Bittensor’s TAO gained 8.33% to $264.83 on Monday after reaching an intraday high of $277, its strongest level in three months, extending a five-day advance of about 25% from roughly $220 on Sept. 1. The latest update revises earlier reports that described a two-month high and cited different daily gains. Momentum followed TAO’s breakout above a downward-sloping trendline, the launch of TAO trading pairs on Solana-based decentralized exchange Raydium and the arrival of Buttensor, a meme-inspired token whose transaction fees are converted into TAO purchases and redistributed to BUTT holders. Futures volume rose 158.61% to $868 million over 24 hours, while open interest reached $434.58 million, also a three-month high. Bittensor protocol releases from V440 through V450 changed subnet emissions, staking parameters, governance and validator structures. TAO faces resistance at $277-$280, with $300 the next stated upside target, while $260-$265 has become support after the breakout. Social dominance rose from 0.05% to 0.12%, and further attention came from AI-related developments including ChatGPT-6 Astra and a reported 500,000 downloads for Gittensor’s RTX 5090-optimized Qwen3.8-27B model.