Pi Network Protocol Upgrade Completed Amid Token Price Decline
Pi Network's Core Team finalized Protocol v24, a major node infrastructure update, with v25 migration due by June 18. The upgrade represents continued technical development of the network's underlying systems, though market conditions remain challenging.
Token Price Under Pressure
The PI token fell below $0.126 on June 5, down over 30% in a month amid a broad market selloff. Over 163 million PI tokens are scheduled to unlock this month, adding significant selling pressure. The price of PI coin is around $0.12, down by 0.95% in the last 24 hours.
Technical Development Continues
The Pi Core Team announced the successful migration to protocol version 24, focused on enhancing node operations and mainnet infrastructure, which follows prior upgrades and precedes the planned migration to v25 with a completion deadline of June 18, 2026.
Recent protocol progress includes Protocol V23 Smart Contract Launch in May 2026, which introduced full smart contract functionality, enabling dApps and a native DEX. Multiple community-led projects show ongoing development and tooling improvements through active GitHub repository updates in June 2026.
Ecosystem and AI Infrastructure Expansion
Pi Network founders Dr. Nicolas Kokkalis and Dr. Chengdiao Fan recently appeared at Consensus 2026 in Miami, with discussions centered around Pi Network's long-term roadmap, ecosystem utility, smart contracts, decentralized identity infrastructure, and future AI-related applications.
Pi Network is positioning its validator ecosystem as "human infrastructure for AI," with over 526 million verification tasks completed. Pi Network has introduced subscription-based smart contracts on Testnet (PiRC2), marking a major step toward on-chain utility.
KYC Migration Progress
As of mid-2026, approximately 14 million pioneers have fully migrated to the mainnet. KYC verification capacity has improved significantly, allowing millions of pioneers to complete identity checks and migrate their balances to the mainnet blockchain.