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Smart money Meaning

"Smart Money" refers to the capital controlled by institutional investors, market mavens, and sophisticated funds that are perceived to have better information or more advanced analytical tools than retail investors. In the crypto markets, tracking "Smart Money" involves monitoring the movement of "Whale" wallets and the portfolios of top-tier Venture Capital (VC) firms like Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) or Paradigm.On-chain analytics tools like Nansen or Arkham Intelligence allow users to tag these addresses and receive alerts when they buy or sell.

This leads to the phenomenon of "Copy Trading," where retail participants follow the trades of these entities. However, "Smart Money" is not infallible; institutional investors often hedge their positions or participate in "Private Rounds" with vastly different entry prices than what is available to the public.From a market structure perspective, Smart Money often enters a position during the "Accumulation" phase-when the market is quiet or fearful-and exits during the "Distribution" phase-when retail FOMO is at its peak.

Understanding the flow of this capital is essential for professional traders to gauge the long-term viability and "Conviction" behind a project's price movement.

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