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 when server admission and the supported platform cohort are enabled, 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 rollout acceptance is still pending.

Anonymous x402 is a separate paid workflow: without a selected credential, the CLI can automatically spend funds from its configured wallet on a supported 402 challenge, once per call, including calls in loops. Do not run this research workflow anonymously. Anonymous payment requires separate explicit user intent and payment setup; it is never a fallback for failed authentication.

Smart Money

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

Subcommands

# 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:

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

Flags

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