Bittensor: AEON adds support for TAO - 05 Aug 2026

Bittensor reported on 5 August 2026 that AEON adds support for Bittensor and TAO, enabling AI-native payments, autonomous commerce, and real-world spending.Support gives TAO a stated route into payment and commerce workflows associated with AI agents. If AEON's integration is usable across its claimed 50M+ merchant reach, TAO could have more ways to function in autonomous commerce and real-world spending. The announcement establishes availability, not demonstrated usage, transaction volume, or merchant adoption. Its practical effect will depend on how broadly the integration is implemented and whether users and autonomous systems actually use TAO for payments.AEON adds support for and its token TAO, bringing Bittensor's decentralized AI economy into the agentic era, powering AI-native payments, autonomous commerce, and real-world spending across 50M+ merchants worldwide.Together, we're turning intelligence into economic…