Nansen Blog

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.

Jul 31, 2025

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Ever wonder how investigators track suspicious crypto transactions despite Bitcoin's supposed anonymity? The answer lies in transaction clustering—a powerful technique that groups related blockchain addresses to reveal who might control them. For crypto investors, understanding this concept isn't just interesting — it has real implications for your privacy and investment strategies.

Jul 30, 2025

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DeFi risk management is all about safeguarding your assets in an unpredictable, unregulated environment by understanding threats like smart contract bugs, liquidity crises, and governance exploits. Strategies like diversification, protocol audits, DeFi insurance, and monitoring tools help reduce risk — because in DeFi, protecting your capital is just as important as chasing yields.

Jul 29, 2025

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Predictive analytics in DeFi leverages onchain data, machine learning, and smart contract analysis to forecast market trends, manage risks, and optimize yield strategies. Unlike traditional finance, DeFi’s transparent, composable, and 24/7 nature demands advanced tools to help investors — especially younger, data-savvy ones — move from reactive decisions to proactive, data-driven strategies.

Jul 25, 2025

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If you've ventured into cryptocurrency beyond just holding Bitcoin, you've likely encountered DeFi — decentralized finance. But how do you separate promising projects from risky ones? This is where DeFi analytics comes in.

Jul 24, 2025

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In the transparent yet pseudonymous world of cryptocurrency, your transactions leave a permanent trail. But what exactly is crypto tracing, and why should you care? Let's break down this critical aspect of blockchain technology that impacts every crypto investor.