# TAO’s Pullback Renews Focus on Bittensor’s $252-$255 Support Zone By Enna Lee Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/38243 Published: 2026-10-22T19:13:00.000Z Updated: 2026-10-22T19:13:00.000Z Section: Investing > TAO traded near $265 at 5 a.m. ET (09:00 UTC) Oct. 22 after retreating from a September advance toward $340. Bittensor’s native token, TAO, traded near $265 at 5 a.m. ET (09:00 UTC) Oct. 22 as a retreat from September’s advance toward $340 brought a $252-$255 chart zone back into focus. That band had served as resistance before the advance and is now a potential support area. The chart marks $280 as an initial recovery level; a move above $300 with increased volume would offer stronger evidence of a reversal attempt. A four-hour close below $252 would put $215 in view. Those figures are technical scenarios, not confirmed changes in network activity. Bittensor uses TAO as the native token of the Subtensor blockchain. Work takes place off-chain in subnets, each with its own alpha token that trades against TAO. An [earlier three-day TAO correction]() also coincided with open interest shrinking 10% in a 24-hour stretch. ## Links in this article - [earlier three-day TAO correction](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/23982)