Nansen Blog

Aug 6, 2025

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MANTRA is a layer-1 blockchain built to bridge traditional finance and DeFi by making regulatory compliance a core feature rather than an afterthought. Unlike many crypto platforms that skirt around legal frameworks, MANTRA embraces them — offering tools for digital identity verification, real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, and jurisdiction-specific compliance modules. Its OM token powers the ecosystem through governance, staking, and transaction fees, while the network’s liquid staking and identity solutions help make decentralized finance accessible to both users and institutions in a compliant way.

Aug 5, 2025

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Flare Network is a layer-1 blockchain designed to solve one of crypto’s biggest challenges: interoperability. It enables different blockchains—especially those that don’t support smart contracts like Bitcoin, XRP, and Dogecoin—to interact and transact securely. Using its innovative State Connector, Flare brings off-chain and cross-chain data onto the blockchain in a decentralized, verifiable way. Combined with its Flare Time Series Oracle (FTSO) for decentralized price feeds, the network provides essential infrastructure for cross-chain DeFi, NFT interoperability, and dApps that rely on real-time, multi-chain data.

Aug 5, 2025

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Tendermint is a foundational blockchain technology that enables fast, secure, and energy-efficient consensus for decentralized networks. It’s not a cryptocurrency itself, but rather the engine behind major blockchains like Cosmos, Binance Chain, and Crypto.com Chain. At its core, Tendermint separates the consensus layer (Tendermint Core) from the application layer (via ABCI), allowing developers to build blockchain apps in any programming language without needing to manage complex consensus mechanisms. It uses Byzantine Fault Tolerant (BFT) consensus combined with Proof of Stake, enabling instant finality — meaning once a transaction is confirmed, it can’t be reversed.

Aug 4, 2025

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Walrus is a decentralized storage protocol built on the Sui blockchain that securely stores large files across a distributed network using erasure coding and blob storage architecture. Powered by the WAL token, it offers cost-effective, censorship-resistant storage with staking, governance, and reward mechanisms — making it an ideal solution for dApps, creators, enterprises, and privacy-conscious users seeking alternatives to centralized cloud storage.

Aug 4, 2025

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Tokenomics analysis is the study of how a crypto token is structured, distributed, and used — acting as the economic backbone of any blockchain project. By understanding key elements like supply mechanics, utility, governance, inflation models, and vesting schedules, investors can better assess a token’s sustainability, risks, and long-term value, helping them avoid red flags and make smarter, data-informed investment decisions.

Aug 1, 2025

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In the world of decentralized finance, your money's security depends on code. But how can you trust that code is secure? That's where DeFi protocol auditing comes in – a crucial but often overlooked aspect of cryptocurrency investment strategy.

Aug 1, 2025

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A DeFi trader at a Tier 1 market-making firm replaced manual dashboard workflows with automated insight pipelines using the Nansen API. By integrating endpoints like Token Screener, Smart Money inflows, and PnL leaderboards, the team built custom dashboards that filter top-performing tokens based on smart trader behavior and conviction signals. This enabled faster token discovery, clearer visibility into credible buyer activity, and improved decision-making — ultimately transforming noisy on-chain data into alpha-generating insights.

Aug 1, 2025

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WebCapital, a venture and onchain research firm, upgraded from manual token tracking to an automated, API-powered workflow using Nansen. By integrating endpoints like Token God Mode and Profiler, they now access buyer behavior, wallet balances, and transaction data instantly — cutting research time, reducing missed opportunities, and scaling their investment analysis with real-time onchain insights.

Aug 1, 2025

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WIDI, a mobile-first Solana copy trading app, integrated the Nansen API to bring structured, real-time onchain token insights directly into its UI. This integration enabled beginner and pro traders alike to understand token flows, track smart money activity, and evaluate token performance, significantly improving user decision-making, reducing research time, and cutting infrastructure maintenance costs — all while scaling analytics across multiple chains.