For long term investment definitely bitcoin is the best choice at the whole crypto market bitcoin is dominating as well as big institutions and governments adoption is constantly increasing compared with stocks and gold definitely bitcoin is reliable and profitable investment.
This thread was created back in 2019, and at that time we had no idea what NEO's fate would be in the 2021 season. Currently, observing NEO's price weakness, it's very difficult for new investors to choose NEO for their portfolios.
Typically, BTC would be the choice, just as you said. After that, investors might consider many other tokens that are native tokens of L1s, like ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, ADA, SUI, APT... It seems NEO has been abandoned and has little chance of making a comeback to create a surprise!