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title: 'Solana & TAO Just Made The Most Bullish AI Move In Crypto'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=NIy22ZzJLKs'
video_id: 'NIy22ZzJLKs'
date: 2026-08-01
duration_sec: 643
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# Solana & TAO Just Made The Most Bullish AI Move In Crypto

> Source: [Solana & TAO Just Made The Most Bullish AI Move In Crypto](https://youtube.com/watch?v=NIy22ZzJLKs)

## Summary

BitTensor (TAO) and Solana announced an official collaboration, with TAO now tradable on Solana via Sunrise DeFi and Moonshot. The video argues that while the announcement seems small, it unlocks significant liquidity and retail access for the largest AI crypto ecosystem, and explores real-world subnet projects like Resi and the potential for future expansion.

### Key Points

- **Official BitTensor-Solana Collaboration** [00:00] — BitTensor and Solana have announced an official collaboration, with TAO being listed on Solana via Sunrise DeFi.
- **Crypto Market Rally** [01:05] — Bitcoin reclaimed $81.5K, Ethereum up 14% on the week, Dogecoin up 25% on the month, Hyperliquid up 25% this month, and TON up 47% following the Telegram Foundation announcement.
- **TAO Goes Live on Solana** [02:48] — Users can now trade TAO using Solana wallets, DEXes, and aggregators via Sunrise DeFi, making the token accessible to Solana's large user base.
- **Wrapped, Not Native TAO** [03:47] — On Solana, TAO is held in a wrapped form rather than on the native BitTensor chain, reducing friction for users who don't want to bridge or open a new wallet.
- **Liquidity Gap: 9x Volume Difference** [04:18] — TAO's entire blockchain did $219M in volume over 24 hours, while Solana's DEX volume hit $1.72B (plus $1.3B perp volume), meaning even capturing a few percentage points would significantly boost TAO.
- **Moonshot Verification Expands Retail Access** [04:52] — BitTensor was verified on Moonshot the same day, enabling Solana-native retail users to easily buy TAO, powered by Tao.com.
- **Subnets Could Follow** [05:18] — Tao.com suggests this is just the start, with plans to bring every subnet and all parts of TAO to the broader crypto ecosystem, potentially via Solana.
- **Resi: Real-World Subnet Use Case** [05:46] — Resi, a real estate AI platform on BitTensor, claims 98% appraisal accuracy across a million properties and is backed by Stillmark Capital, with accuracy reportedly higher than Zillow.
- **Subnets Gaining Institutional Traction** [07:39] — Examples include a partnership with Intel, Venice building models on BitTensor subnets, and projects accepted into Nvidia's and Salesforce's build programs.
- **Valuation Gap Signals Upside** [09:36] — BitTensor's circulating market cap is around $3B, compared to Cardano at $10B, Dogecoin at $20B, Tron at $30B, and Solana at $50B, highlighting significant growth potential.

### Conclusion

The Solana-TAO collaboration is primarily a liquidity and accessibility play, not a technical upgrade. With Solana's far larger daily volume and Moonshot's retail reach, the move could meaningfully boost TAO's exposure and attract new capital to BitTensor's subnet ecosystem.

## Transcript

We had some big news come through the door today.  An official collaboration between BitTensor and   Solana. So, in this video, I'm going to break  down exactly what this means. And even though the  
announcement somewhat seems a little underwhelming  on the surface, I think the numbers will show you   this is going to bring so much attention and  liquidity into BitTensor's ecosystem, which   is the biggest in AI crypto. So, without further  ado, let's go ahead and jump right into the video.  
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Hustle and compete for your share of those prizes.  Obviously, longs have been paying as we see the   market is absolutely ripping. I mean, Bitcoin is  back above 80. We're at 81.5K. We see Ethereum up  
14% on the week. Dogecoin is up 25% on the month.  We see Hyperliquid up 25% this month. It's been   a really solid month. TON off the backs of the  actual Telegram Foundation coming and joining the  
foundation on TON, up 47%. So, it's been a great  month in the markets over this course of time. And   yesterday we got some pretty good news across the  board from two mainstream protocols. Solana being  
one of the biggest blockchains in the industry and  of course BitTensor TAO, which you guys know I am   beyond bullish on BitTensor. I think that still  when you look across the board in this ecosystem   top to bottom, it is hard to fade an ecosystem  that has so many quality projects here partnering  
up with the likes of Intel, joining Nvidia's  growth programs, working alongside Google. We've   seen some of these subnets see really good  developments happening underneath BitTensor   TAO. And then just yesterday Solana's official  Twitter account had tweeted this and anyone privy  
to the BitTensor ecosystem. You probably knew  immediately because of the interconnectivity.   This kind of is a signal in the background of  the subnets and how the whole ecosystem works  
together with Solana overlapping it. You could  see here that a lot of people were immediately   speculating that this is going to be something  with BitTensor TAO and Solana, and that's exactly  
what it is. So we see here TAO is now listed on  Solana via Sunrise DeFi. Users can now trade TAO   using Solana wallets, DEXes and aggregators. Now I  saw a lot of feedback on the timeline saying well  
this is such a nothing announcement. This is not  going to move the needle. Whatever the case is,   the whole point of BitTensor is to stake into the  subnets. And yes, I absolutely agree. The subnet   ecosystem is of course the main backbone of this,  and if you're not going to actually use BitTensor  
on the native ecosystem you're going to miss out  as a consumer, but I have to give this caveat   when you actually look at the fact that this is  an ease of access type of move. So Solana has  
so many traders, so much liquidity, and they just  want to give access to the Solana ecosystem to be   able to buy into the TAO token above else. I think  that is very important. So TAO is now tradable in  
a wrapped form on Solana. So you're not holding  the native BitTensor chain TAO. You are holding   a wrapped form of TAO whenever it comes to the  Solana version. But it adds so much liquidity,  
ease of access, as I mentioned, if people  don't have the proper exchanges to buy it on a   centralized exchange or they don't want to bridge  over or open a new wallet on the TAO ecosystem.   And also it is going to add a ton of volume to  the token. And this is just in the numbers. Over  
the last 24 hours, the entire TAO blockchain has  done $219 million in volume. And we move over to   Solana. And this is pretty crazy. The DEX volume  is $1.72 billion. So I'm going to not include the  
perp volume. I think that that's pretty irrelevant  in this standard. It's 1.3 billion. But the DEX   volume here is what is really important. I mean  this blockchain is doing nine times as much daily   volume as what BitTensor is doing. And if even  they can capture a few percentage points of this  
volume going into the TAO token, this is extremely  important. We also saw on the same day today that   BitTensor was now verified on Moonshot. So it's  adding a lot of ways for retail to be able to  
play and actually buy Solana because Moonshot  a lot of their tokens are native to Solana. So   then these Solana ecosystem users can come in and  actually buy the TAO token, and this is powered by  
Tao.com. This is just the start. They eventually  say every subnet, every part of TAO to the greater   reaches of crypto. So it seems like they are  planning to bring more than just the native  
TAO token to Solana to where people can actually  get access to these different subnets. And look,   if you haven't been seeing what these subnets  are cooking up, it's absolutely bullish  
what we're seeing across the board. Take Resi  for example. I mean Resi is one of the biggest   real estate AI platforms in the entire world at  this point in time. It's an infrastructure play   from Resi that has an appraisal model for  properties. So you could see here they've  
achieved a 98% accuracy rate across a million  properties that they have analyzed, and it's kind   of like tokenization of real-world assets. This  is exactly what the RWA space needs. And the AI  
part of this is actually adding such a good layer  of validation and verification to this process of   validating property values. And the accuracy of  their appraisals is actually higher than Zillow,  
which I think is what everyone goes to look  at these different Zestimates and values of   properties in the real estate space. Whenever  you go look online, you can see the chart here   for Resi is absolutely cooking. They're backed  by huge funds including Stillmark Capital. I  
do think that this is one of the use cases with  RWAs and AI that really is a fit. And these are   the types of companies, guys, that are building  on BitTensor. This is exactly what you're getting.  
These high-level projects that are working  in industries that need solutions. I'm going   to leave a few links down below. If you want to  check out Resi, if you want to check out Taostats,   etc., you can check that out down below in  the description. But I just think it's really  
important to see what's being built on the chain.  If you're going to be investing, let's say you're   coming from Solana and you're coming to see,  okay, what's building on top of BitTensor? Well,   you can see here you drop the address in the  portal of Resi. They have the AI consensus price  
97% accurate. Compare it to the current listing.  The spread is your deal. So a real-world use case   here whenever it comes to Resi. And there's  so many different examples here. Last month,  
we had Target partnering up with Intel. We've  seen Venice coming and actually building their   models on BitTensor subnets. We've seen different  programs get accepted into Nvidia build. We've  
seen programs get accepted into Salesforce's build  program. So, a lot of these subnets are catching   real-world traction. So, if you're coming over  from Solana, the native token is just a touch   of the surface because you can actually get  emissions on your holdings by holding these  
natively. Every single day they pay out emissions  to their holders. So, that's very important to   note. And if what Tao.com is saying is true, it  feels like we might see a broader TAO ecosystem  
presented to the chain over on Solana. So, I know  a lot of people said that this was a little bit of   a disappointing announcement or this is really  a nothing burger or they're pretty upset also  
that right now as I see they will be including  alpha tokens, but they're saying right now this   is basically useless and it goes against the core  ethos of using the BitTensor chain. But at the end   of the day BitTensor needs more liquidity. There  needs to be more people on chain who can come in  
and buy this. Yes, you can buy it on Coinbase.  You can buy it on some big centralized exchanges,   but the big question for a lot of people is  always, well, what do I do with it from there?   How do I open the TAO wallet or a Talisman wallet  or whatever the case is? How do I get the money  
into a subnet? How do I stake the TAO? Whatever  the case is, there's so many questions after   that first step. So if this is presented on the  Solana blockchain and people have ease of access   to just buy and then get into subnet tokens, it  makes it so easy for a huge pool, right? So TAO  
is a small ecosystem whenever it comes to broader  crypto. When you look at market cap perspectives,   from just looking at it through a proper lens,  despite how bullish I am on AI crypto, we still  
have a long growth trajectory ahead of us. And I  think that we have so much upside given that the   largest AI token in crypto which is BitTensor is  valued at $3 billion at a circulating level. But  
things like Cardano are at 10. We see Doge at 20.  We see Tron at 30. Solana is at $50 billion. So   really we're just tapping into that capital to  be able to have access to the TAO token. I think  
that provides a lot of growth moving forward. So  bullish in my opinion. Let me know your thoughts   down below on TAO being tradable on Solana  eventually subnets moving over to Solana. I  
think it's a really interesting play and does  add a huge pool of liquidity of possibilities   to be able to ape in and be able to buy the TAO  token and get involved with the subnet. So guys,  
the next video. As always, trade responsibly, my  friends, and of course, stay bullish, my friends.