# Create a Vault

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

A vault must belong to a vault group. If you have not assigned a vault to a group, it is added automatically 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.


Vault groups
A vault must belong to a vault group and can belong to one vault group only. If you do not not assign the new vault to a vault group, it is assigned to the Default vault group.

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


## 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). |