TAO References – July 2025

[1]  “Grayscale Decentralized AI Fund.” Accessed: Aug. 02, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.grayscale.com/funds/grayscale-decentralized-ai-fund

[2]  “Grayscale Bittensor Trust.” Accessed: Aug. 02, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.grayscale.com/funds/grayscale-bittensor-trust

[3]  “Bittensor USD (TAO22974-USD) Price History & Historical Data,” Yahoo Finance. Accessed: Aug. 02, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/TAO22974-USD/history/

[4]  “Bittensor Infrastructure Firm xTAO to Debut on Canada’s TSX Venture Exchange.” Accessed: Aug. 02, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bittensor-infrastructure-firm-xtao-debut-041300129.html

[5]  “Robinhood just bought his firm. Now this crypto founder is going all-in on ‘decentralised AI.’” Accessed: Aug. 02, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/robinhood-just-bought-firm-now-130052009.html

[6]  “Bittensor price today, TAO to USD live price, marketcap and chart | CoinMarketCap.” Accessed: Aug. 02, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bittensor/

[7]  H. Halaburda, B. Livshits, and A. Yaish, “Platform Building With Fake Consumers: On Double Dippers and Airdrop Farmers,” 2025, SSRN. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.5364583.

[8]  N. Magner and A. Sanhueza, “The Moby Dick effect: Contagious Bitcoin whales in the crypto market,” Finance Research Letters, vol. 85, p. 107906, Nov. 2025, doi: 10.1016/j.frl.2025.107906.

The Lab, located in the University of Cincinnati’s Digital Futures Building, brings together researchers, students, and companies to collectively explore the impact of blockchain technology and digital assets on the future economy. This report is curated by Truong “Jack” Luu, a PhD student and Digital Futures Fellow, and Michael Jones, PhD, Assistant Professor of Economics and Director of the Kautz-Uible Cryptoeconomics Lab.