Pi Network's Native Token, Pi Coin, Drops Below $0.70 as Community Frustration Mounts

Pi Coin, the native token of the Pi Network, has continued its downward trend, dropping below the $0.70 mark as community frustration mounts.

Pi Coin, the native token of the Pi Network, has continued its downward trend, dropping below the $0.70 mark as community frustration mounts. The cryptocurrency is now trading around $0.72, representing a 20% decrease over the past seven days, with trading volumes also declining significantly.

This downturn follows a period of relative stability, where Pi Coin remained above the $1 mark for several months. However, this stability began to crumble as community members grew increasingly critical of the Pi Core Team’s communication strategy and the lack of progress in reviving the cryptocurrency’s price.

The Pi Core Team recently announced record participation in the inaugural PiFest on the Open Network, with over 125,000 registered sellers and 1.8 million Pioneers using Map of Pi. This event, focused on fostering local economic activity within the Pi ecosystem, saw a remarkable response.

Despite this news, it did little to stem the price decline or improve community sentiment. Members expressed their dissatisfaction with the Core Team’s approach, arguing that the monthly updates have become predictable and insufficient for maintaining an engaged community.

One member, known as Dr. Altcoin, an influencer in the cryptocurrency space, noted that trading activity in the Pi ecosystem has reached its lowest point since PiFest began, with the majority of transactions involving sellers converting Pi for cash.

Technical Analysis

The current price action shows Pi forming a classic falling wedge pattern, testing the lower boundary near $0.687. Technical analysts suggest that a confirmed breakout with volume above the $0.71–$0.72 range could signal a bullish move, potentially pushing the price toward $0.75–$0.78, where key resistance levels exist.

The 5-minute chart displays fundamental support areas between $0.7100 and $0.7150. The exchange rate maintains its position within this support interval while trading at $0.7212. Market movements in this zone demonstrate a balance between bullish and bearish pressures.

The Relative Strength Index (RSI) shows a neutral value of 50.46, indicating indecisive market conditions. Previous market upward movements occurred when the RSI value fell below 30 during oversold conditions. Resistance typically appears when RSI surpasses 70, entering overbought territory.

Controversial Decisions

The Pi Network has made several controversial moves recently, including strengthening its Know Your Customer (KYC) protocols. The project will now request an email address to activate the two-factor authentication feature of its mobile application, pivoting away from SMS authentication.

This change is being made to better serve users in different regions and facilitate efficient communication, according to the project. The project claims that this change is necessary because Pi users are spread across the world, making it difficult to reach all users through telecommunications.

However, members of the crypto community have criticized this decision as an unnecessary breach of users’ privacy in an industry where anonymity is highly valued.

Pi was already under scrutiny for its unilateral decision to mandate that Pi holders go through a strict KYC process to migrate their tokens to the public mainnet.

These decisions, along with statements from prominent figures in the crypto industry who claim that Pi is a scam, have contributed to depressing its price.

The Pi Network’s base mining rate has also dropped by 1.18% this month, now standing at 0.0029030 π per hour. This adjustment continues the network’s trend of gradual mining rate reductions.

Some community members speculate that the declining interest in mining may be linked to Pi’s currently low trading value on exchanges. Despite talks of the Pi Network listing on top crypto exchanges like Binance and Coinbase, these have not yet materialized.

BTCC exchange has added the cryptocurrency for spot trading, which may bring some hope to Pi coin holders. However, this addition has done little to boost the cryptocurrency’s price.

The cryptocurrency is currently just 14.9% away from its all-time low of $0.6152, reached in February 2024. If the current support level of $0.6800 fails to hold, nothing would prevent Pi from collapsing to all-time lows.

Market experts suggest monitoring both RSI and MACD indicators as they provide clear signals for investors. Crossing $0.7300 could propel the price to $0.7400-$0.7500 resistance with enough trading volume to potentially reach $0.7550. However, if sellers push the price below $0.7100, it could lead to further declines toward $0.7000 and potentially to $0.6900.