VaultCraft Review 2026: Automated Yield Vaults and Call Options

VaultCraft is a DeFi yield protocol that has been listed since May 2022. It describes itself as a place to build, deploy and zap into automated yield strategies, with a focus on censorship resistance and a simple user experience.

The current version, marketed as the v2 era, centres on tokenized yield combined with perpetual call options. The product lineup on the homepage includes Smart Vaults, Boost Vaults and a management area, and the protocol runs on Ethereum, Arbitrum, Polygon, Optimism, Base, BNB Chain and Hemi.

The homepage names Jump Crypto, New Form, Big Brain and The LAO as investors and lists Immunefi, BlockSec, Code4rena, Paladin and Zokyo as auditors. Its native token is VCX. The homepage shows a TVL of $100M, while tracked on-chain TVL is about $547,000, so the live deposit base looks much smaller than the headline number.

VaultCraft pools user deposits into vaults. Each vault runs a strategy that allocates the funds to yield-generating products elsewhere in DeFi, such as lending or liquidity positions, and the vault's share value reflects the yield earned. Users hold a vault share and redeem it for the underlying asset plus returns.

A zap feature is meant to shorten the path in. Instead of bridging, swapping and depositing separately, a user can send crypto from any chain and have it routed into the chosen product in a single step, according to the project's description.

The v2 era adds perpetual call options on top of these vaults. A call option gains value if an asset's price rises, and the project says it uses them to optimize vault returns. Anyone can also build and deploy a custom strategy, which makes the protocol both a product for depositors and a toolkit for strategy creators.

VaultCraft does not publish a fee schedule on its homepage. Vault products of this kind commonly charge performance or management fees, and zaps involve network gas plus any swap costs, but the exact rates are not stated.

Users should check each vault's page in the app and the documentation before depositing, since fees can differ by vault and strategy.

The homepage lists Immunefi, BlockSec, Code4rena, Paladin and Zokyo as auditors and links an Immunefi bug bounty. A bounty program and multiple reviews are positive signs, though the scope and dates of each audit are not summarised on the homepage. Vaults depend on other DeFi protocols, so a bug or exploit downstream can affect depositors.

As a non-custodial protocol, funds sit in smart contracts rather than with a company. The project does not publish a regulatory status, and the team behind it is not named on the homepage. No incidents are mentioned. Treat any yield product as high risk and never deposit more than you can lose.

VaultCraft is for crypto holders comfortable with self-custody wallets who want vault-based yield across several chains, and for developers or strategists who want to build and deploy their own automated strategies. Complete beginners should learn how vaults and options work before depositing.