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Pi Network Launches Bundled SDK for 10-Minute Payment Integration as Price Trades Flat at $0.2085 Below All Major EMAs 95 million PI tokens worth $19.88 million unlock in January, adding supply pressure despite 2.7 million tokens leaving exchanges. Price tests rising trendline support at $0.2060, while analysts forecast divergent scenarios—from a $0.05 collapse to a $5 breakout. Pi Network price today trades near $0.2085 after the team launched its first major update of 2026, introducing a bundled developer toolkit that reduces integration time to under ten minutes. The infrastructure upgrade has failed to move price, as traders focus on 95 million tokens scheduled to unlock this month. SDK Launch Targets Utility But Price Stays Flat Pi Network released a combined Software Development Kit with backend APIs designed to simplify payment integration across JavaScript, React, Next.js, and Ruby on Rails. The bundled toolkit aims to accelerate the transition from mobile mining toward a utility-driven ecosystem where PI functions as a settlement layer. The move represents clear progress on the development roadmap, but markets have not responded. PI is showing essentially flat movement on daily, weekly, and monthly timeframes despite the infrastructure milestone. The disconnect between technical progress and price action reflects ongoing concerns about liquidity, exchange access, and whether the massive user base will convert into actual economic activity. Protocol v23 integrating Stellar Core v23.0.1 has been rolled out to enhance transaction speed and security. The network now supports over 15.8 million Mainnet Pioneers. The team also announced plans to launch a decentralized exchange in early 2026, with Rust smart contracts already live. January Unlock Adds $20M In Supply Pressure Nearly 95 million PI tokens worth approximately $19.88 million are scheduled for release in January. While this represents a 22 percent reduction from February’s expected unlock, the market remains cautious about…

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Filed under: News - @ January 10, 2026 9:23 pm