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Pi Network News: Why Pi Coin is Struggling to Match Dogecoin’s Market Success

Pi Network News: Why Pi Coin is Struggling to Match Dogecoin’s Market Success

Author:
Coingape
Published:
2025-09-26 07:30:03
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Pi Coin's uphill battle against meme coin dominance reveals deeper structural challenges in crypto adoption.

The Mobile-First Paradox

Pi's smartphone mining approach democratizes access but struggles to convert casual users into active traders. While Dogecoin rode social media hype to astronomical gains, Pi's gradual distribution model lacks the viral velocity needed for market explosion.

Mainnet Transition Growing Pains

The delayed full mainnet launch creates uncertainty that institutional investors despise. Unlike DOGE's established exchange presence, Pi's enclosed ecosystem limits liquidity—the lifeblood of any successful digital asset.

Community Scale vs Market Impact

Pi boasts massive user numbers that would make any traditional fintech CEO blush, yet translating community size into market capitalization requires more than just headcount. It demands trading volume, speculation, and that elusive 'narrative magic' Dogecoin captured perfectly.

Until Pi solves the liquidity-exchange-adoption trifecta, it'll remain a promising project watching from the sidelines while meme coins with actual utility get treated like lottery tickets by the very institutions that claim to hate gambling.

Is Pi Network going fully open source in September

Pi Network has been developing for years with a mobile-first approach and a mining community, yet it struggles to gain significant market traction. Dogecoin, a meme coin with little real utility, continues to dominate in recognition and liquidity. Doge trades at $0.227 with a market cap of $34.4 billion, while Pi sits at $0.263 with only $2.16 billion. Despite having far fewer coins and a more defined vision, Pi hasn’t been able to challenge Dogecoin’s market position.

Pi faces hurdles in transparency, decentralization, and exchange access. It has been delisted from some platforms, and speculated listings on Binance and Coinbase have not materialized. Limited partnerships and delayed decisions from the Core team hinder its adoption and market confidence.

“How is it possible that a meme coin with 151 billion coins can hold $0.22, while Pi with 20x fewer coins and a real vision sits only slightly higher at $0.26?” one expert questioned on social media.

Pi Struggles to Match Dogecoin’s Market Success

Pi Network has several advantages that Dogecoin does not. It has a large community that actively mined and earned the coin, a clear white paper with real-world goals, and ecosystem apps and use cases under development.

Despite this, dogecoin continues to lead in global recognition and market confidence. DOGE benefits from momentum, liquidity, and transparency. Pi, on the other hand, remains limited by closed ecosystems, delays, and centralization within its core team.

Conclusion

Pi continues technical upgrades and community building, but without broader market adoption or improved transparency, its ability to surpass meme coins remains uncertain. Market dynamics show that fundamentals alone do not guarantee success in crypto.

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