General updates
neo Co-founder Da Hongfei shared preliminary financial reports and reported that the company had total assets of over USD 430 million as of the end of 2025. The document also outlined a mission to allocate all capital exclusively to strengthening the organization. $NEO and $GAS assets and the Neo ecosystem, including planned strategic purchases; $NEO and $GAS. The announcement also proposed an expansion of the community grant program and promised to publish annual financial reports starting in the first quarter of 2026 and to disclose key on-chain addresses after execution to ensure transparency.
of neocore development team Neo‑CLI v3.9.0 has been released. This is the first official release since May 2025 and the first release since the return of Neo co-founder Erik Zhang. The update, announced on January 19th, is scheduled to roll out to T5 TestNet on January 21st, with MainNet activation scheduled for February 3rd. This version introduces a wide range of enhancements across the protocol, native contracts, and developer tools that will require a hard fork. A critical hotfix was released as v3.9.2 on January 21st, and all node operators must upgrade to v3.9.2 or later before the mainnet fork on February 3rd.
of neo council They met online to address persistent governance and enforcement hurdles, focusing on proposals to create a strategy and finance committee to streamline decision-making. The conference was marked by frank reflection, structural criticism, and calls for immediate reform.
To storage We distributed rewards to participants who solved new fragments added to the on-chain word puzzle game.
ndup Weekly N3 released $GAS When we check in, we note that network users have made approximately 63,679 claims. $GAS In the past week, its on-chain activity burned about 632 $GAS.
NNT We hosted a GasBot trivia round where participants had the chance to compete in four pools $GAS reward.
Developer updates
Neo SPCC NeoGo v0.116.0 is a significant update that activates the Faun hard fork on MainNet and TestNet, introduces P2P-level optimizations, and resolves state synchronization bugs introduced in previous releases. This update is fully compatible with C# Node version 3.9.2.
NNT catch up
NNT Officially hosting Crypto Coffee and Blockchain Beer Space #81 smart economy podcast X account. Topics of discussion included Claude’s skills and Vibe Coding, whether Vibe Coding will make it out of the crypto space, building a side hustle of profitable applications, security best practices with the new Vibe Coding app, the Clarity Act and its impact on building Pistachio Finance, Pistachio Finance’s new vault, and more.
In case you missed it
Raijin Protocol We have released an update for our next generation on-chain fighter PvP game built on the Neo X EVM sidechain. The video-based update outlined the fundamental core systems, workflows, and mechanics that power high-speed air combat.
event
January 30: NNT hosts CC & BB #82 on the official Smart Economy Podcast X account.
