# $NEAT Token
$NEAT serves as a utility token within the NEAT ecosystem, enabling services/assets payments, DeFi integration, AI governance, and more. With a total supply of 42 million, $NEAT exists in two token standards:
- NRC-20: A new type of token standard on NEAR inspired by Bitcoin BRC-20.
- NEP-141: The fungible token standard within the NEAR ecosystem.
The different use cases for the two $NEAT token types are:
- $NEAT (NRC-20) can be used for: receiving Airdrops and NRC-20 marketplace
- $NEAT (NEP-141) can be used for: Staking and interaction across dapps, wallets, and DEXs like Orderly, Ref, Gate.io, etc.