Content on wallet tracking got a lot of attention and questions, so here’s a detailed breakdown of how it works on Nansen. These tracking tools keep evolving, but imo the best right now is @nansen_ai, a multichain AI analytics platform focused on tracking Smart Money.
The market is not fair. It’s PVP, an arena where you’re fighting against the most experienced and well-equipped traders in the world. Usually, the more money you have, the better information you have. If you’re a whale, a lot of insider information flows into your chats.
Funds are a group of people who collaborate, each focusing on a specific aspect of the market. This approach creates their investment theses and drives what they invest in. Now you understand your position in the market and the huge disadvantage you’re at.
The good thing in crypto is that once you discover the wallet of these big players, you can track their positions, buys, sells, and other moves. You can literally copy players who invest millions to get the fastest access to the highest-quality information.
I use @nansen_ai for this purpose. In Nansen, Smart Money means the most profitable onchain traders and investors. What makes them “smart”? - Consistent wins - High realized profits - Strong performance in all market conditions - Early positioning and trend anticipation
Nansen’s Smart Money labels include two main groups: - Smart Money Funds (~3,150 addresses): VCs, hedge funds, liquid crypto funds, institutional players. - Smart Traders: wallets ranked by performance across multiple timeframes.
Smart Traders are split into: - 30D Smart Trader (~200 wallets) - 90D Smart Trader (~410 wallets) - 180D Smart Trader (~600 wallets) - All-Time Smart Trader (~850 wallets) Each group has its own profit, win rate, and ROI requirements.
Short-term Smart Money (30D & 90D) focuses on: - Higher win rates - Lower profit thresholds - Fast entries/exits - Momentum trading Long-term Smart Money (180D & All-Time) focuses on: - Bigger profits - Higher token diversity - Strategic positioning
The updated Nansen methodology is stricter than ever. Wallets are ranked by: - Win rate - ROI - Realized profit - Trading diversity - Performance in downturns - Long-term consistency
You also get labels for high-performing wallets onchain. Nansen ranks them by activity: Smart Trader (30D, 90D, or 180D) or Fund. You don’t have to decode every wallet. Just pick the label that matches your strategy.
Want to see them in action? The Smart Money Leaderboard ranks top wallets by realized and unrealized PnL. Hover over any address to see: - Net worth - 90D PnL - Win rate - Recent trades
Click on any wallet to open the Profiler and explore its portfolio and trading history. You’ll see: - Full portfolio - PnL breakdown - Trade history - Token holdings - CEX and DEX movements
Nansen also shows Top Tokens among Smart Money: - What they’re trading most right now - What they’re holding most - Breakdowns by market cap, token age, sector Filter to match your focus, from microcaps to majors.
Want to track moves as they happen? The Trades tab gives real-time DEX updates for Smart Money wallets. You can even spot DCA orders they’re placing, so you know when they’re building positions.
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