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Everything you need to know about onchain

Onchain for Beginners

Below is a comprehensive glossary of key terms to help beginners understand the world of blockchain, cryptocurrency, and on-chain trading/investment.

Onchain Glossary for Beginners

Onchain analytics is all about analyzing blockchain activity — empowering traders, investors, and researchers with actionable insights. 

Onchain Explained

Crypto investing has gained immense popularity as digital assets like Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and a variety of altcoins have emerged as viable investment opportunities. Unlike traditional stocks or bonds, crypto operates on decentralized blockchain networks, offering unique benefits and risks.

Crypto Investing for Beginners

Crypto trading involves buying, selling, or exchanging crypto with the goal of making a profit. Unlike traditional stock markets, crypto markets operate 24/7, offering opportunities around the clock. While the potential for profit is significant, the crypto market’s volatility and complexity can make trading daunting for beginners.

Crypto Trading for Beginners

Buying and selling crypto is the starting point for most people. While the mechanics of buying and selling crypto are straightforward, choosing the right platform, managing fees, and securing your funds can make a big difference.

Buying/Selling Crypto for Beginners

Staking is one of the most popular ways to earn passive income with your crypto. It allows you to lock up your crypto to support the operations of a blockchain network, such as transaction validation, and in return, you earn rewards. Staking is most commonly associated with Proof of Stake (PoS) blockchains, where participants contribute to the network’s security and efficiency.

Staking Crypto for Beginners

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Trade where you research. Perps trading on Hyperliquid, directly on Nansen. 

Perps Trading (Hyperliquid) 101

Stop switching between analytics and trading platforms. Spot Smart Money signals and trade everything onchain, with AI.

Agentic Trading 101

Your entire onchain research and trading workflow, now conversational—ask questions, execute trades, monitor markets, all through one agent that follows you everywhere.

Nansen AI 101

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Nansen Points 101

With over $2B in AUM, securely earn on crypto assets across multichain ecosystems through Proof-of-Stake mechanism.

Nansen Staking 101

Nansen API and MCP gives users programmatic access to high-quality real-time onchain data across numerous networks.

Nansen API/MCP 101

Your all-in-one solution for tracking and analyzing your crypto investments across multiple chains and protocols. From monitoring real-time performance to simulating market scenarios, this powerful tool helps you make data-driven decisions with confidence.


Nansen Portfolio 101

Catch whale movements, token transfers, and Smart Money activity before the market reacts. AI-powered alerts to understand what’s happening onchain — never miss another alpha move.

AI Smart Alerts 101

Track activities of the most profitable crypto traders and investors, from venture funds to whale wallets. Analyze movements of top market performers to gain insights that inform your investment strategy.

Smart Money 101

Get comprehensive AI-powered wallet analysis to identify connections between wallets and specific entities. Particularly effective for wallet ownership analysis and behavioral patterns.

Deep Research 101

Nansen Labels and Watchlists helps you organize and track onchain wallets with ease. Instead of sorting through complex address numbers, personalize your Nansen experience and monitor important wallets, and tokens by labeling them according to how you want, tracking them in a watchlist.


Labels & Watchlists 101

Token Screener is a powerful discovery tool for identifying high-potential tokens using onchain data and market trends. From tracking Smart Money movements to analyzing trading volumes and market caps, this comprehensive tool helps you spot crypto token opportunities before they go big.


Token Screener 101

Token God Mode is a comprehensive view for diving into a token in detail. From tracking Smart Money movements to analyzing holder distributions and exchange flows, this powerful tool gives you a complete view of any token's activity.


Token God Mode 101

Chain God Mode provides a comprehensive view of onchain activity across multiple chains. From comparing key metrics to analyzing specific chain performance, this powerful tool helps you understand ecosystem dynamics and track network growth.

Chain God Mode 101

Dive deep into 500M+ labeled addresses and explore token relationships, connections between entities, and everything you need to understand everything onchain.


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