Pi Network (PI) Price: 16% Surge as V20.2 Upgrade Completes and AI Node Plans Emerge

TLDR

• PI price surged up to 16%, hitting a three-month high above $0.23
• The V20.2 protocol upgrade completed successfully on March 7, with all nodes required to update by March 12
• A proof-of-concept showed Pi Nodes can support decentralized AI training using spare computing power
• The $0.28 level remains a key resistance level, where price previously stalled in Q4 2025
• Pi Day on March 14 could bring announcements including validator rewards and a potential Kraken listing

Pi Network’s token has posted back-to-back double-digit gains, reaching its highest price in roughly three months. The move came alongside two concrete ecosystem developments.

The V20.2 protocol upgrade went live on March 7. It is a mandatory update for all Pi mainnet node operators, with a completion deadline of March 12. The network currently runs on over 421,000 active nodes. Some temporary interruptions occurred during the transition, but the network is now running synchronously.

This upgrade is the third stage in Pi Network’s progression toward version 23 of the Stellar consensus protocol, scheduled to complete two days before Pi Day on March 14.

AI Computing Case Study

The Pi Network team published a case study this week exploring a new use for its node network. The project tested whether Pi Nodes could handle decentralized AI training and computing tasks using spare processing power.

The team worked with seven volunteer node operators and robotics startup OpenMind, which is backed by Pi Network Ventures. Results showed that tasks were correctly assigned to volunteer nodes and valid results were returned to the third-party client.

The network’s 421,000 nodes represent more than one million CPUs. The team said this untapped capacity could be offered to third parties needing large-scale computing resources, with node operators receiving crypto-based compensation for completed tasks.

Pi Network also has tens of millions of KYC-verified users, which the team says could provide human input for AI training systems.

Key Price Levels to Watch

From a price standpoint, PI Coin broke above a descending trendline at $0.23 that had capped rallies since February. The Supertrend indicator flipped bullish for the first time in weeks, sitting at $0.1843.

All four EMAs remain below current price. The 100-day EMA at $0.1969 is the first resistance level, with the 200-day EMA at $0.2876 above that.

The $0.28 zone is the level traders are watching most closely. In Q4 2025, PI surged from around $0.19 but stalled at $0.28, triggering a reversal. A clean break above that level would reduce the chance of the same pattern repeating.

Trading volume is rising but CryptoQuant’s spot volume indicator still reads as neutral, suggesting momentum has not yet reached speculative levels.

PI is currently ranked 40th by market cap on CoinGecko, with a market cap above $2.2 billion. Almost 21 million tokens were unlocked on March 7, with more unlock events scheduled in the coming days.

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