$TAO Eyes $1K as Bittensor's AI Ecosystem Grows

The decentralized AI network Bittensor is building a ecosystem where different subnets compete to provide useful AI/ML services, and TAO sits at the center.

TAO has a hard cap of 21M coins, with the first halving already happening in December 2025, cutting emissions from 1 TAO per block to 0.5 TAO.

This means roughly 3,600 TAO are currently emitted per day instead of ~7,200 before the halving, which is a powerful combination if network usage keeps growing.

The tokenomics are getting tighter, and every subnet needs to interact with the TAO economy for staking, incentives, governance, subnet participation, and liquidity mechanism surrounding subnet tokens.