Nansen is announcing what they describe as a new chapter in their journey: Joint Venture Protocols (JVPs). Blockchain analytics firm Nansen has been built to help users navigate onchain markets with greater clarity and potentially more conviction. As the web3 and crypto matures and evolves, they believe the next phase requires them to go beyond data and analytics, in order “to help build the right infrastructure for the future of finance.”
According to the update from Nansen, these so-called Joint Venture Protocols (JVPs) are their way of doing exactly that.
As explained in a blog post, Joint Venture Protocols are “protocols that Nansen co-creates and co-funds together with partners they believe in.”
Instead of only building in-house or passively supporting external projects, JVPs allow them to take a “more deliberate approach: helping bring new protocols into the world that they believe the future of finance actually needs.”
Each JVP is a long-term commitment, designed to “stand on its own while benefiting from Nansen’s contributions and community.”
Their focus is seemingly clear: strategic adjacency.
They claim that they’ll only pursue JVPs that are closely “aligned with Nansen, their product roadmap, and – most importantly – their users.”
If they think a protocol will be valuable to Nansen users, it’s “a good candidate for a Joint Venture Protocol.”
That means they will prioritize “areas where Nansen has an edge, such as onchain trading, AI-powered systems, tokenized products, data protocols, and infrastructure that benefits from onchain intelligence.”
Importantly, they will be “selective.” That’s because they claim that quality over quantity is a “core principle.”
They would rather do a “small number of meaningful JVPs than flood the ecosystem with half-baked ideas.”
Every Joint Venture Protocol will be “bootstrapped with Nansen’s community.”
That means Nansen Points holders will be “stakeholders in these JVPs.”
They’re building a model where protocols are able to “launch and grow with their community.”
They believe this creates a stronger alignment “between builders, users, and the broader ecosystem – and unlocks the full potential of Nansen Points and our community.”
They now intend to launch the first Joint Venture Protocol in 2026, with additional JVPs following in the foreseeable future.
According to Nansen, this will be more of a long-term initiative and they are building with a “clear strategic lens.”
Nansen’s stated mission is to “surface the signal and create winners.”
Joint Venture Protocols are described as being a “natural extension of that mission.”
They allow them to analyze and understand the onchain ecosystem, and to actively “help shape it – by supporting protocols that matter, backing builders they believe in, and bringing their community along for the journey.”
Based on this announcement alone, it is not quite clear what these JVPs will actually entail or even encompass. For now, this seems like a rather broad and abstract idea. Whether or not this is the best use of Nansen’s precious resources cannot be determined at this time. More than likely, we will see more concrete details regarding this initiative in 2026.