $265 USD
1 TAO = 0.00306 BTC
1 BTC = 326.5 TAO
7d: -8.9% | Market cap: $2.78B
**All data as of Dec 1st @ 9pm EST
WTF - What The Flow?
TAO is money that rewards people for knowledge. Right now, one TAO is worth about $265, it's down almost 9% this week. About 50% of the total supply to ever exist is circulating and available for purchase, but 70% of this circulating supply is staked (locked), and is receiving about 42% APR on average.
⚡ TOP 5 SUBNETS BY EMISSIONS
Subnet | Emissions | Price | 7D % | Chain Buys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Chutes | 8.67% | $23.07 | -2.9% | $17.8K |
Affine | 6.57% | $17.45 | +8.6% | $11.7K |
Lium.io | 5.73% | $15.55 | -4.8% | - |
Targon | 4.43% | $11.76 | +1.9% | $3.6K |
Vanta | 3.56% | $9.47 | +10% | $34.8K |
WTF - What The Flow?
These are the top five Bittensor projects making the most money each day right now, like the top five streamers on Twitch getting the fattest donations while everyone else fights for scraps. Chain Buys show real cash pouring in.
Chutes is the Mr. Beast of image AI. Subscribers exploding, and donations (chain buys) pouring in.
Affine just lost a bunch of big donors this week. Mid-stream drama or just re-subscribing elsewhere?
Lium had a quiet day but still pulled +2,000 τ over the week, loyal super-chat crew holding strong.
Targon got a random $50k donation this week but overall subscribers are down, one viral clip doesn’t pay the rent forever, looking to hold subscribers.
Vanta is quietly stacking the most tips this week. This is the underrated streamer everyone’s secretly watching.
Emissions = % of new TAO tokens going to the project
Chain Buys = Money flowing into the project
money flowing IN (whales tipping hard)
money flowing OUT (viewers dipping out)
Live data: taostats.io/subnets | tao.app/explorer | bittensor-labs.com/
🔥 BIGGEST STORY
Bittensor’s first halving lands in exactly 11 days (est. Dec 12th, 2025). The network's big "supply squeeze" moment, slashing daily TAO emissions from 7,200 coins to a lean 3,600 until next halving - “tick tock, next block”.
Total supply stays capped at Bitcoin’s legendary 21 million while the world suddenly can’t get enough decentralized AI. Less new supply + more hungry buyers and subnets = the same math that turned Bitcoin into a rocket. Buckle up.
Live countdown → https://bittensor-labs.com/
WTF - What The Flow?
In 11 days the TAO inflation gets chopped in half. Same (or growing) demand, with way fewer new coins hitting the market. Bitcoin ran this play four times and printed life-changing gains every round. Is TAO supply shock next in line? We will soon find out.
📰 THINGS TO KNOW
• Synth 20x Returns Milestone: Synth (SN50) reports turning initial capital into 20x gains in just 2 months via decentralized financial prediction models on Polymarket. Currently, managing $2M+ in assets, proving subnet alpha in volatile markets.
• IOTA SN9 "Training at Home" Democratizes AI: IOTA's (SN9) launches a MacBook-based app for easy, collective AI model training from home, zero hardware needed, with early tests showing 3x faster results on custom datasets.
• Mantis SN71 Activates Real Signal Engine: Mantis just flipped the switch on the first true “signal engine” on Bittensor—turning raw market noise into clean, actionable trading signals using decentralized AI. Early alpha token volume already spiking.
• Safello TAO ETP Goes Live: Swiss fintech Safello debuted Europe's first physically backed staked TAO ETP on SIX Swiss Exchange (plus Euronext/Amsterdam and Deutsche Börse Xetra), sparking a 31% monthly volume jump to $10B. Bullish for TradFi inflows, though price dipped -9.6% weekly to $267 on profit-taking.
• Black Friday Dip Signals Rebound: TAO shed over 55% over 30 days to around $270, carving a falling wedge with bullish MFI divergences hinting at accumulation. Breakout over $330 eyes $400’s; sub-$280 risks retest of lows and in accumulation zone. Neutral setup amid market fears (Fear & Greed: 20/100).
WTF - What The Flow?
• Synth turned a small bet into 20× the money in 2 months by guessing crypto prices with AI—like a kid who always wins the guessing game at the fair.
• IOTA’s app lets anyone with a laptop help train big AI models from home, like a giant group project where everyone chips in and the homework finishes itself faster.
• Mantis just built the first real “cheat code” for trading. Its AI cleans up messy market data into clear buy/sell signals, all run by the Bittensor crowd instead of Wall Street.
• Safello's new "stock-like" product lets European big-money folks buy TAO safely with built-in rewards, like a fancy savings account for AI crypto. It's drawing in cautious cash, even if prices wobbled after.
• TAO's recent price slide looks like a setup for a bounce: Charts show buyers sneaking in quietly, but the whole crypto party is still hungover. Perhaps, wait for a strong push up to celebrate.
😂 MEME OF THE FLOW
Not financial advice. Please do your own research.
That’s the flow. See you in a week!
@TAOFlows
P.S. Forward to one friend who’s still buying Cardano.