Convert between NEO and US dollars at the live rate.
$198.38
−98.96% from current
$0.078349
+2529.26% from current
Independent editorial ranking. Score is 0–10 across six criteria: Security, Fees, UX, Features, Support, Reputation.
US and EU users who prioritise a spotless security record — no major hack since 2011 — and want a serious pro-grade trading terminal.
Institutions and funds requiring an SEC-registered venue with segregated qualified custody and audited on-chain reserves.
Active spot traders chasing the deepest global liquidity and the widest listing catalogue outside the US perimeter.
Traders who mix spot and on-chain — the Web3 wallet, DEX aggregator and Ethereum L2 X Layer sit inside the same account as CEX pairs.
Long-horizon EU holders who want the oldest continuously-operating exchange (2011) with conservative listings and full MiCA licensing.
Derivatives-first traders who want tighter perp funding and a maker-friendly fee schedule; accept offshore regulatory footprint.
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NEO is one of the original smart contract platforms, launched in 2014 as Antshares and rebranded as NEO in 2017. Founded by Da Hongfei and Erik Zhang in Shanghai, the project earned the nickname "Chinese Ethereum" during the 2017 bull run because it offered a similar dApp and tokenisation pitch from a jurisdiction where Ethereum had less mindshare. The technical lineage is independent though, with its own consensus algorithm (dBFT) and a dual-token economic model that no other major L1 has copied directly.
The economy runs on two assets. NEO is the governance token, capped at 100 million, indivisible, and used for voting on consensus nodes and protocol upgrades. GAS is the utility token, generated by holding NEO, and pays for storage, computation, and contract execution. The current chain is NEO N3, which went live in August 2021 as a complete architectural overhaul of the original NEO Legacy network.
NEO trades on Binance, OKX, Bybit, KuCoin, and Gate, with Huobi historically running deep books before its rebrand to HTX. The most active pairs are NEO/USDT, NEO/BTC, and NEO/BUSD where still listed. Live data on this page refreshes every 60 seconds and is volume-weighted across the venues with the deepest spot liquidity.
What actually moves NEO on a given day:
The numbers in the price card above are live. The analysis below uses the levels at page load.
NEO N3 launched in August 2021 after roughly two years of development under the working name NEO 3.0. It is not a fork of NEO Legacy. It is a separate chain with a separate genesis block, a swap mechanism for legacy holders, and a redesigned virtual machine, native contracts, and storage layer. The migration from Legacy to N3 was opt-in and ran for years.
The result is a stack with more first-class infrastructure than most L1s, but also more proprietary design choices. That is a trade-off: developers get more out of the box, but the chain has fewer of the standard tools (EVM compatibility, Solidity tooling, MetaMask) that other ecosystems take for granted.
NEO is one of the few major chains with a true two-token system at the protocol level. Holding NEO automatically generates GAS in your wallet, with no staking or locking required, similar to how holding VeChain (VET) generates VTHO. The split exists because the founders wanted governance and gas to be economically separate so that voting power did not get drained every time someone paid a network fee.
The model has aged interestingly. Pure governance tokens (UNI, COMP) and pure gas tokens (ETH, SOL) dominate the post-2021 market, and the dual-token approach has not been widely copied. But for holders who want a fee-paying utility flow alongside a governance position, the structure still works.
NEO got tagged as "Chinese Ethereum" during 2017 because it was offering smart contracts, ICOs, and dApps from an Asia-Pacific base just as Ethereum was hitting capacity issues and gas spikes. The framing was useful for marketing and disastrous for long-term positioning. NEO is not a Chinese version of Ethereum. It is a different design with different trade-offs, and competing on Ethereum’s terms means competing on a battlefield Ethereum already won.
NEO’s "Smart Economy" thesis was about digital assets, digital identity, and digital contracts working together for regulated tokenisation use cases. That pitch has weathered better than the "Ethereum killer" framing. It is also why NEO is still around when many 2017-era L1s have effectively disappeared.
NEO was founded in 2014 by Da Hongfei (chairman) and Erik Zhang (core developer) under the name Antshares. The rebrand to NEO came in June 2017, alongside a renewed pitch around the Smart Economy concept. Da Hongfei has remained the public face of the project for over a decade, which is unusual longevity for a crypto founder, and Erik Zhang authored the dBFT consensus algorithm and continues to lead protocol research.
The NEO Foundation, based in Singapore and Shanghai, holds a portion of the original NEO supply and funds ecosystem development through grants, hackathons (Polaris Launchpad), and direct investment in tooling and dApps. Unlike Block.one’s relationship with EOS, the foundation has stayed actively engaged with development rather than retreating, which is part of why the chain made it through the 2018-2020 bear without losing its core team.
Governance in N3 is on-chain and committee-based. NEO holders vote for 21 candidate consensus nodes, the top seven of which become consensus nodes and the next 14 fill committee seats that handle network parameters. Voting pays GAS rewards proportional to stake, so participation is economically meaningful rather than purely symbolic.
NEO is supported on most major non-US exchanges, with availability in the US narrower than peer coins. The five-step flow is the same one that works for any major coin.
If you’re weighing NEO as a multi-year hold rather than a trade, our NEO price forecast walks through the scenarios and what would have to be true for each.
NEO carries a different risk profile from newer L1s. The biggest issues are structural rather than purely volatility-driven.
This page is information, not financial advice. Talk to someone licensed before allocating real capital.
Analysis last updated:
NEO (NEO) trades at $2.06 with a 24-hour volume of $6.51M and a market capitalization of $144.96M. The asset is currently ranked #204 among all tracked cryptocurrencies.
In the last 24 hours, the NEO price has risen +1.17%. On a seven-day window, NEO has climbed +4.76%, showing consistent upward momentum across both windows. Short-term moves are often amplified by liquidity, news flow, and derivatives positioning, so confirm signals across multiple indicators before acting.
NEO's all-time high of $198.38 was set on January 14, 2018. The current price sits +98.96% below that peak. Distance from the all-time high is a common reference point when evaluating long recoveries and macro support or resistance.
Buying NEO (NEO) is a five-step routine once you have picked the right venue and pair. The steps below mirror what most investors do today.
You can also use the NEO converter above to estimate how much NEO you would get for a given dollar amount before placing the order.
Whether NEO is a good investment depends on your goals, time horizon, and tolerance for volatility. Like all cryptocurrencies, NEO carries real market risk: prices can rise or fall sharply in a day, and past performance is not a reliable indicator of future returns.
This page provides data and analysis for educational purposes only. It is not financial advice. Always do your own research, diversify, and never invest more than you can afford to lose.
