---
name: nansen-smart-money-tracker
description: Smart money tracking — netflow, trades, holdings, perp trades. Use when finding what smart money wallets are buying/selling or tracking whale activity.
metadata:
  openclaw:
    requires:
      bins:
        - nansen
    primaryEnv: NANSEN_API_KEY
    install:
      - kind: node
        package: nansen-cli
        bins: [nansen]
allowed-tools: Bash(nansen:*)
---
## Authentication

Browser login requests `nansen:api` for API-key-equivalent account API permissions; existing OAuth/MCP `nansen:read` semantics and separate wallet authorization are unchanged.

Before any research command or loop, require an explicitly selected API key or saved browser session. Run `nansen auth status` first. Its cached/unverified metadata does not prove credential validity or unlocked storage. Cached access-token expiry alone does not mean the session is unusable: the CLI normally renews a selected session automatically during an already-authorized research task, without another consent request or a separate account check. Stop on anonymous selection, invalid authentication state, blocked or uncertain renewal/cleanup, or an actual authentication failure, including rejected or expired refresh authority. Follow the CLI error guidance; use the free `nansen account` check when troubleshooting calls for it. Do not unset a failed key, erase a session or switch to anonymous access to retry.

Use `nansen login` for fresh browser approval within the documented platform scope, or configure a conventional API key. `NANSEN_API_KEY` overrides the saved session. OpenClaw's optional `primaryEnv` mapping preserves configured API-key injection; it is not a required-key gate or proof of authentication. Normal credits and entitlements apply. Login does not purchase credits. Browser login is available in CLI 2.0.0 within the [macOS arm64 preview scope](https://github.com/nansen-ai/nansen-cli/blob/main/docs/browser-login.md#preview-platform-scope).

API keys and browser sessions use the same automatic x402 payment behavior: a supported HTTP 402 challenge can spend funds from the configured wallet under existing wallet authorization, payment policy and spending limits. Each call, including calls in loops, can incur a payment. Authentication, authorization and session-renewal failures never trigger payment; login verification and `nansen account` never pay automatically. Anonymous x402 remains available as a separate paid workflow requiring explicit user intent and payment setup. Do not run this research workflow anonymously or switch to anonymous access after authentication fails.


# Smart Money

All commands: `nansen research smart-money <sub> [options]`

## Subcommands

```bash
# Netflow — what tokens are smart money accumulating?
nansen research smart-money netflow --chain solana --limit 10

# DEX trades — real-time spot trades by smart money
nansen research smart-money dex-trades --chain solana --labels "Smart Trader" --limit 20

# Holdings — aggregated SM portfolio
nansen research smart-money holdings --chain solana --limit 10

# Perp trades — Hyperliquid only (no --chain needed)
nansen research smart-money perp-trades --limit 10
```

## Labels

Filter by smart money category with `--labels`:

| Label | Use case |
|-------|----------|
| `Fund` | Crypto funds |
| `Smart Trader` | All-time top performers |
| `30D Smart Trader` | Hot hands — top 30 days |
| `90D Smart Trader` | Top 90 days |
| `180D Smart Trader` | Top 180 days |
| `Smart HL Perps Trader` | Top Hyperliquid perp traders |

```bash
nansen research smart-money netflow --chain solana --labels "Fund" --limit 10
```

## Flags

| Flag | Purpose |
|------|---------|
| `--chain` | Required for netflow/dex-trades/holdings |
| `--labels` | Filter by SM label (quote multi-word values) |
| `--limit` | Number of results |
| `--sort` | Sort field:direction (e.g. `value_usd:desc`) |
| `--fields` | Select specific fields |
| `--table` | Human-readable table output |
| `--format csv` | CSV export |

## Notes

- `perp-trades` is Hyperliquid-only. No `--chain` flag.
- For a time-series view of SM positions: `nansen research smart-money historical-holdings --chain <chain> --days 30`