$BTC ETFs just gave back $225M in a single day while $ETH funds kept their inflow streak alive.
My read on the rotation: institutions are moving from assets they hold toward assets that do things, yield, settlement, tokenization. Follow that logic one more step and it lands on RWAs, where the missing piece is verified retail demand. That is why I keep connecting the $PI KYC base to the RWA story.
V25 went live on Pi Network yesterday. The headline features are network stability improvements and zero-knowledge cryptography enabling privacy-preserving smart contracts.
The ZK piece matters more than it sounds. Pi's biggest structural advantage over other chains is the size of its KYC-verified user base. But verified identity plus transparent on-chain activity is an uncomfortable pairing for anything requiring financial privacy. That tension has limited what developers could build without exposing verified users' transaction history.
ZK proofs change that. Develoer can nowbuild apps where users prove they're verified Pioneers without revealing their on-chain activity. That opens up compliant DeFi, private settlement, and RWA applications where counterparty verification is needed but transaction detail should stay private. The combination of identity verification and ZK privacy is something most chains don't have at scale. $PI
Robots should not care about your lighting.
Our paper on Domain-Invariant Latent Lookahead (DILL) was selected for a presentation at RSS 2026. VLA policies quietly learn visual shortcuts: change the camera angle, the background, or the light, and they execute the wrong task.
DILL teaches the policy to predict a domain-invariant future, not the pixels.
This is the work behind the promise: OpenMind builds robot experiences that stay reliable in the real world, where the lights, the layout, and the cameras never match the lab.
Huge thanks to our partners at @SeoulNatlUni, @Hyundai, Ajou University, and Tommoro Robotics.
Stay tuned for more from OpenMind Research.
Robots should not care about your lighting.
Our paper on Domain-Invariant Latent Lookahead (DILL) was selected for a presentation at RSS 2026. VLA policies quietly learn visual shortcuts: change the camera angle, the background, or the light, and they execute the wrong task.
DILL teaches the policy to predict a domain-invariant future, not the pixels.
This is the work behind the promise: OpenMind builds robot experiences that stay reliable in the real world, where the lights, the layout, and the cameras never match the lab.
Huge thanks to our partners at @SeoulNatlUni, @Hyundai, Ajou University, and Tommoro Robotics.
Stay tuned for more from OpenMind Research.
Pi Ventures backing OpenMind, the humanoid robot control platform, is a signal about where the Pi ecosystem's ambitions sit beyond mobile mining.
SoloHost is distributed compute. PiVerify is on-chain KYC. Pi Sign-In is authentication. The pieces launched on Pi2Day map onto the infrastructure layer that autonomous and robotics platforms need. Remote robot control requires reliable identity, persistent session handling, and payments for access.
Whether developers in the Pi browser actually build toward that stack is still the open question. The venture bts fomPi Ventures suggest the core team has a broader vision than payments and lending apps.
A Pioneer analyzed Pi Sign-in as a privacy-preserving authentication layer, comparing it to Google login but with the user in control of their data. The utility conversation around $PI has to go beyond payments, and auth is an underratedpiece of it.
https://t.co/GTPT0PPt2y
A Pioneer breaks down SoloHost and Hermes on Pi Network, covering how the Hermes protocol shifts node operation from passive storage to active service provision. If you have been running a node and wondering where the economics are heading, this one addresses it directly. $PI
https://t.co/F6Fha5B1zv
파이 노드 운영하시는 분들 👀
내 노드 지금 제대로 돌아가고 있는지 매일 신경쓰고 계신가요?
LinkPi — 파이 노드 실시간 모니터링 툴입니다.
✅ 노드 상태 실시간 확인
✅ 300대 이상 노드 모니터링 중
✅ 무료 오픈소스
#pi#pinode
https://t.co/c5ngPa7Jgy
파이 노드 운영하시는 분들 👀
내 노드 지금 제대로 돌아가고 있는지 매일 신경쓰고 계신가요?
LinkPi — 파이 노드 실시간 모니터링 툴입니다.
✅ 노드 상태 실시간 확인
✅ 300대 이상 노드 모니터링 중
✅ 무료 오픈소스
#pi#pinode
https://t.co/c5ngPa7Jgy
A Pioneer writes that $PI's real value builds quietly, not in headline moments. The post argues the network's foundation grows through sustained development rather than sudden bursts of attention. Genuine perspective from someone tracking Pi through the slow phases.
https://t.co/ztJekJIBEU
A Pioneer covers the potential for Pi Network to intersect with global RWA tokenization, looking at mechanisms like OUSD and how large international corporate structures could integrate with Pi's ecosystem. Written from an international perspective with a genuine real-assets angle. $PI
https://t.co/UpshkLfNEU
On July 22, Pi is scheduled to upgrade to Protocol v25, which primarily focuses on improving network stability and reliability, and supports new capabilities for more efficient, privacy-preserving smart contracts.
Go to the Pi mining app to learn more!
If the only update you're waiting for on Pi2Day is Pi price moving from a few cents to $1, you'll probably be disappointed.
The real deal is Smart Contracts, Pi Ads expansion, Pi App Studio upgrades, stablecoins, major partnerships, Pi Launchpad, Pi DEX growth, and ecosystem utility.
That's real progress.
CiDi Games is a platform built for the Pi ecosystem.
A place where Pioneers can play, compete, and grow. Where games connect with identity, where casual moments turn into long-term participation, where Pi finds real use in everyday entertainment.
Pi ELF is one part of that. The companion that walks with you through everything else we are building.💚