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TAO this week: +12% in seven days, positive funding on perps

Bittensor closed the week at $252.38 (+12.4% in 7 days, +22.4% in 30). Market cap, the seven-day range and what the ZIPMEX perp market is charging to hold a position, with sources.

· By ZIPMEX · 1 min read

Bittensor (TAO) trades at $252.38 on September 8, 2026: -4.9% over 24 hours, +12.4% over seven days and +22.4% over thirty. That leaves it 67% below the all-time high of $757.6 set on 2024-03-07. Here is what the market and the ZIPMEX perp book say about the week, with every number sourced.

The numbers

Price$252.38
24 hours-4.9%
7 days+12.4%
30 days+22.4%
Market cap$2.4B
24h volume (all venues)$187.2M
Market rank#41
Perp open interest$40.2K
Perp 24h volume$2.1M
Max leverage10x

Perps: funding and open interest

On ZIPMEX Perps the TAO/USDC market shows an estimated funding rate of +0.0050% per eight hours (last settled: +0.0051%), $40.2K of open interest and $2.1M traded in 24 hours. Positive funding means longs are paying shorts: leveraged traders lean bullish and pay for the privilege. Max leverage is 10x.

Levels from the last seven days

The seven-day high was $274.18 on 2026-09-07 and the low $215.76 on 2026-09-03, a 27% range. Reclaiming the all-time high would take a 3.0x from here. We do not publish price predictions; these are the levels the market actually printed.

Method and sources

Snapshot taken 2026-09-08 13:32 UTC. Price, supply and market cap: CoinGecko. Perps: ZIPMEX Perps public market data. Volume across all venues and all-time high: aggregated market data. This digest is generated from those feeds and reviewed by ZIPMEX Research; numbers on the TAO landing refresh every minute.

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Updated on Sep 8, 2026