Pi Network announces November summit as PI price struggles below $0.08

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Pi Network announced its first Ecosystem Summit for November 17–19, 2026.
The PI token trades below $0.08 following a 13.9% decline over the past month.
The event will feature developer demonstrations, app showcases, and a new hackathon.

Summit announcement and focus

Pi Network has announced its first Ecosystem Summit for November 17–19, 2026, as its PI token trades below $0.08 following a 13.9% decline over the past month. According to the project’s October 15 announcement, the three-day online event will feature developer demonstrations, application showcases, platform updates and the introduction of a new hackathon.

Pi plans to bring its Core Team together with developers and application operators to discuss building software, reaching users and accepting payments within the ecosystem. Participants will see demonstrations of existing tools and hear from teams developing services for Pioneers.

The company intends to announce new platform capabilities during the event, but it has not identified individual releases or committed to launch dates. Hackathon rules, prizes and registration details remain undisclosed, with more information expected during the summit.

Ecosystem reach and development

According to its October announcement, developers can draw on an audience of more than 60 million engaged Pioneers. The company separately reports over 300 Mainnet applications, more than 420,000 nodes and 18.1 million fully KYC-verified users.

The figures describe the network’s reported reach, but they do not establish how many customers use a particular application or complete purchases. Pi has not released a consistent public breakdown of active users, merchant sales or payment volume across its applications.

Pi’s development efforts have continued beyond preparations for the summit. Its October announcement points to support for bringing externally created AI applications into Pi App Studio, improvements to the SoloHost platform for self-hosted AI software and updates to developer documentation.

Stablecoin exploration and market status

Payments involving dollar-backed tokens form another part of the project’s plans. In an October 8 statement, Pi described a partnership with Open Standard, the group behind OUSD, to explore rewards for Pioneers and other potential stablecoin services.

The company said PI would remain the primary cryptocurrency used across the network, while stablecoins could serve transactions where merchants or customers need predictable prices. However, the project has not specified an OUSD Mainnet launch date, reward amounts or a mechanism requiring stablecoin users to purchase PI.

PI traded around $0.08 at the time of writing, down 1% over 24 hours, with approximately $3.23 million in daily trading volume. Its seven-day performance remained positive at 2%, while the monthly decline stood at almost 14%.

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