{"id":898579,"date":"2026-04-12T11:13:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T16:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/pi-network-news-why-the-pirc-23-8-floor-creates-a-contradiction-with-exchange-prices\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T11:13:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T16:13:33","slug":"pi-network-news-why-the-pirc-23-8-floor-creates-a-contradiction-with-exchange-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/pi-network-news-why-the-pirc-23-8-floor-creates-a-contradiction-with-exchange-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Pi Network News: Why the PIRC 23.8% Floor Creates a Contradiction With Exchange Prices"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A post from pioneer Daniel F is generating discussion in the Pi community, and the argument at the centre of it is more technically interesting than most of the price speculation that usually dominates the conversation.<\/p>\n

The claim is interesting but the implications are uncomfortable for anyone trying to reconcile Pi\u2019s DEX pricing with its centralised exchange activity.<\/p>\n

The Core Argument<\/h2>\n

Pi\u2019s ecosystem includes PIRC tokens, which reportedly carry a design feature protecting holders from losing more than 23.8% of their initial listing value, measured in Pi. That floor is the starting point of Daniel\u2019s argument.<\/p>\n

If PIRC tokens cannot fall more than 23.8% relative to Pi, then Pi itself must behave with a certain degree of price stability to make that guarantee meaningful. A token whose floor is measured against a wildly volatile asset is not really floored at all. For the 23.8% protection to function as described, Pi\u2019s liquidity would need to behave more like a stablecoin than a speculative asset.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they explain that PIRC tokens will never lose more than 23.8% of the initial value, they will have to admit that Pi liquidity acts like a stablecoin,\u201d Daniel wrote<\/a>. \u201cThis would contradict CEX prices. To avoid this paradox, they prefer to remain silent.\u201d<\/p>\n

The tension he is identifying is real. Pi trades on centralised exchanges at prices determined by speculative market activity, prices that have already seen significant volatility. Pi itself has dropped more than 90% from its peak by some measures.<\/p>\n

If the DEX operates with a protected floor measured in Pi, and Pi is simultaneously trading as a volatile speculative asset on CEXs, then either the floor protection is weaker than it appears or the DEX pricing operates on fundamentally different logic than the exchange price.<\/p>\n

One community member extended the arithmetic simply. \u201cIf PIRC tokens will never lose more than 23.8% of listing price measured in Pi, then at that time it is expected that Pi, the most liquid token, will react to the same ratio around 23.8%. Simple arithmetic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Why the Silence<\/h2>\n

Daniel\u2019s broader point is about transparency rather than price prediction. The technical architecture of Pi\u2019s DEX and its relationship to exchange-listed Pi creates a logical tension that has not been publicly addressed. Speculators on centralised exchanges are operating on one price discovery mechanism. Pioneers participating in the DEX and Launchpad are operating on another.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf someone tries to mislead you, ask them why the liquidity of tokens, which is in Pi, cannot fall if Pi is volatile,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

The question is pointed and has not received a clean answer from the project. Whether that silence is strategic, technical or simply a matter of timing is something the community continues to debate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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