HostTRUNK vs TAO — price, size and safety, side by side
TRUNK (Solana) vs TAO (Solana) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-10-17 / 2026-10-17.
TRUNK vs TAO — normalized performance, 2026-09-08 to 2026-10-17T03:15:24
| TRUNK | TAO | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.03371 | $273.31 |
| Market cap | $965.65K | $3.03M |
| 24h volume | $6.07 DEX | $1.56M DEX |
| Liquidity | $570.49K | $548.94K |
| FDV | $965.65K | $3.03M |
| Holders | 3,245 | 11,422 |
| Safety grade | A | A |
Where they differ
- TAO measures ~3.1× the market cap of TRUNK
- TAO measures ~257,701× the 24h volume of TRUNK
- TAO measures ~3.5× the holder count of TRUNK
- over the shared window TRUNK moved −1.34% while TAO moved +7.85%
What the data says
TRUNK
Elephant Money Stable — TRUNK — is the stablecoin of the Elephant Money protocol, bridged to Solana through Wormhole at mint 9mV4WUukVsva5wYcYW4veo34CNDiF44sh3Ji65JNdvh5. The October 6, 2026 snapshot records about $570 thousand of tracked liquidity, a market capitalization near $966 thousand, and roughly 3,245 holders on the Solana side.
The honest version of this page needs the history on the table: Elephant Money suffered a major exploit in 2022 — tens of millions drained through a flash-loan-assisted manipulation of its bonding mechanics — and TRUNK has spent periods trading below its $1 target since. The protocol rebuilt and the token survives, which says something real about persistence; but a stablecoin's whole product is the peg, and "has depegged before under stress" is the single most relevant fact about one.
TAO
Bittensor's TAO on Solana — a wrapped representation of the token behind the decentralized machine-learning network, at mint taoC6xyv2v8tDLcev4uaGUgV4vdQsWJrGft2kcBRrBY. The October 6, 2026 snapshot shows about $549 thousand of liquidity and roughly 11,422 holders.
Bittensor is one of crypto's more substantive experiments: TAO pays a network of subnets that compete to produce useful machine intelligence — model training, inference, agents — with emissions allocated by measured contribution. Whether the economics work is a live debate; that the network is real and used is not.
FAQ
Which is bigger, TRUNK or TAO?
By tracked market cap: TRUNK (Solana) measures $965.65K and TAO (Solana) measures $3.03M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, TRUNK or TAO?
On the contract checks we publish: TRUNK (Solana) grades A and TAO (Solana) grades A. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have TRUNK and TAO performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-08 and 2026-10-17T03:15:24, the measured snapshots show TRUNK at −1.34% and TAO at +7.85%.
The grade column is the one CMC's compare page cannot print — our grade is computed from the contract itself (mint/freeze authority, liquidity, holder concentration). Changes are measured over the shared window stated on the chart, 2026-09-08→2026-10-17T03:15:24; a token with fewer measured points measures a shorter span inside it.
Figures are dated on-chain snapshots, not a live feed. Safety grades are structural checks — not investment advice. Free · no signup · a HostDeFi product.