# 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:

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](/user-guide/vaults/handle-vault-groups#edit-vault-groups).

## Vault addresses

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

| Vault type | Details |
|  --- | --- |
| EVM | Each vault has a unique address across the different EVM chains. |
| Solana/SVM | Each vault has a unique address. |
| Cosmos | Each vault has multiple addresses -- one for each appchain, for example Cosmos Hub, Osmosis, and so on. |
| Sui | Each vault has a unique Sui address. |
| Aptos | Each vault has a unique Aptos address. |
| Bitcoin | Vaults have [multiple addresses](/user-guide/vaults/bitcoin-vaults). |