{"id":149045,"date":"2026-04-10T12:45:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T12:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=149045"},"modified":"2026-04-10T12:45:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T12:45:23","slug":"tao-plummets-25-as-bittensor-co-founder-accused-of-using-token-sales-to-coerce-compliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=149045","title":{"rendered":"TAO Plummets 25% as Bittensor Co-Founder Accused of Using Token Sales to Coerce Compliance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bittensor\u2019s native token, TAO, plunged 25% in six hours, dropping from $337 to $253. The crash wiped out over $650 million in market capitalization and triggered $9.1 million in long liquidations. Key Takeaways: Covenant AI left Bittensor on April 8, alleging co-founder Jacob Steeves maintains centralized control. TAO plummeted 25% to $253, wiping $650 million [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bittensor\u2019s native token, TAO, plunged 25% in six hours, dropping from $337 to $253. The crash wiped out over $650 million in market capitalization and triggered $9.1 million in long liquidations. Key Takeaways: Covenant AI left Bittensor on April 8, alleging co-founder Jacob Steeves maintains centralized control. TAO plummeted 25% to $253, wiping $650 million [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":149046,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149045"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=149045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/149046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=149045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=149045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=149045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}