Seven years ago, we started operating validators in Singapore as StakeWithUs.
Since then, StakeWithUs became Nansen Staking, more than $80 million in staked assets grew into billions, and our infrastructure expanded across major Proof-of-Stake networks.
Through all of it — mainnet launches, upgrades, outages, protocol changes and multiple market cycles — one thing has remained constant:
We have never been slashed.
For us, that is the track record that matters most.
Because after seven years of running validator infrastructure, one lesson stands above the rest:
Reliability is the product.
From $80M to Billions
When StakeWithUs joined Nansen in September 2024, over $80 million was staked through the platform.
Within roughly a year, Nansen Staking had grown beyond $2 billion in delegated assets, reaching close to $3 billion at its peak.
That growth was meaningful, but not simply because the number got bigger.
Every asset delegated to our validators represents trust.
As the value secured by our infrastructure increased, so did the consequences of getting something wrong.
Our security controls, monitoring, infrastructure and operating processes had to scale with it.
In May 2026, Nansen achieved SOC 2 Type I certification and is now progressing toward Type II.
That milestone reflects the same philosophy we started with in 2019: build infrastructure we would trust with our own assets.
Reliability Is More Than Uptime
Running validators is fundamentally an exercise in managing risk.
Hardware fails. Networks halt. Software contains bugs. Datacenters lose connectivity. Humans make mistakes.
The goal is not to pretend failures never happen.
The goal is to make sure individual failures do not become catastrophic ones.
For Nansen Staking, that means protecting validator keys, minimising slashing risk, continuously monitoring production systems, carefully managing upgrades and maintaining clear incident-response and recovery procedures.
The principle is simple:
Fail safely. Recover quickly. Protect delegated assets.
Seven years without a slashing event is the result of applying that principle continuously.
Going Deeper, Not Wider
The staking industry has matured significantly since 2019.
Today, supporting more networks is not necessarily better.
Different ecosystems require very different infrastructure and expertise.
Ethereum demands highly secure validator operations and careful key management at enormous economic scale.
Solana requires high-performance infrastructure and increasingly sophisticated validator economics.
Hyperliquid combines consensus participation with the performance requirements of one of crypto’s largest onchain trading ecosystems.
Our goal is not to add as many network logos as possible.
It is to operate deeply in the ecosystems where Nansen can contribute meaningful infrastructure and expertise.
Hyperliquid is a good example.
Nansen partnered with HypurrCollective to operate one of its genesis validators, and at points close to $1 billion worth of HYPE was secured through Nansen-operated infrastructure.
That kind of scale reinforces something we have believed from the beginning:
Trust has to be earned every day the validator operates.
What Comes Next
There are already strong staking infrastructure providers in the market.
What makes Nansen different is the opportunity to connect validator infrastructure with something we are already known for globally:
Onchain intelligence.
Nansen helps users understand what is happening onchain.
Nansen Staking gives them infrastructure to participate in those same networks.
Over time, bringing those capabilities closer together can unlock better validator transparency, staking APIs, custody integrations, onchain intelligence around staked assets, dedicated infrastructure and deeper partnerships with protocols.
Seven years in, our focus remains remarkably similar to where it started:
Reliable infrastructure. Secure operations. Zero slashing.
The infrastructure is already here.
Now we are building what comes next.
Ready to stake or build with Nansen? Talk to our staking team.
