# $TAO Social Sentiment & Intelligence — 2026-08-02 02:20 UTC

> **Asset:** $TAO  
> **Momentum Status:** Fading Quickly  
> **Timestamp:** 2026-08-02 02:20 UTC (2026-08-02T02:20:00Z)  
> **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/2026-08-02-02-20/crypto/TAO  
> **Overview Brief:** https://cryptitalk.com/2026-08-02-02-20/crypto.md  

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## 10-Minute Social Metrics
- **Posts Analyzed:** 2
- **Total Impressions:** 7.9K
- **Likes:** 27
- **Retweets:** 2
- **Comments:** 5

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## Momentum & Sentiment Analysis
Total Engagement - Comments: 5, Retweets: 2, Likes: 27, Impressions: 7939


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## Cited Community Posts & Evidence


### Post #1 by @YinusaWeb3
> **Author:** [@YinusaWeb3](https://x.com/YinusaWeb3)  
> **Metrics:** 6 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 168 views  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/YinusaWeb3/status/2083606719284888026](https://x.com/YinusaWeb3/status/2083606719284888026)  


> 
> "Ok! 2 main events and 1 pop up side event as well as part of launch of 
@p2pdotme
 in Nigeria. Activation's just getting started and loads more to come no doubt. 

Been a fun collab brother 
@0xBabywhale5
 

Full post to come later"


### Post #2 by @0xSammy
> **Author:** [@0xSammy](https://x.com/0xSammy)  
> **Metrics:** 9 likes · 0 retweets · 4 comments · 1.6K views  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/0xSammy/status/2083646137055993894](https://x.com/0xSammy/status/2083646137055993894)  


> **Visual Context:** The image shows the Taostats analytics page for Quasar (Bittensor subnet 24, ranked #60), displaying a sharp price decline on its price chart from approximately $0.01 to $0.003641, down 71.37% in the last hour—visually confirming the post's claim that the alpha token dropped ~70% following allegations that nearly all of its newly released 120B-parameter AI model weights matched an existing open model.  

> 
> "Never a dull day in crypto AI

Yesterday: Quasar unveiled a 120B-parameter AI model, claiming early decentralized training on Bittensor (TAO) subnet 24

Today: The alpha token price is down ~70% after analysis alleged ~98% of the released weights matched an existing open model,"




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## Contributing Accounts

- `@0xSammy` (https://x.com/0xSammy)

- `@hiakkaya` (https://x.com/hiakkaya)