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NEX

NEX is the native token of the Nexus blockchain. On Ethereum, it exists as an ERC-20. On BSC, it exists as a Hyperlane synthetic ERC-20.

What NEX does

Role
Detail

Gas

Every transaction on Nexus pays gas in NEX

Smart contracts

Executing smart contracts deployed on the Nexus blockchain

Network interaction

Interacting with the network's consensus and compute networks

Fee discounts

Holding NEX provides trading-fee discounts on the Nexus Exchange

Supply

Metric
Value

Total supply

100,000,000,000,000 (100T)

See Tokenomics for total supply, token utility, distribution status, and the vesting schedule.

Contract addresses

Network
Address
Type

Nexus Mainnet

NA

Native gas token

Ethereum

0xf57D49646621F563b0B905aFc8336923AC569Ec5

ERC-20

BSC

0x365DE036A1F7dcCb621530d517133521debB2013

Hyperlane synthetic ERC-20

The ERC-20 contract includes mint and burn functions used for bridge operations via the canonical NEX bridge.

Wrapped NEX

WNEX is a standard WETH9/ERC-20 wrapper — deposit, withdraw, transfer, approve all work as expected.

WNEX has 18 decimals.

Contract
Network
Address

WNEX (Wrapped Nexus)

Nexus Mainnet (3946)

0x69BFfB3C9cb3aa81E8ab23dad470246956D2cC7F

Platform
Link

CoinMarketCap

CoinGecko

Adding to your wallet

Nexus (MetaMask or EVM wallet)

Add the Nexus network to MetaMask. NEX appears automatically as the native gas token — no token import needed.

Ethereum (ERC-20)

Import the token in MetaMask:

  1. Switch to Ethereum Mainnet

  2. Click Import tokens

  3. Enter contract address: 0xf57D49646621F563b0B905aFc8336923AC569Ec5

  4. Symbol and decimals auto-populate: NEX, 18

BSC (Hyperlane synthetic)

Import the token in MetaMask:

  1. Switch to BNB Smart Chain

  2. Click Import tokens

  3. Enter contract address: 0x365DE036A1F7dcCb621530d517133521debB2013

  4. Symbol and decimals auto-populate: NEX, 18

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