Get HNS

Every name needs a little HNS: the lockup of a bid, a renewal each year and the fee of every transaction. Fewer places sell it each month. This page says what was true on 6 November 2026. None of these services is run by Namehold, and every one has little trading on it, so check each one yourself before you send money.

Your HNS on CoinEx: withdraw it now

CoinEx is closing and HNS is being delisted there. CoinEx announced that withdrawals stay open until 22 December 2026; after that date, what is left on the exchange may be out of reach. Check CoinEx's own notice for your account.

In Namehold, open Wallet and click Receive. Copy the address.
On CoinEx, withdraw a small amount to that address first, and wait until Namehold shows it.
Then withdraw the rest.

Exchanges that list HNS

MEXC, HNS/USDT. A large exchange. Buy HNS there and withdraw it to your Namehold address. MEXC does not serve every country: it suspended accounts from Russia and Belarus on 4 November 2026. Make sure HNS withdrawals are open before you buy.
NeoxEx, HNS/USDC. A small community exchange that listed HNS on 4 November 2026. The gap between buy and sell prices is wide and there is little to trade. Keep nothing there that you could not afford to lose, and move what you buy to your own wallet.

A wallet you control is the only safe place to keep HNS. An exchange that closes, as CoinEx is closing, takes its customers' balances with it until they withdraw.

Not ready yet

Rosen Bridge plans to carry HNS between chains. On 6 November 2026 its list of Handshake assets was still empty, so it does not move HNS yet.
Hero Wallet has announced an HNS swap in beta. It is closed source and we have not tried it.

Don't get robbed

Deals in chat are where people lose money. Someone offers HNS for USDT, you pay first, and the HNS never comes. Never pay a stranger first.
Admins and project people never message you first to sell HNS or to "help" with a wallet. Anyone who does is not one of them.
Never type your recovery phrase into a website, a form or a chat. Namehold asks for it only in its own secure window.
Send a small amount first, every time, to any new address.

How much you need

A transaction fee is a small fraction of one HNS. A bid locks up the amount you choose until the auction ends. If you win, you pay the second-highest bid and get the rest back; if you lose, you get it all back. Either way only if you reveal the bid in time: an unrevealed bid loses its whole lockup. A renewal costs only its fee. Namehold shows the exact amounts before you sign anything.