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4 May 2026, 01:58

Pi Network's CiDi Games unveils blockchain gaming roadmap days before Consensus 2026

CiDi Games published a roadmap on May 3 for building a gaming layer on Pi Network. It covers a developer SDK, a browser-based gaming hub, and tools for outside studios to integrate Pi payments into their own games. Pi co-founders Chengdiao Fan and Nicolas Kokkalis speak at Consensus 2026 in Miami two days later. The conference runs May 5 to 7. The roadmap was almost certainly timed to land before they took the stage. CiDi began Q1 2026 trials without releasing data CiDi started trial operations in Q1 2026 but has not released player counts, engagement numbers, or transaction volume. The SDK is designed to handle wallet connections, payments, and on-chain features so games can plug into Pi’s login and wallet system. Everything runs in HTML5, so games load in a browser without downloads. As Cryptopolitan reported in November 2025, the original Pi Network and CiDi Games partnership was built around an H5 browser platform for casual games. The May 3 roadmap extends that to outside developers as well. Pi Network Ventures, the $100 million fund backing CiDi, made the studio one of its earliest investments. Pi’s accessibility bet against Immutable, Ronin, and Sui CiDi enters a competitive field. Immutable runs gas-free NFT transactions on Ethereum Layer 2. Sky Mavis operates Ronin, a gaming-focused blockchain with its own wallet and marketplace. Sui Foundation promotes high-speed performance and flexible asset design. Pi’s pitch differs on two fronts. Accessibility through browser-based games removes the need for downloads or high-end devices. The user base came in through mobile mining and social features rather than traditional gaming. Still, competing platforms publish daily active users and transaction volumes. Pi has not released similar data. Roadmap drops 48 hours before Consensus 2026 The Consensus timing is one part of the picture. The other comes 12 days later. Pi Network has set May 15 as the mandatory deadline for all mainnet nodes to complete the Protocol 23 upgrade, which unlocks native smart contract support for the first time since the open mainnet launched in February 2025. Non-compliant nodes lose validation rights. Layered on top: approximately 184.5 million PI tokens are scheduled to unlock in May. Three milestones stack into the same 14-day window. The May 3 roadmap, the May 5-7 Consensus debut, and the May 15 Protocol 23 deadline. The unlock runs through all three. The roadmap gives direction. Details on monetization, scalability, and third-party developer terms remain missing. Without trial data, the project is still in an early stage. The combination of mobile access, instant-play games, and integrated payments could give Pi a real differentiator in blockchain gaming, if it can turn its user base into active players and convince outside developers to build. Don’t just read crypto news. Understand it. Subscribe to our newsletter. It's free .

1 May 2026, 19:34

SUI Technical Analysis May 1, 2026: Support and Resistance Levels

SUI is balancing at $0.92 above the primary support at $0.9214; a downside breakout targets $0.8991, while upside will test the $0.9328 resistance. Main resistance at $0.9908, BTC 77k supports are ...

1 May 2026, 02:29

SUI: Layer-1 for Web3 Consumer Applications

The Sui network is transforming Web3 consumer applications with its object-based architecture. It stands out with parallel transaction execution, low latency, and ecosystem expansion. TVL fell to 6...

30 Apr 2026, 15:38

Printr refunds investors as FUD and health issues derail raise

Printr, the Bybit-backed omnichain token launchpad, has announced that it has returned all funds raised in its $PRINT community sale, an amount approaching $2.5 million. The announcement , which was made today, April 30, on X, follows a wave of damaging fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD) that forced its founder to step down from his role as CEO on health grounds. The company said refunds would be returned to the original wallets of participants within 24 hours, with no action required from contributors. According to Printr, more details of the refund process will be shared within seven days. Printr said it has refunded all contributing users. Source: Printr. Printr had raised $4.5 million across two rounds, a $2.5 million pre-seed backed by Axelar, Sui Foundation, Flow Blockchain, Draper Dragon, and Bitscale Capital, and a $2 million seed extension including Mantle EcoFund, before opening its community sale to retail participants at a $50 million fully diluted valuation. Why is Printr sending out refunds? According to outgoing CEO Fed , Fax (a token launched on Printr) had approached him, claiming to be building a fee-share feature on top of the platform. In his words, he considered the proposition a value-additive community contribution. However, what Fax went on to do was different from its arrangement with Fed as it launched a token and farmed users. The community held Fed personally responsible, concluding that his acknowledgment of Fax amounted to an endorsement. Ecosystem tokens, including $BELIEF sold off in the aftermath. Beyond Fax, Printr’s incoming CEO Lennon also named tokens ROTUS and NOOB as damaging rug-type launches that compounded the erosion of trust on the platform. Fed said the reputational fallout, combined with the volume of threatening and abusive messages directed at him, pushed his health to breaking point. “I have received many toxic messages, threats, blaming me for the actions of bad actors,” he wrote. “The FUD, blame and toxicity has heavily weighed on my mental health. I’m dealing with chronic stress and other health problems, and I’m not in a state to continue as CEO through TGE and beyond.” He said he would remain as an advisor but that continuing to lead was unfair to the team and to everyone counting on Printr to deliver. What does the leadership transition mean for the platform? Lennon Tan, who served as COO and Head of Go-to-Market, has assumed the role of CEO with immediate effect. Co-founder and CTO Lea remains in post. In his first public statement as CEO, Lennon declined to offer a polished strategic plan, acknowledging he had been in the role for less than a day. He did, however, push back on the “Fed is a scammer” narrative, describing it as the most absurd thing he had read, and confirmed the company had a clear path on refund mechanics. The platform itself, Lennon and Printr both confirmed, continues to operate normally. $BELIEF, Printr’s proof-of-belief staking token, had already distributed 2,100 SOL to stakers from fee revenue, evidence of a working underlying business even as the community sale unraveled above it. Why is the refund a significant signal, and is it enough? For a launchpad , returning raised funds is operationally costly, and it’s still not certain that it may help the platform achieve its goal of rebuilding trust. The decision to do so reflects an acknowledgment that a leadership change alone could not reset the trust deficit. That vulnerability of launchpads is not unique to Printr. The memecoin market lost 61% of its total value in 2025, with fewer than 1% of tokens on major launchpads surviving past their bonding curve out of over 11.5 million created. Platforms like Printr operate under a persistent tension as they generate revenue from activity, which requires openness and trust. The Fax incident exposed the gap between those two imperatives in the most public way possible. Don’t just read crypto news. Understand it. Subscribe to our newsletter. It's free .