Solana Weekly #116 - Nansen CEO Alex Talks Crypto Cycles and OnChain Analytics
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Join host Thomas Bahamas on Solana Weekly for an awesome chat with Alex Svanevik, CEO of Nansen which is the gold standard in crypto analytics. They explore tokenized assets blending TradFi and crypto, market cycles and "chain wars," Solana's edge in RWAs, regulatory ironies pushing retail into meme coins, and Nansen's evolution from DeFi tools to AI agents for real-time on-chain insights.
Top 3 Takeaways:
Crypto's "sandbox era" of speculation is hardening infrastructure for real assets like tokenized stocks on Solana.
Regulations should enable positive-sum investments (e.g., equity in protocols) over zero-sum meme games.
Nansen democratizes analytics with labeled addresses, staking ($2B+ TVL), and upcoming AI for portfolio tracking and alpha discovery.
Listen for the full dive into the future of finance!
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Nansen: https://nansen.ai
Alex on X: https://x.com/ASvaneviktwitter.com
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