Around The Coin Building AI-Driven Onchain Trading - Alex Svanevik | ATC #600
Feb 25, 2026
Alex Svanevik, CEO and co-founder of Nansen and former AI/data scientist, explains Nansen’s shift from NFT analytics to an AI-native on-chain trading stack. He covers agentic conversational interfaces, large-scale smart‑money address labeling, self‑custodial execution, vibe trading and trust ladders, and the future of tokenized indices and autonomous agents reshaping finance.
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Nansen Became An AI Native Onchain Trading Stack
- Nansen transformed from NFT analytics into an AI-native, full-stack on-chain trading product combining signal, execution, and portfolio tracking in one self-custodial interface.
- Alex fine-tuned agentic models on half a billion labeled addresses and real-time on-chain data so users can query and trade via conversational prompts.
Have Engineers Build Agentic Systems Not Hand Code
- Shift job expectations: have engineers build agentic systems and create quality gates instead of hand-coding everything yourself.
- Use continuous integration plus AI-driven tests and security gates so agents produce safe, deployable code at scale.
Address Labeling Is The Core Durable Moat
- Blockchain transparency plus large-scale address labeling enables durable 'smart money' signal across narratives from DeFi to NFTs to memecoins.
- Nansen labels over half a billion addresses to surface who is buying what in real time for alpha discovery.
