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# Buying BNB and NRG

In addition to the ecosystem's native currency, you will also need to pay gas for blockchain transactions. For that, you will need BNB, for transacting in the BNB Chain if you are interested in the Energy Area.

### Where Can I Buy NRG?

Energy will be tradeable on different Exchanges, both Centralised and Decentralised, the list of all Exchanges and trading pairs can be seen below.

Besides this list, make sure to check out our in-depth guides about the biggest exchanges XCAD trades on.

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* PancakeSwap - [NRG/BUSD](https://pancakeswap.finance/swap?outputCurrency=0x93eA2a6508D410490F2094fc68625522Ddc5cd9f\&inputCurrency=0xe9e7CEA3DedcA5984780Bafc599bD69ADd087D56)
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* TBA
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