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Create a Vault

From the web console, create a vault to store your crypto.

Vault groups

A vault must belong to at least one vault group. If you do not assign the new vault to a vault group, it is assigned to the Default vault group.

Follow these procedures:

  1. Open the Fordefi web console and click Vaults in the side menu.

  2. Click Create a Vault in the upper right corner of the screen that appears.
    The following dialog is displayed:

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  3. Enter a name for the vault, choose the vault type in the list, and choose a vault group in the list.

  4. Click Create.
    The vault is added to the list of vaults.

Vaults in multiple vault groups

After a vault is created, it can be added to multiple vault groups. Associating a vault with multiple groups improves flexibility and solves several business problems. For example:

  • As a compliance officer, you might want to assign a vault to both “OTC desk” and “high-risk transfers” so that relevant policies are enforced, without duplicating vaults.
  • As an operations manager, you might want to view all vaults used by a certain business unit, even if they’re also shared with other desks.

To add a vault to an additional vault group, see Edit vault groups.

Vault addresses

Note the correspondence between vaults and addresses across different crypto chains:

Vault typeDetails
EVMEach vault has a unique address across the different EVM chains.
Solana/SVMEach vault has a unique address.
CosmosEach vault has multiple addresses -- one for each appchain, for example Cosmos Hub, Osmosis, and so on.
SuiEach vault has a unique Sui address.
AptosEach vault has a unique Aptos address.
BitcoinVaults have multiple addresses.