{"id":22020,"date":"2026-02-13T12:12:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T12:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/pi-price-climbs-12-as-feb-15-mainnet-node-upgrade-cut-off-nears\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T12:12:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T12:12:39","slug":"pi-price-climbs-12-as-feb-15-mainnet-node-upgrade-cut-off-nears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/pi-price-climbs-12-as-feb-15-mainnet-node-upgrade-cut-off-nears\/","title":{"rendered":"Pi price climbs 12% as Feb. 15 mainnet node upgrade cut\u2011off nears"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">Pi price climbed double\u2011digits on Friday as the network\u2019s long\u2011running experiment in \u201cmobile\u2011first\u201d crypto collides with hard mainnet deadlines and bruised holders looking for a bottom.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_1d8eafea43bc37689da8cd78dc3922c5\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pi price trades near $0.152 on TradingView\u2019s PI3USD pair, up roughly 12% on the day but still more than 60% below six\u2011month levels and about 50% under its $2.99 peak.\u200b<\/li>\n<li>The Pi Core Team set a Feb. 15 deadline for mandatory node upgrades, with CoinMarketCal and Coinpedia framing the push as a key attempt to stabilize the ecosystem after last year\u2019s collapse.\u200b<\/li>\n<li>Analysts remain divided, with some calling Pi\u2019s latest move a short\u2011covering bounce in a clear downtrend and others seeing post\u2011capitulation consolidation that could signal a potential bottom.\u200b<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>Pi (PI) price has jumped around 12% from recent lows as the Feb. 15 mainnet node upgrade deadline approaches, with traders debating whether this is short\u2011covering or a real bottom.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pi price action and network stress<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<p>Pi price changed hands near $0.152 on TradingView\u2019s CRYPTO:PI3USD pair at midday in Europe, up about 12.15% on the session after a brutal drawdown that has left the token more than 60% lower over six months and roughly 50% below its all\u2011time high near $2.99. The move comes as the Pi Core Team pushes a Feb. 15 cut\u2011off for mandatory node upgrades, with CoinMarketCal flagging the deadline as a key on\u2011chain event for operators. Coinpedia framed the rush bluntly, saying the core team has \u201cset Feb 15 deadline for mainnet node upgrade\u201d as part of efforts to stabilize the ecosystem after last year\u2019s collapse.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today was a bit unusual, a sudden surge in Pi coin price \ud83d\udcb9. For me, whether Pi is rising or falling now \ud83d\udcc9 or \ud83d\udcc8, I&#8217;m always adding to my position because I believe that in the next few years, it will dazzle many people \ud83d\udc40 and skyrocket in price, with enormous potential\u2026 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uDadbNOp0z\">pic.twitter.com\/uDadbNOp0z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PiNetwork DEX\u26a1\ufe0f\u963f\u9f99 (@fen_leng) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fen_leng\/status\/2022259027154194881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">February 13, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Traders remain split on whether the latest Pi price bounce is anything more than short\u2011covering into a crowded downtrend. One recent TradingView idea described PI3USD as \u201cin a clear multi\u2011day downtrend, with successive lower highs and lower lows,\u201d warning that \u201cuntil $0.535 is reclaimed convincingly, short setups dominate.\u201d Another analyst argued that after a 95% peak\u2011to\u2011trough collapse, Pi \u201chas experienced\u2026steady sideways consolidation\u201d typical of post\u2011capitulation accumulation phases, with a \u201cpotential bottom\u2026forming\u201d as exhausted sellers step aside.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Macro backdrop and majors<\/h2>\n<p>The backdrop for Pi price is a softer but still elevated digital asset complex. Bitcoin (BTC) trades around $66,306, with a 24\u2011hour range roughly between $65,243 and $68,309 and turnover near $48.4B as traders digest the expiry of about $2.5B in BTC options highlighted by crypto.news market coverage. Ethereum (ETH) changes hands close to $1,949, with 24\u2011hour lows near $1,902 and highs just under $1,997 on volumes of about $16.9B, leaving the asset down less than 1% on the day. Solana (SOL) trades near $78.24, roughly 1.3% lower over the last 24 hours and down about 60% versus a year ago, according to YCharts data sourced from CoinGecko and CryptoCompare.<\/p>\n<p>For now, Pi price is attempting a fragile recovery in a market still dominated by Bitcoin\u2019s options calendar and macro risk appetite. Whether the node\u2011upgrade deadline turns into a genuine inflection or just another sell\u2011the\u2011news event will be decided on\u2011chain over the coming sessions.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pi price climbed double\u2011digits on Friday as the network\u2019s long\u2011running experiment in \u201cmobile\u2011first\u201d crypto collides with hard mainnet deadlines and bruised holders looking for a bottom. Summary Pi price trades&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22020"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22021,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22020\/revisions\/22021"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}