Wallet and Address Tracking

Following money across addresses reveals behavior — accumulation, distribution, exchange deposits, and mixer usage. Wallets are pseudonymous; clustering links addresses to entities.

Explorers and analytics platforms aggregate token balances, NFT holdings, and DeFi positions per address. Track known wallets — project treasuries, VCs, market makers — for early signals on large moves.

Stolen funds often move through mixers, bridges, and DEXs to obscure origin. Tracing has limits — privacy tools and chain hops break simple linear trails.

Tools notify when labeled addresses transact — whale alert accounts, Nansen smart alerts, Arkham notifications. Alerts lag seconds to minutes; not HFT-grade but useful for research and journalism.