If Pi Coin Price Today is Bitcoin in 2010, How Much Should You Hold to Retire with $1M?

With Bitcoin hitting $111K ATH, investors are reminiscing about how much BTC has grown in the past decade. If Pi Coin were to achieve a similar growth, it would be massive. Let’s explore how many Pi tokens an investor needs to hold if the Pi Coin price today is similar to Bitcoin back in 2010. How much would Pi Network price need to rally for a holder to retire with $1M?

At press time, Pi Coin is trading at $0.7846 following a 20.23% rally over the past month. According to historical data, the highest Bitcoin price in 2010 was $0.35. A holder who accumulated 10,000 BTC at that price reached $1 million in April 2013 when the cryptocurrency reached $100.

Is 10,000 PI Enough to Retire with $1 Million?

If Pi Coin today is Bitcoin in 2010, would you still need 10,000 PI in your portfolio to retire with $1 million? As per the current PI Coin price, 10,000 tokens are worth approximately $7,846. The price of the token would have to reach $100 for the portfolio to be worth $1 million. 

For PI’s total supply of 100 billion tokens to reach a price of $100, the market cap would have to reach $10 trillion, which is 10X more than Bitcoin’s highest valuation. Therefore, making the target a moonshot for traders who want their portfolio to get $1 M.

How Much Pi Coin Is Enough to Retire with $1M?

The amount of PI you need to retire with $1 million will depend on how high it climbs in the future. Let us look at three different price scenarios:

A Pi Coin (PI) Price of $20

A trader would need to invest in 50,000 Pi tokens and wait for the price to reach $20 before retiring with $1 million. Achieving such a target requires a 2,588% rally from the current price of $0.7724, propelling Pi Coin’s market capitalization to approximately $144.8 billion, based on the circulating supply of 7.24 billion PI.

A Pi Coin (PI) Price of $30

A Pi Coin price of $30 would require investors to hold 33,333 PI for their portfolio to be worth $1 million. This would represent a price appreciation of 3,782% from the present level. A rally of this magnitude would propel PI’s market capitalization to approximately $217.2 billion.

A Pi Coin (PI) Price of $50

A Pi Coin price of $50 would mark a significant milestone for the project and its community. At that valuation, holding 20,000 tokens would make your portfolio worth $1 million.

Compared to the current Pi Coin price of $0.7846, this represents a gain of approximately 6,370%. Based on the current circulating supply of 7.24 billion coins, this price would place Pi Coin’s market capitalization at roughly $362 billion.

Recently, insights revealed a number of whales who were accumulating their PI tokens, where a total of 14 million PI, worth approximately $10.8 million, was sent from an exchange to a wallet on May 25.

How Much Pi Coin Price Needs to Rally to Retire with $1M

To assess how much Pi Coin (PI) price needs to rise for a holder to retire with $1 million, we examine different financial targets based on fixed holdings of 50,000 PI, a round figure within reach for many early adopters. With a circulating supply of 7.24 billion PI and a current price of $0.7846, these projections offer a clearer picture of Pi’s long-term potential under various scenarios.

$1M Retirement Fund

If an investor holds 50,000 PI, the coin would need to reach $20 to achieve a $1 million portfolio. This would require a 2,588% rally from today’s price. At $20, Pi token’s market cap would rise to approximately $144.8 billion, placing it in the top tier of global cryptocurrencies, yet still below Bitcoin’s all-time peak.

$5M Retirement Fund

For a $5 million retirement target, Pi would need to hit $100 per coin. This would drive the cryptocurrency’s market cap to approximately $724 billion.

$10M Retirement Fund

To retire with $10 million from 50,000 PI, the price would have to soar to $200 per coin. This scenario implies a market cap near $1.45 trillion, rivaling Bitcoin’s record high. While highly speculative, such growth would demand widespread global use, institutional support, and full ecosystem activation.

Final Take

With a growing user base and ambitions to power decentralized applications and everyday transactions, Pi’s value proposition lies in its usability, not just speculation. However, given its large circulating supply, retiring with a $1 million fund would require holding a substantial amount of PI. For instance, if the price reaches $10, an investor would need around 100,000 PI to achieve that goal.

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William S. Berg

William S. Berg is a markets and business journalist at CoinGape, where he covers developments across the digital asset space. He has contributed to leading media outlets such as the Times of Malta and previously reported on business news as an assistant reporter for TVM.

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