Inside the AION pipeline
Nansen gives you the raw data. AION gives you the answer. Ten-stage pipeline, fully automated, every 4 hours. Click any stage to see the actual nansen … command it runs.
The 10-stage pipeline
~116 cr (Solana + Base) + ~31 cr (Polymarket) ≈ 147 credits / cycle, ~900 credits/day at 4h intervalsHot token scan
- Pulls the top smart-money flow tokens per chain via Nansen CLI
- Solana, Ethereum, Base in parallel
- ~30 raw candidates per chain
nansen research smart-money netflow --chain solana --limit 30 --json nansen research smart-money netflow --chain base --limit 30 --json
Click a node or hover to inspect. Output of stage 10 feeds back into stage 1 — the loop is the feature.
Hot token scan
- Pulls the top smart-money flow tokens per chain via Nansen CLI
- Solana, Ethereum, Base in parallel
- ~30 raw candidates per chain
Smart-money filter
- Pulls the top buyers on each hot token
- Keeps wallets Nansen labels as Smart Money / Fund / Whale
- Drops retail noise immediately
Wallet grading
- Runs every SM wallet through the profiler endpoint
- Scores on PnL, win rate, trade count, consistency
- Assigns deterministic S / A / B / C / D tier
Accumulation scoring
- Composite score from buy/sell ratio, buyer concentration (HHI), SM-buyer %, volume consistency
- Produces one number you can rank by
- Tunable weights (see Self-learning loop below)
Convergence detection
- The core unlock. Finds wallets buying ≥2 hot tokens in the same window
- One wallet in one token = noise. Same cluster in three = syndicate
- Maps wallet network graph for the top 5 wallets (related-wallets endpoint)
Risk filter
- GoPlus honeypot / rug / tax check
- Risk tier preset: degen / balanced / conservative
- Community blocklist voting
Polymarket whales
- Same wallet+convergence pipeline applied to prediction markets
- Multi-bet grouping detects coordinated wagers across related markets
- Hedge detection reveals true directional conviction behind offsetting positions
- Free Polymarket data-api fetches the full position book per whale
AI reasoning
- LLM synthesises the raw data into a verdict: strong_buy / buy / watch / avoid
- Outputs confidence, bullish factors, bearish factors, risk flags
- Turns 40 numbers into one sentence
Action layer
- Paper portfolio with live P/L (DexScreener prices, free)
- Editable SL/TP per position + auto-exit cron
- Telegram alerts + copy-trade scaffolding
Self-learning
- Curator records every snapshot to /data/evolution.json
- Forward-price tracker fills in +24h / +48h / +7d returns
- Scoring weights nudged when high-score tokens underperform
AION vs raw Nansen
Nansen is the best on-chain data source in crypto — it's where AION gets its input. But going to nansen.ai directly means clicking through a hundred pages by hand. Here's what AION adds on top.
| Capability | Nansen | AION |
|---|---|---|
| Raw wallet + token data | ||
| Deterministic wallet grading (S/A/B/C/D) | ||
| Accumulation composite score | ||
| Cross-token convergence join | ||
| Risk filter (honeypot / rug check) | ||
| AI verdict + reasoning | ||
| Self-evolving scoring | WIP | |
| 7-investor persona panel | ||
| Multi-source research (6 APIs) | ||
| Polymarket multi-bet / hedge detection |
Cross-token convergence detection. Nansen will never tell you “these three wallets are buying Token A and Token B and Token C right now.” That join doesn't exist in their UI. One wallet in one token is noise. The same cluster showing up in three is a syndicate. This is the signal that separates alpha from coincidence.
How wallet grading works
Every wallet gets scored on five weighted factors, producing a 0–100 score that maps to a tier. The weights are tunable via the self-evolving loop.
% of tracked trades that closed profitable
Total $ made from closed positions over rolling window
Sample size — more trades = more reliable signal
Low variance across months, not one lucky hit
Bonus for Smart Money / Fund / Whale labels
| S | 90–100 | Elite — top 1% of tracked wallets. Systematic alpha. |
| A | 75–89 | High conviction. Consistently profitable across trades. |
| B | 60–74 | Above average. Shows strong patterns but some noise. |
| C | 40–59 | Mixed results. Watch list. |
| D | 0–39 | Inconsistent or unprofitable. Filtered out. |
How accumulation scoring works
Separate from wallet grading — this scores the token, not the wallet. Answers: “Is smart money actually accumulating this, or is it just volatile noise?”
Smart money buying more than selling
Low Herfindahl (HHI) — spread across many wallets, not one
% of buyers that Nansen labels as Smart Money
Steady accumulation over time, not one spike
Raw number of distinct SM wallets
Accumulation signals
When multiple signals fire simultaneously, the conviction score increases. These are the patterns AION watches for.
Wallet convergence
Multiple high-grade wallets buying the same token within a short window.
Volume anomaly
Unusual volume spike relative to the 30-day average.
Whale accumulation
Large wallets increasing positions — high-conviction bets.
Smart money consensus
3+ S/A-grade wallets aligned on the same token — strongest confluence signal.
Risk tiers
Every token is assigned a risk tier based on liquidity, project maturity, and audit status.
| Tier | Score | Characteristics |
|---|---|---|
Low | 1–3 | High liquidity, established project, multiple audits. |
Medium | 4–6 | Moderate liquidity, growing community, some risk factors. |
High | 7–10 | Low liquidity, new/unaudited, high volatility. |
Self-evolving scoring loop
Karpathy-style autoresearch pattern: hypothesis → experiment → evaluate → improve. Every discovery run is a live experiment.
Current scoring weights are loaded as the active model
Discovery run records a snapshot: every token, its score, its entry price
Forward price checks at +24h / +48h. High-score vs low-score returns compared
Weights adjusted if high-score tokens underperform. New version committed
7-investor persona panel
Every token AION surfaces gets analyzed by seven AI personas, each modeled after a legendary investor with a distinct philosophy. They pull live data from six external sources and deliver independent verdicts.
Value investing, moats, fundamentals
Contrarian deep-value, macro shorts
Macro momentum, position sizing
Quantitative valuation, risk models
Disruptive innovation, long-term growth
Activist conviction, catalyst-driven
Emerging market growth, high conviction
Each persona pulls live data from CoinGecko (price, volume, market cap), GoPlus Security (contract risk), DexScreener (DEX liquidity), DefiLlama (TVL, protocol data), GitHub (development activity), and X/Twitter (sentiment, mentions, influencer signals). No opinions without evidence. Results are cached for 6 hours (instant on repeat lookups), and every verdict is tracked against actual forward price performance so the panel's accuracy can be measured and improved over time.
Data sources
AION aggregates intelligence from seven data providers to build a complete picture of every token and market.
Smart money netflow, wallet profiling, trade history, Polymarket screener
Market data, price history, volume, market cap rankings
Honeypot detection, rug pull checks, contract risk scanning
Real-time DEX prices, pair data, liquidity metrics
TVL tracking, protocol analytics, yield data
Project activity, commit frequency, contributor metrics
Sentiment analysis, mention tracking, influencer signals
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