$TAO is sitting at $202 as July opens.

RSI at 36.35. MACD still bearish. Price has not closed above $225 in over three weeks.
The chart is not pretty. Let us be honest about that.
But here is what the chart is also showing.
The low of this entire move printed at $145 in January. Price ran all the way to $377 by late March. That is a 160% move in under 60 days.
Then came the full retrace.
We are now sitting just above the midpoint of that entire range. And the RSI is approaching the same oversold territory that preceded both major rallies on this chart. December 2025 before the January run. And February 2026 before the March explosion.
Two scenarios from here.
The bull case: $202 holds as a higher low. RSI builds a bullish divergence on the next swing. MACD begins compressing toward a cross. First target on any recovery is $233 then $250.
The network fundamentals support this. Four protocol upgrades in one week. Root Reborn live. 57 dead subnets cut off. Derivatives infrastructure being tested.
The bear case: $202 fails to hold on a daily close. The next real support is the $175 range. Below that the January low at $145 becomes the conversation.
The level to watch is simple.
$200 on a daily close must hold.
Everything the protocol shipped this month matters zero to the chart until buyers show up and defend that line.
Price is a lagging indicator. The work is already done.
The chart catches up eventually.
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