How do I export a swap history from a wallet that only shows token balances

07 September 2026

You cannot. A wallet that displays only token balances does not contain your swap history. That history lives on the Arbitrum blockchain, not inside the wallet interface. To get a record, you must look up your wallet address on a block explorer and extract the relevant transactions from its full activity log.

Your wallet is a viewer. It reads balances from the chain, but it does not store a separate historical ledger of your swaps. When an interface shows only current token holdings, it has either omitted the transaction list entirely or simply not loaded it for that view. The underlying data exists, but the tool you are using chooses not to display it.

The standard way to retrieve swap history for an Arbitrum address is to paste that address into a block explorer such as Arbiscan. On the address page, the "Transactions" and "Token Transfers" tabs show every event the address has signed. Not every transfer is a swap - many are simple sends, approvals, or liquidity operations. You need to filter for interactions with known swap contracts. Most explorers allow you to filter by "Method" or "To" address. Swap contracts follow recognisable patterns: router addresses, pool contracts, or aggregator endpoints. You can identify swaps by looking for functions like swapExactTokensForTokens, swapExactETHForTokens, or multicall on router contracts.

If you have your wallet connected to a portfolio tracker or a decentralised application that previously showed swap history, the app may cache records locally. Clearing browser data or reinstalling the wallet extension can erase that cache. Then the only source is the chain again.

For tax records and receipts, a block explorer transaction list is not enough by itself. A row of hashes and timestamps does not tell an accountant which token you swapped for which, or at what price, unless you also record the output amounts and the swap rate at the time. That is where the screenshot or manual note from the moment of the trade becomes necessary. If you are reading this because you never saved those details, you have a problem: the on-chain record confirms that a swap happened, but it cannot reconstruct the fiat-equivalent value unless you also preserve the trade's exact parameters.

The hub page under which this advice sits, "Arbitrum swap receipts and tax records", explains how to assemble on-chain data, screenshots, and exchange confirmations into a single file that a tax authority would accept. If you are still missing fields after locating your hashes, that page is the natural next stop.

A practical tip: once you have the transaction hash from the block explorer, paste it into a separate document alongside the date, the approximate time, the amount out, and the token received. The hash is the permanent key. Without it, the swap is invisible to anyone who checks the chain later. With it, an accountant or auditor can verify the event - as long as they also accept the assumptions about price sources you used when you wrote down the values. Nothing on the blockchain records the dollar price at the moment of the trade. That is why the screenshot rule from the sibling page matters: it is the only timestamped evidence of the rate you saw.

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