However, once the asset indeed went live for trading, it nosedived<\/a> immediately in what turned out to be a classic \u2018sell-the-news\u2019 event. It quickly returned to its starting point and fell even lower in April. Even after the entire crypto market started to rebound after the US\/Iran ceasefire announcement last week, PI lagged for the most part and dipped<\/a> to a multi-month low of under $0.165 a few days ago.<\/p>\n However, the bulls finally intervened at this point and helped halt the free-falls. Moreover, PI has emerged as one of the top gainers in the past day, surging by over 5% (and 8% weekly) to just over $0.18, which is a three-week peak. PI has re-entered the top 50 alts by market cap as its own is up to $1.830 billion.<\/p>\n The aforementioned new protocol update deadline set by the team was announced hours ago, which reads that the Pi Mainnet will be upgraded to version 22 by April 27. As in all previous updates, all Mainnet nodes were instructed to ensure they had completed this step to remain connected to the network.<\/p>\n The Pi Mainnet is upgrading to Protocol 22 \u2013 Deadline: Apr 27.<\/p>\n All Mainnet nodes are required to complete this step before the deadline to remain connected to the network.<\/p>\n Details here: https:\/\/t.co\/9VehO7hhj1<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Pi Network (@PiCoreTeam) April 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Recall that these major protocol updates began<\/a> in late February, with the introduction of version 19.6. The subsequent one, v19.9, was deployed in early March, while the crucial v20.2 was announced on Pi Day (March 14). It laid out the foundations of enabling smart contract capabilities. Version 21 was successfully completed<\/a> in early April.<\/p>\n A publica\u00e7\u00e3o Pi Network\u2019s PI Finally Stages Big Recovery After New Deadline Announcement<\/a> apareceu primeiro em CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After consecutive weeks of consistently trading downward, Pi Network\u2019s native token has finally staged a more impressive recovery over the past 24 hours or so, surging to and just over $0.18. This came as the overall market\u2019s health has remained relatively stable lately, but also following a new protocol update deadline set by the team. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feeds"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"Pi](\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-17-104743.png\")
<\/a>The New Deadline<\/h2>\n
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