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Pi Network Officially Onboards Under EU MiCA
Pi Network has been officially registered with the EU's MiCA framework, after the introduction of Valour's Pi ETP, Europe's first licensed Pi-linked investment product.
Pi Network has formally joined the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, or MiCA, of the European Union. This may be a step toward allowing the Pi coin to trade on larger marketplaces.
Pi Network Formally Registers as a MiCA in the EU
The initiative attests to having formally filed under the EU's MiCA framework. This enables Pi Coin to achieve complete legal status in European markets. Due to the stringent compliance regulations in place, Pi was previously unavailable throughout the continent.
This comes after the Valour Pi ETP was introduced on Sweden's Spotlight Stock Market in August. This is the area's first regulated Pi-linked investment instrument.
The product exposes European brokerage clients to the Pi token in a controlled manner. The ETP has a 1.9% management charge and trades in Swedish kronor. Additionally, this provides a way for investors to profit from Pi without actually holding the token. Dr. Altcoin expressed his enthusiasm for the advancement. He also emphasized the MiCA whitepaper's energy efficiency guidelines. Pi uses roughly 0.0024 TWh of energy annually, while Bitcoin uses 185 TWh.
That amounts to a 99.9% decrease in energy usage. The Pi Network may become one of the most ecologically friendly blockchains as a result. The network's low-resource model closely aligns with UN decarbonization ambitions.
The project had previously worked with Prighter Ltd. from the UK and Maetzler Rechtsanwalts from Austria before the MiCA application. SocialChain completed its full GDPR certification simultaneously. They made sure that user data processing complies with the EU's strict privacy regulations.
Pi Coin Continues Its Expansion Initiatives
The team behind the project has been working to grow its ecosystem. Pi Network recently became a member of the ISO 20022 standards group. This places it in the same category as compliant digital assets, such as Stellar (XLM) and XRP. Additionally, multi-stage testing for Pi Network's Protocol 23 upgrade is currently underway. According to analysts, the growing technical stability has been a major driver of the Pi coin's rise.
According to Dr. Altcoin, mainnet integration is expected to be completed by December or the first quarter of 2026. He went on to say that the development team has strategically validated every stage of the process.
Additionally, the network's performance is considerably enhanced with the recent release of Pi Node version 0.5.4. Improved reward computations are included in the update. This enables node operators to evaluate their activities more precisely.
Late last month, the project revealed its collaboration with OpenMind. This introduced applications with an AI focus to the Pi ecosystem. Supporting computing workloads for machine learning models allows nodes to earn additional revenue under this arrangement.