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6. Smart Money

Smart Money is one of the most important entry points in Nansen. It helps you identify wallets and funds that have demonstrated strong onchain performance and use them as a leading signal for market behavior.

Video tutorial​

What Smart Money means in practice​

Smart Money is not just a label for rich wallets. It is meant to surface wallets that show stronger decision quality over time.

Common characteristics include:

  • stronger realized performance
  • better timing on entries and exits
  • better diversification across tokens and cycles
  • more repeatable behavior than one-off lucky trades

Why it matters​

For many users, Smart Money is useful because it shortens the path between market noise and focused research.

Instead of asking what is moving, you can ask:

  • which strong wallets are building positions
  • which tokens are attracting repeat profitable traders
  • whether strong participants are holding, rotating, or exiting

How to use the page​

Leaderboards​

Use the leaderboard to review top wallets, compare PnL, and identify repeated names that appear across time windows.

Token view​

Check what Smart Money is buying, selling, or holding across 24H, 7D, and longer windows.

Trade view​

Use the live trade stream to spot activity before broader narratives become obvious.

Profiler handoff​

When a wallet looks important, open it in Profiler and check counterparties, history, and behavior patterns.

Best workflow​

  1. Start in Smart Money
  2. Find repeated wallet or token signals
  3. Validate them in Profiler and Token God Mode
  4. Add important wallets to Watchlists
  5. Set Smart Alerts for future moves

Common mistake to avoid​

Do not treat every Smart Money buy as a blind buy signal. Use the label as a research shortcut, not a substitute for validation.

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