Pi NetworkPI
A phone-mined coin run by the Pi Core Team; its Mainnet opened externally on 20 Feb 2025.
The short version
Pi Network is a cryptocurrency mined through a phone app since 2019 and run by the Pi Core Team. Its Mainnet went live in an enclosed mode in December 2021, with only Core Team nodes, and opened to outside connections on 20 Feb 2025. The whitepaper caps supply at 100 billion Pi with 20% for the Core Team; which wallets the team controls is not published, so explorer labels are community attributions. On 31 Oct 2026 one PI cost C$0.1100. From 31 Jul 2026 to 31 Oct 2026 its price changed -5.4% in Canadian dollars, and it was 97.4% below its all-time high of C$4.29 set on 26 Feb 2025.[1]
Facts checked 2 Nov 2026 · 11 sources · next update about 1 Dec 2026
Price, past year
Past year: high C$0.3807 (28 Nov 2025) · low C$0.1055 (26 Oct 2026) · -68.8%[1]
Month-end prices (table)
| Date | C$ | US$ |
|---|---|---|
| 31 Oct 2026 | C$0.1098 | US$0.0787 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | C$0.1286 | US$0.0903 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | C$0.1253 | US$0.0904 |
| 31 Jul 2026 | C$0.1160 | US$0.0827 |
| 30 Jun 2026 | C$0.1674 | US$0.1178 |
| 31 May 2026 | C$0.1990 | US$0.1443 |
| 30 Apr 2026 | C$0.2592 | US$0.1903 |
| 31 Mar 2026 | C$0.2442 | US$0.1752 |
| 28 Feb 2026 | C$0.2717 | US$0.1992 |
| 31 Jan 2026 | C$0.2611 | US$0.1925 |
| 31 Dec 2025 | C$0.2784 | US$0.2031 |
| 30 Nov 2025 | C$0.3404 | US$0.2435 |
Daily prices from CoinGecko; C$ converted at the Bank of Canada daily rate. The latest point is live when available. Past prices, not a forecast.
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Key facts
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Who controls it
- Run by
- Pi Core Team; only Core Team nodes ran the enclosed Mainnet; community nodes invited gradually since 20 Feb 2025[2, 3]
- Team wallets
- PiScan labels 7 wallets holding 68.4 billion Pi as Pi Foundation-controlled (Jul 2026); no official wallet list[5]
- Verifiable on-chain
- Balances and transfers are public; node rank data was promised 'soon' in Feb 2025[3]
Supply
- In circulation
- 11.33B PI of a 100.00B maximum (11.3%)[1]
- Fully diluted value
- 1.54 times its current market value[1]
- Maximum
- 100 billion Pi: 65% mining rewards, 10% foundation, 5% liquidity, 20% Core Team, unlocking as the community mines[2]
- Circulating
- 11.33 billion Pi (11.3% of the cap) on 2 Nov 2026; 17.43 billion counted as total supply[9]
- Unlocks
- 186.81M Pi unlocked in Feb 2026; PiScan projected over 100M a month from Jul to Dec 2026[4, 5]
- Lockups
- Pioneers may lock up to 200% of transferred balances for two weeks to three years for higher mining rates[2]
Use and fees
- Main use
- Transfers and apps on the Pi Mainnet after KYC; external connectivity since 20 Feb 2025[3]
Trading
History
Not a forecastCoins ranked 51-200 at this point in past cycles (12-14 months after a Bitcoin peak), one year later: 4,050 cases, 612 coins
39% were higher a year later[11]
- Typical result
- Median -25% after a year; 45% higher after two years
- Lost half or more
- 38% within a year
- Against Bitcoin
- 12% did better than Bitcoin over the year
History, not a forecast.
Red flags and things to watch
No red flags found- PiScan recorded 16.99 million Pi sold from wallets it labels Pi Foundation in the 24 hours to 2 Feb 2026.[4]
- PiScan data showed over 830 million Pi unlocking between Jul and Dec 2026, more than 100 million a month.[5]
- Vietnam's cyber-crime police said on 30 Jun 2023 they were investigating Pi-related activity; no charges have been reported.[7]
- Seven Chinese financial associations named Pi coin a 'valueless virtual asset' in a joint advisory on 5 Dec 2025.[8]
Checked: admin keys, contract upgrades, unlocks, insider supply, hacks, legal actions and claims against records.
Sources and dates
- CoinGecko market data, 31 Oct 2026
- Pi Network whitepaper (Mainnet token model, Dec 2021)
- Pi blog: Open Network has launched, Feb 2025
- FXStreet (PiScan core-wallet outflows), 2 Feb 2026
- FXEmpire (PiScan wallets and unlocks), 13 Jul 2026
- DefiLlama hacks list, 2 Nov 2026
- VnExpress (Vietnam police investigation), 30 Jun 2023
- VnExpress (Chinese associations' notice), 8 Dec 2025
- CoinGecko markets API, 2 Nov 2026
- Bank of Canada USD/CAD rate, 31 Oct 2025
- CoinIvy history data: CoinMarketCap weekly rankings 2013-2026, dead coins included
Facts as of 31 Oct 2026. Prices from CoinGecko in Canadian and US dollars; US$ figures without a C$ price are converted at 1.3976 C$ per US$.