Nansen

What Nansen does

Nansen is a Singapore-headquartered blockchain analytics and onchain intelligence platform founded in 2020 by CEO Alex Svanevik. Its core product combines a proprietary database of 500M+ labeled wallet addresses (categorized into Smart Money, Whales, Public Figures, Funds, and other behavioral cohorts across 30+ blockchains including Ethereum, Solana, Base, BNB Chain, Polygon, Arbitrum, Hyperliquid, and TRON) with real-time multi-chain indexing and LLM-driven agentic reasoning. The platform delivers Smart Money tracking, Token God Mode, Wallet Profiler, portfolio dashboards, Smart Alerts, and an AI Agent that executes trades across Solana and Base via aggregated routing through Jupiter, OKX, and LI.FI.

Nansen monetizes through a layered model: tiered Pro subscriptions (monthly/annual, prices not publicly disclosed), a transactional trading-fee stream from spot and perpetual execution, an API product with both subscription access and a usage-based x402 pay-per-call tier ($0.01–$0.05 per USDC call on Base or Solana), enterprise Master Services Agreements for custom dashboards and institutional research, affiliate/referral commissions, and yield-sharing from non-custodial staking operations inherited from the September 2024 StakeWithUs acquisition. Distribution is primarily product-led self-serve through web (app.nansen.ai) and mobile apps, supplemented by an enterprise sales channel and an emerging agent-native API surface targeting AI developers via the Coinbase x402 protocol and PayAI facilitator.

The company is venture-backed with $88.2M in disclosed funding, most recently a $75M Series B in December 2021 led by Accel at a $750M valuation, with Andreessen Horowitz, Tiger Global, and GIC participating. Nansen recently incorporated a new entity in Gelephu Mindfulness City (Bhutan) as its governing jurisdiction, while maintaining Singapore as its operational HQ. It has roughly 101–250 employees and was named to Fortune's 2026 Crypto Innovators list.

Name

Nansen

Legal name

Nansen

Website

https://nansen.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Nansen is a Singapore-based blockchain analytics and AI-powered onchain intelligence platform serving crypto traders, institutions, and developers with 500M+ labeled wallets, agentic trading, and a pay-per-call API across 30+ blockchains.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Blockchain Analytics Platform

NAICS

Securities and Commodity Exchanges (523210), Securities and Commodity Exchanges (52321), Securities and Commodity Exchanges (5232)

SIC

Security & Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges & Services (6200), Finance Services (6199)

akta.pro primary industry

Blockchain Analytics & Transaction Monitoring (FSADALAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Digital Asset Risk, Security & Audit Tooling (Smart Contract Audit, Threat Monitoring) (FSAGAMAJ)

Keywords

• Blockchain analytics platform
• Onchain intelligence software
• Crypto market intelligence
• Smart money tracking
• Agentic crypto trading

Headquarters

HQ city

Singapore

HQ country

Singapore

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Nansen Pro Subscriptions: Recurring tiered subscription plans for the AI-powered onchain analytics platform, including Smart Money tracking, Token God Mode, Wallet Profiler, AI prompts, and reduced trading fees; billed monthly or annually via self-serve purchase.
2. Trading Fees: Transaction-based fee revenue on spot, perps (including Hyperliquid), and cross-chain trades executed through the platform, routed via Jupiter, OKX, and LI.FI; lower fees unlocked through Nansen Points tier progression.
3. API Access (Subscription + x402 Pay-Per-Call): Dual monetization: monthly subscription API key access for Pro users plus a usage-based pay-per-call tier priced at $0.01 (Basic) and $0.05 (Premium) per USDC call on Base or Solana via x402, enabling agent-native consumption.
4. Enterprise / Custom Services: Custom Services delivered under Master Services Agreements, including bespoke dashboards, reports, research, integrations, and dedicated analytics deliverables for institutional clients under Order Forms and Statements of Work.
5. Affiliate & Referral Commissions: Performance-based payouts to affiliates and referrers on subscriptions, API credits, and trading fees generated by referred users, plus 10% referral discounts.
6. Staking & Validator Revenue: Non-custodial staking services across 20+ networks (acquired via Stakewithus) plus validator operations on Hyperliquid, Injective, and other PoS chains, generating staking yield share and protocol economics.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion5 records

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Nansen provides an AI-powered onchain intelligence platform that combines a proprietary database of 500M+ labeled blockchain addresses with real-time multi-chain analytics, Smart Money tracking, agentic AI trading, and portfolio monitoring across 30+ blockchains. The platform is delivered via self-serve web and mobile apps, an enterprise Master Services Agreement channel, and a developer-facing API that supports both traditional monthly subscriptions and x402 USDC pay-per-call access for autonomous AI agents.

Product overview

Nansen is a single unified AI-powered onchain intelligence platform — not a platform-plus-modules architecture with disconnected pieces — built around a core product called Nansen AI that combines Smart Money tracking, Token God Mode, Nansen Profiler (Wallet Profiler), Portfolio Dashboard, Chain Dashboards, Smart Alerts, and Hot Contracts into one agentic experience. The Nansen AI Agent sits on top of this data layer as the conversational interface, providing agentic trading execution that routes orders through Jupiter, OKX, and LI.FI on Base and Solana. Complementing the core analytics platform are the Nansen API (with both subscription and x402 pay-per-call access models), the Nansen Staking service (powered by acquired StakeWithUs, supporting 20+ networks including HYPE on Hyperliquid), the Nansen Points loyalty program (now in Season 03 with SafePal hardware wallet and St0x partnership perks), the NX8 Layer-1 digital token index (the first product under Nansen's Joint Venture Protocol framework, co-developed with OpenDelta), and the acquired Ape Board DeFi portfolio tracker. Together these products close the full onchain loop — from signal discovery through Smart Money intelligence, to execution via agentic trading, to portfolio monitoring, to loyalty rewards and yield-bearing staking.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Nansen Points: Loyalty program with its own terms of service that rewards user engagement through subscriptions, staking, referrals, and onboarding tasks; participants earn tiers, perks, and rewards.

Products and services

• Nansen AI Unified AI-powered onchain intelligence platform combining 500M+ labeled wallet data, Smart Money tracking, Token God Mode, agentic AI trading, and portfolio monitoring into a single product for retail and institutional crypto investors, delivered via web app, mobile app, and developer API.
• Nansen API (with x402 Pay-Per-Call) Developer-facing REST API providing access to 500M+ labeled wallets, smart money data, and token analytics across 30+ chains, with two access models: traditional Nansen Pro subscription via API keys and an x402-based pay-per-call tier with USDC micropayments on Base or Solana.
• Nansen Staking Non-custodial staking service supporting 20+ networks including Ethereum, Solana, Sui, and Hyperliquid (HYPE), enabling users to stake assets directly through the Nansen interface and earn Nansen Points, with Nansen operating validators on multiple PoS chains.
• NX8 Digital Token Index Layer-1 token index tracking Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, BNB Chain, TRON, Hyperliquid, Avalanche, and Sui; issued on Solana via the LayerZero OFT standard with Anchorage and Hex Trust institutional custody and GMCI methodology, and available on Solana DEX aggregators including Orca, Jupiter, Kamino, and Dflow.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration26 records

AI capability13 records

Feature9 records

Partnerships

25 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• InjectiveflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 May 2026Full onchain analytics suite (Chain Dashboard, Token God Mode, Nansen Profiler) plus running an Injective validator; Nansen CEO Alex Svanevik and Injective CEO Eric Chen jointly announced the integration to bring Smart Money labels and wallet flow data to Injective.
• SafePalflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 May 2026Hardware wallet / self-custody partner for Nansen Points Season 03; provided 10,000 exclusive SafePal X1 hardware wallets (CC EAL 6+ secure element, Bluetooth, 200+ chain support) to Green/Ice/North/Star tier members.
• Coinbase (x402 protocol)flagshipTechnology or Integration · 21 April 2026Nansen was among the first major onchain analytics platforms to go live on Coinbase's x402 protocol, enabling USDC pay-per-call API access for AI agents and developers.
• PayAIflagshipTechnology or Integration · 16 April 2026Solana x402 facilitator for Nansen's USDC pay-per-call API on Solana, providing gasless transactions, multi-network support (Solana + EVM), and SDKs for TypeScript, Python, and Rust.
• UnifAIcoreTechnology or Integration · 28 February 2026Partnership to incorporate AI-powered DeFi rewards into Nansen Points Season 3, letting users automate DeFi strategies and earn points for on-chain engagement.
• St0xcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 February 2026Spotlight partner in Nansen Points Season 03; St0x is a regulated decentralized exchange offering on-chain access to tokenized equities, ETFs, and commodities. Users share $5,000 tokenized asset reward pool; Ice tier+ members get lifetime trading fee waivers upon committing $2,500+ in assets.
• OpenDeltaflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 February 2026Co-issued the NX8 digital token index tracking the eight largest Layer-1 blockchains (Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, BNB Chain, TRON, Hyperliquid, Avalanche, Sui) — first product launched under Nansen's Joint Venture Protocol.
• LayerZerocoreTechnology or Integration · 3 February 2026Used as the Omnichain Fungible Token standard to issue NX8 on Solana with multichain compatibility.
• AnchoragecoreTechnology or Integration · 3 February 2026Institutional-grade custody provider for the NX8 index token, alongside Hex Trust.
• Hex TrustcoreTechnology or Integration · 3 February 2026Institutional-grade custody provider for the NX8 index token, alongside Anchorage.
• GMCIcoreTechnology or Integration · 3 February 2026Maintains the index methodology for the NX8 Layer-1 index token.
• OrcaminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 3 February 2026Solana-based DEX listed as an initial trading venue for the NX8 index token.
• KaminominorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 3 February 2026Solana-based aggregator listed as an initial trading venue for the NX8 index token.
• DflowminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 3 February 2026Solana-based aggregator listed as an initial trading venue for the NX8 index token.
• SuiflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 January 2026Integration with Sui to provide AI-powered analytics including capital flow tracking and wallet examinations, with a phased rollout including 'Token God Mode' and 'Wallet Profiler'; originally announced as a strategic partnership on March 21, 2025.
• JupiterflagshipTechnology or Integration · 21 January 2026DEX aggregator partner for cross-chain trading execution integrated into Nansen's agentic trading workflow; also a trading platform where the NX8 index token is initially available.
• OKXflagshipTechnology or Integration · 21 January 2026Partner for cross-chain trading execution, aggregating liquidity alongside Jupiter and LI.FI for Nansen's agentic AI trading tool launched on Base and Solana.
• LI.FIflagshipTechnology or Integration · 21 January 2026Cross-chain routing partner aggregated alongside Jupiter and OKX for optimal trade execution inside Nansen.
• KatanacoreTechnology or Integration · 13 January 2026Partnership to integrate onchain analytics into Katana's high-performance DeFi blockchain, providing users with the Katana Growth Dashboard for activity metrics and ecosystem insights.
• PrivycoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2026Powers Nansen's non-custodial wallet infrastructure (deposit, withdraw, explore), embedded directly inside the trading product.
• Superteam IrelandcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 19 December 2025Partnership to support Irish Web3 builders by providing access to Nansen's blockchain analytics platform and a grant of 100,000 API credits, especially for the Solana ecosystem.
• MocaProof (Moca Network / Animoca Brands)coreTechnology or Integration · 17 December 2025Decentralized identity platform from Moca Network integrated Nansen credentials, enabling users to incorporate on-chain analytics into verifiable identity proofs and receive Nansen AI credit gifts.
• FlarecoreTechnology or Integration · 24 April 2025Joined Flare's network of 83 Infrastructure Providers, running proof-of-stake validators and providing off-chain price data to the Flare Time Series Oracle, supporting the path to Flare 2.0.
• StakewithusflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 September 2024Acquired by Nansen in September 2024; Stakewithus is a non-custodial staking service provider supporting over 20 networks and managing $80M+ in assets across 30,000+ users. The acquisition integrated staking services into Nansen, enabling users to analyze data, monitor portfolios, and stake assets seamlessly within the platform.
• Ape BoardflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 May 2022DeFi portfolio tracker acquired by Nansen for over $10M to enhance the platform with multi-chain portfolio tracking and on-chain data analysis, providing a comprehensive market view.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Glassnode: Glassnode is the closest direct peer to Nansen — both are subscription-based onchain analytics platforms serving retail and institutional crypto investors with proprietary wallet labeling, onchain metrics, and smart-money-grade intelligence.
• Arkham Intelligence: Arkham is a direct competitor in wallet labeling and onchain entity attribution, with a token-incentivized marketplace for matching wallets to real-world identities — overlapping Nansen's 500M+ labeled wallet thesis.
• CryptoQuant: CryptoQuant provides onchain and exchange-flow analytics for traders and institutions; it overlaps with Nansen's Token God Mode and Smart Money tracking for institutional and pro-trader audiences.
• IntoTheBlock: IntoTheBlock delivers AI-powered onchain analytics and market intelligence to institutional and retail crypto investors, directly competing with Nansen's predictive analytics and Smart Money attribution features.

Emerging players

• Dune Analytics: Dune is a community-driven onchain analytics platform with SQL-based dashboards; it competes with Nansen on data breadth and price (free tier) but lacks the proprietary wallet-labeling depth that defines Nansen's moat.
• Token Terminal: Token Terminal focuses on protocol financial metrics (revenue, fees, P/E for protocols) and overlaps with Nansen's protocol-level dashboards and institutional research, particularly for funds benchmarking onchain businesses.
• Phalcon by Blocksec: Phalcon provides transaction tracing, debugging, and onchain monitoring tools that overlap with Nansen's Wallet Profiler for power users and developers investigating onchain activity.

Broad incumbents

• Chainalysis: Chainalysis is the dominant incumbent in blockchain analytics, primarily serving government and law-enforcement clients. While its market (compliance, investigations) differs from Nansen's trader focus, it operates in the same onchain intelligence category at much larger scale.
• Messari: Messari combines crypto research, onchain data, and protocol-level intelligence — overlapping with Nansen's research output and chain dashboards, while serving a similar institutional investor base.
• Coin Metrics: Coin Metrics provides institutional-grade onchain and market data with a strong emphasis on data quality and methodology — a comparable institutional analytics layer, though less retail-trader-focused than Nansen.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors22 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A2 records

Investments1 record

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