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Pi’s supply dynamics are shifting towards DeFi: will this revolutionary Pioneer crusade wake up the bull?
The 70-million strong Pi activist community has just agreed to launch a community-powered crypto buy-back program, which is aimed at reducing Pi Coin’s (PI) supply on centralized exchanges (CEXs). For this reason, the Pioneers are encouraging the community to withdraw their Pi Coins (PI) held on CEXs, preparing for the decentralized exchange’s (DEX) launch on Pi’s mainnet.
According to the preliminary estimations, there’s 417 million Pi Network (PI) tokens sitting on exchanges, which puts extra hurdles in Pi’s price growth. If this supply is rather consumed on Pi Network’s decentralized exchange, the induced supply crunch could significantly drive up the price, argues Fen Leng. However, the buy-back plan heavily relies on the mainnet’s user base.
📢417M $Pi tokens are sitting in exchanges where the key supply that controls the market price!
With the arrival of DeFi on Pi, the supply of $Pi on CEX will be drained by pioneers who may want to trade,swap on Pi DEX or provide liquidity for rewards. The network will decide… pic.twitter.com/B3Eg5jezKV
A few weeks back, Pi Network’s (PI) core developer team unleashed a bi-folded upgrade on the network, adding an automated market maker (AMM) & a dedicated decentralized exchange (DEX). This feature is examined on the testnet now, while the 100-dApp plan is rolled out on the mainnet in phases. With Web3 user activity being key in this plan, a lot will depend on scarcity.
The growth of Pi Network (PI) since the mainnet launch in February, 2025 has been nothing less of a turbulent ride, going from $2.99 to $0.20, producing one of the heaviest altcoin shake-outs this year. Multi-million Pi Coin (PI) unlocks didn’t help, just like the lack of listings on major exchanges, despite multiple hints from Binance, HTX, KuCoin & other popular brands.
With the latest DeFi push, Pioneers are now waiting to see the final results of the Pi Hackathon 2025, which is focused on bringing utility to the Pi Network (PI). Fresh produce delivery, social networking, Play 2 Earn games and other decentralized applications (dApps) are on the table, but the core team remain mysterious on which of the showcased apps will make the mainnet.
🚀 The Pi Mainnet ecosystem is experiencing explosive growth!
There are already 210+ live apps, with more than 23,000+ in Pi Studio gearing up to launch on the Mainnet!
📅 Final Hackathon submission deadline: Wednesday, October 15
More amazing apps are racing against time to… pic.twitter.com/QSDI4OTO47
The results shall come in on October 15, 2025, with over 23,000 candidates in Pi Studio. There’s over 210 live apps currently available on the testnet, while the full list can be accessed by Pi Browser. Following the news, Pi Coin (PI) bounced back by 4.77% in the latest 24-hour period to trade at $0.21, but the daily trading volume remains disparagingly low at $57,316,756.
Pi Network’s courageous move towards from major exchanges to DeFi aligns with a popular global trend, with decentralized exchanges witnessing a 50% growth in Q3 of 2025.
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Pioneers actively move Pi tokens from centralized exchanges (CEX) to Pi’s decentralized exchange (DEX) for trading, swapping, and liquidity, reducing available supply.
Pi Network’s DeFi roll-out empowers pioneers to engage in decentralized trading, draining CEX reserves and driving a buy-back trend.
Pioneers actively seek to control market price by relocating 417 million Pi tokens, creating scarcity and boosting buy-back demand.
The Pi DEX enables pioneers to trade and provide liquidity without centralized authority, accelerating the shift from CEX to decentralized wallets.
Reduced supply on exchanges, coupled with increased pioneer activity, potentially raises Pi Coin’s value as demand outpaces availability.
This article is for information purposes only and should not be considered trading or investment advice. Nothing herein shall be construed as financial, legal, or tax advice. Trading forex, cryptocurrencies, and CFDs pose a considerable risk of loss.
Tadas Klimaševskis is a DailyCoin Journalist, covering memecoins & latest developments. Tadas has moderate holdings in SHIB, HBAR, LTC, MATIC and a selection of low-cap meme currencies.
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