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Bittensor Price Up by 15% as Big Names Signal Support

Bittensor up by 15% after strong industry backing, as growing interest in decentralized AI & rising subnet activity boost overall network demand.
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Last Updated Mar 20, 2026, 07:28 UTC

Bittensor up by 15%

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  • Bittensor price is up by more than 15% today, March 20, 2026.
  • The project was praised by Canadian-American venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya and NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang agreed with the significance of the idea.
  • Prices of Bittensor’s subnets like Templar and Targon also rose.

Bittensor’s native token TAO, has surged by more than 15% today, March 20, 2026. With this surge, the price of the token is hovering around the $304 mark. This surge has been driven by Canadian-American venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya in presence of NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, who praised the project on All-In Podcast. During his podcast, he praised Bittensor’s cutting-edge decentralized AI tech.

After this podcast was aired, investors realized that Bittensor could be the next big thing and started pouring their money into the project and the price of the token flared up. The trading volume on the platform has also increased and it currently stands at 92.87% as per the chart shared below.

At press time, the price of the token stands at $304.07 with a surge of 17.27% in the last 24-hours as per CoinMarketCap.

TAO's 24-hours chart
TAO 24-hours chart

Project’s Endorsement on All-In Podcast Ignites the Rally


In the recent episode of the All-In Podcast, Chamath Palihapitiya highlighted the achievements of the Bittensor project and also pointed out as to how far decentralized AI has come. The Bittensor Subnet 3 training run proved that a large-scale model, like a 4 billion parameter Llama, can be trained using distributed compute from everyday participants instead of relying only on big tech infrastructure.

To this praise, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang agreed and he compared it to a modern version of folding at home, where many individuals contribute small amounts of power to achieve something big together.

His point was that this kind of system could reshape how AI is built, making it more open, global and less dependent on centralized players.

This praise has worked as a big approval from the head of the world’s AI chip kingpin hit like lightning, which somewhere or the other validates Bittensor’s vision of a peer-to-peer machine intelligence marketplace.

Why Templar and Targon Subnets Are Rising?

Prices of Bittensor subnets like Templar and Targon also rose after this episode was aired. This was mainly because of increasing demand for these tokens within the Bittensor ecosystem.

As TAO grows, users usually move their funds to these subnet tokens so that they can take part in specific AI projects. Strong performance and better rewards also attract more contributors, which pushes activity and value.

At press time as per CoinMarketCap, Templar is up by 42% in the last 24 hours and the price of the token stands at $25.11 and Targon is up by 12.28% in the last 24 hours and the price of the token stands at $14.14.

At the same time, social media buzz can also increase interest, which also results in faster price gains.

What Does Bittensor Do?

Bittensor is a decentralized network where people contribute computing power and AI models and for doing so, the users get rewarded. For instance, Bittensor is a platform that lets anyone join, train AI models and share output on a blockchain-based network.

Participants are called miners and validators. Miners provide AI models or compute and validators check if the outputs are useful or not. This platform is a place which turns AI into a shared, incentivized ecosystem instead of a corporate monopoly.

During the AI boom between 2023-2025, when tools like ChatGPT went mainstream, Bittensor saw strong growth as interest in decentralized AI started picking up. It began gaining attention as an alternative to big tech-controlled AI, with its ecosystem expanding through more subnets and contributors joining the network. This also translated into increased activity and growth in its native token TAO.

The recent distributed Llama training example further reinforces this momentum and shows that Bittensor is not just theoretical but already capable of delivering real, working decentralized AI solutions.

Also Read: Grayscale Seeks First-Ever TAO ETP With Bittensor Trust Conversion

Niharika DeshpandeNiharika Deshpande
Written By Niharika Deshpande

Niharika Deshpande is an Editor at CryptoNewsZ with over four years of experience in digital media. While she has a Master’s in Biochemistry, she is an expert at making hard blockchain ideas easy to understand. Niharika has a sharp eye for market trends and shares breaking news from the crypto world. She used to be a writer for well-known publications in the industry, where she did deep research. Her work focuses on giving readers clear facts to help them stay updated. Niharika is passionate about how blockchain changes different industries. She also spends time in the crypto community talking about new tech.

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