Actual early Bitcoin-era cat

NEKO

The Bitcoin lucky cat.

$NEKO / $wBTC

Solana × OTC Desks

Before cat coins.
Before Solana.
Before launchpads.
Bitcoin already had a lucky cat.
Now it finally trades with Bitcoin.

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Hand-drawn NEKO lucky cat holding an orange Bitcoin
↑ He was holding BTC before you ↑

Why are we still searching
for the next Bitcoin cat...
when Bitcoin already had one?

NEKO, the Bitcoin lucky cat

The cat was already
in Bitcoin history.

Who is this guy?

Who the fuck is NEKO?

Maneki Neko is the classic Japanese “beckoning cat” associated with luck and prosperity.

During Bitcoin’s early internet era, people made endless community graphics around the new currency: logos, merchant buttons, forum artwork, memes, icons, and weird homemade images.

One of those early Bitcoin-native identities was a Maneki Neko holding Bitcoin. A literal BITCOIN LUCKY CAT.

This wasn’t created because cat coins became popular in 2026. The artwork came from the old Bitcoin internet. That is why $NEKO has actual history behind the meme.

The cat was already Bitcoin lore before memecoins even existed.

Before the cat meta

Before crypto discovered cat coins... Bitcoin already had this guy.

  1. Bitcoin era
  2. BitcoinTalk
  3. Community art
  4. Bitcoin lucky cat
  5. Years pass
  6. Cat memecoins explode
  7. Solana
  8. OTC Desks
  9. $NEKO / $wBTC

The cat meta came later.
NEKO was already there.

WAYBACK MACHINE // MAY 01, 2014
Don’t trust us.

Check the archive.

This isn’t lore created after deciding to launch a token. The old internet left receipts. Go through the archived BitcoinTalk history yourself.

https://web.archive.org/web/20140501110511/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1756.0
Archived.
Before the token.
Before the meta.
Before the trenches.
Archive sheet of early Bitcoin logos, merchant stickers, and lucky-cat graphicsThe receipt is still online
Insultingly simple

Why wrapped Bitcoin?

Because what else do you pair
an old Bitcoin cat with?

The cat is literally holding Bitcoin. The historical lore comes from the early Bitcoin community. Now OTC Desks lets it launch on Solana alongside wrapped Bitcoin.

  1. NEKO
  2. Early Bitcoin cat
  3. Holding Bitcoin
  4. BitcoinTalk era
  5. Bitcoin
  6. $wBTC

We didn’t find Bitcoin lore for the cat.
The cat was already Bitcoin lore.

We didn’t pair a cat with Bitcoin.
We paired Bitcoin’s cat
with Bitcoin.

$NEKO / $wBTC
No technical soup

Same Bitcoin lore. Now on Solana.

$NEKO launches on Solana through OTC Desks. Its paired asset is $wBTC. That gives the old Bitcoin-native cat a direct Bitcoin pairing while bringing the meme into the Solana trenches.

Meme
$NEKO
Paired asset
$wBTC
Network
Solana
Venue
OTC Desks
Make Bitcoin lucky

The whole point of the cat was luck.

The Maneki Neko has symbolized luck and prosperity for generations. Somebody putting Bitcoin in its hands during the early Bitcoin era almost makes too much sense.

Luck ↓
Bitcoin ↓
NEKO

Good luck, anon.

The NEKO lucky cat

DOGE came later.
Solana came later.
Catcoins came later.
This cat was already holding Bitcoin.

The OG Bitcoin Cat

The OG Bitcoin Cat.

Check your Bitcoin luck.

?

Meme magic only. Not financial advice.

Give NEKO Bitcoin.

NEKO holding Bitcoin
BTC given to NEKO: 0
New venue. Old meme.

The cat is coming to Solana.

$NEKO / $wBTC

Solana × OTC Desks

The meme is old. The Bitcoin connection is old. The archive is old. The only new part is where we can finally trade it. OTC Desks brings this forgotten Bitcoin-native cat into the Solana trenches while pairing it with wrapped Bitcoin.

Why this is different

Most cat coins create the cat first and search for lore after. $NEKO did the opposite.

The artwork existed.

The Bitcoin connection existed.

The archive existed.

The lucky-cat identity existed.

Years later: the ticker arrived.

The meme came first.
The token came years later.

No AI cat.
No 3D mascot.
No fake “ancient lore.”
No random stock connection.

Just an old internet image
of a lucky cat
holding Bitcoin.

And the archive is still there.

Old attachments

Meme wall

📎 neko.bmp
NEKO Bitcoin lucky cat
Bitcoin cat.
📎 bitcoin_cat.jpg
Early Bitcoin artwork archive
He has the coin.
📎 lucky_cat_final2.png
NEKO Bitcoin lucky cat
Lucky anon.
📎 btc_cat_REAL_final.bmp
NEKO Bitcoin lucky cat
The OG.
NEKO paired with wrapped Bitcoin

$NEKO / $wBTC

Early Bitcoin cat.
Wrapped Bitcoin.
Solana.
OTC Desks.

We didn’t pair a cat with Bitcoin.
We paired Bitcoin’s cat
with Bitcoin.

NEKO holding Bitcoin

Bitcoin already had a cat.
We just found him again.

$NEKO / $wBTC

Solana × OTC Desks

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The cat was already Bitcoin lore.
The archive was already there.
Now it has the pair.