NEKO
The first bitcoin cat
$NEKO / cbBTC
Before DOGE.
Before PEPE.
Bitcoin already had a cat.
Now the OG bitcoin cat is paired with bitcoin.
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What is NEKO?
NEKO is a revival of one of the earliest Bitcoin cat designs from the BitcoinTalk era.
It used the Maneki Neko lucky-cat style and became part of early Bitcoin meme and community art culture. This was before modern crypto mascots took over. Before meme markets became saturated. Before "cat coin" was even a known lane.
That is what makes NEKO different. This is not a made-up mascot with fake history. This is real old Bitcoin cat lore being brought back.
Bitcoin had a cat before the rest of crypto learned to love animals.
Before DOGE. Before PEPE.
Before DOGE mooned and before PEPE became one of the biggest meme tickers in crypto, Bitcoin already had a cat identity in its early community art era.
That gives $NEKO a huge advantage as lore: it is not a copy of the animal meta. It predates it.
We are not following the meta. We are reviving what came before it.
The first bitcoin cat
The lucky cat / Maneki Neko is already a symbol of fortune and blessing. That made it perfect for early Bitcoin culture.
The community effectively had a Bitcoin lucky cat before modern meme coins even existed. That is NEKO.
The forgotten founder feline.
Why cbBTC?
We didn't pair a random cat with BTC. We paired Bitcoin's cat with Bitcoin.
The pair.
NEKO comes from old Bitcoin culture.
cbBTC represents Bitcoin in the new PONS environment.
So the pair is obvious: $NEKO / cbBTC
The first bitcoin cat meets bitcoin.
The receipts
ArchiveBitcoin eraEarly community artOG catThis is part of the old Bitcoin-era visual culture around the Bitcoin cat. The look, the logos, the accepted-here style, and the Bitcoin cat imagery all reinforce that this was tied directly to early Bitcoin community art.
Read here about NEKO
Why now?
Everyone has been searching for the next strong cat narrative. But most cat coins are just random cats with no actual history. NEKO is different.
- ✦ Old Bitcoin roots
- ✦ Real community-lore energy
- ✦ Actual proof
- ✦ Recognizability
- ✦ Simple memeability
- ✦ One of the cleanest BTC pairings possible
And now that PONS lets memes pair directly with assets, the old Bitcoin cat finally gets the pair it always deserved: $NEKO / cbBTC
Old lore. New tech. Perfect pair.
Blessed by the bitcoin cat
The Maneki Neko is a lucky cat. Bitcoin culture always loved symbols, stickers, logos and weird community art. NEKO brought those two worlds together.
Not just a cat. A good-luck cat for bitcoin.
Timeline
- BitcoinTalk era — NEKO appears as early Bitcoin cat art↓
- Bitcoin community grows↓
- Years later: DOGE, PEPE, animal memes explode↓
- People forget Bitcoin already had a cat↓
- PONS arrives↓
- Memes can pair with assets↓
- $NEKO / cbBTC
The cat returns.
Before DOGE. Before PEPE. Bitcoin already had a cat.
$NEKO / cbBTC
The first bitcoin cat paired with bitcoin.
0x4E96B312b161123bEF28c85D53D11f2E907092BdThis isn't another random cat coin. This is the revival of Bitcoin's forgotten cat.