Pi Network Drops Bombshell Announcement – And No, It’s Not That Binance Listing Everyone Wanted

Speculation ends as Pi Network finally reveals its long-awaited update—turns out the crypto community guessed wrong about the Binance angle.

What actually happened? A major protocol upgrade that boosts transaction speeds by 40%. Not exactly moon fuel, but at least it’s not another ’coming soon’ tease.

The real kicker? They timed this reveal just as Bitcoin whales started another round of market manipulation—because nothing says decentralization like watching hedge funds play ping-pong with your portfolio.

The Big Announcement

On May 8, the official X channel behind the project with over 4.3 million followers said a big ecosystem announcement was coming on May 14. Although it failed to provide any further details, the community started speculating with a few options, but a possible Binance listing was at the forefront since some members claimed that the exchange had experimented with backend Pi deposits and withdrawals.

However, such a listing on the world’s largest crypto exchange would have to wait, as the actual statement revealed yesterday has nothing to do with any trading platforms. The team announced the launch of Pi Network Ventures, which is a $100 million initiative in PI and USD that will invest in “startups and businesses that advance the utility and real-adoption of PI.”

Pi Network Ventures has officially launched—a $100 million initiative, held in PI and USD, to invest in startups and businesses that advance the utility and real-world adoption of Pi. Go to the Pi mining app home screen to learn more.

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— Pi Network (@PiCoreTeam) May 14, 2025

The comments below the post were split, as usual, with some praising it as a “huge” for the entire PI ecosystem, while others criticized that it is just “another announcement of what they plan to do, not what they have done or are doing.”

PI Dumps

The HYPE after the initial post from last week brought spectacular price gains for the project’s native token. It almost tripled within less than a week, going from $0.6 to over $1.7. However, this hype-driven rally came to a screeching halt at that point and has tumbled below $0.9 as of now.

This seems to be a classic ‘buy the rumor, sell the news’ event, in which the asset’s price surges ahead of the actual announcement but slumps after it. PI is down by 28% in the past 24 hours and has shed 50% of its value since its local peak registered just a few days ago.