DeFi Lab
Digital WealthCraft’s live DeFi research space — built around Krystal Vaults as our primary lab instrument.
The DeFi Lab exists because Krystal Vaults let us do something most traditional LP setups cannot: run multiple, logically-related ranges inside a single vault, and then organize those vaults into a coherent set of USDC-, BTC-, and ETH-focused strategies. This page explains why Krystal Vaults are at the center of the Lab and how we use them as a teaching and observation tool.
Why Krystal Vaults for the DeFi Lab
Krystal Vaults let us group multiple positions (up to 10) inside a single vault. For Digital WealthCraft, that means each vault becomes a self-contained experiment bench:
- We can run several related ranges side by side in the same market and watch them respond to the same price action.
- We can design those ranges to move from tight to wide, or from “near spot” to “outer band”, on purpose.
- We can choose a principal asset (USDC, cbBTC, or WETH) and treat the vault as a stablecoin engine, BTC builder, or ETH/gas builder.
Traditional pools are excellent for their core job—earning fees and splitting them between the two assets in a pair. Krystal Vaults add another layer: structured control over ranges and automation, which makes them ideal for a live research and education environment.
How Digital WealthCraft Uses Krystal Vaults
Inside the Lab, we use Krystal Vaults in two dimensions:
- Within each vault: we combine multiple ranges that are logically related (for example, a tight band, a moderate band, and a wider band on the same pair).
- Across vaults: we define clear roles:
- DWC-001 & DWC-002: USDC-principal vaults on WETH/USDC (Moderate and Wide) — stablecoin fee engines.
- DWC-003: cbBTC/WETH Tight Range — a BTC builder vault where the principal is cbBTC.
- DWC-004: WETH/USDC Straddle — an ETH builder and gas feeder vault with WETH as principal.
This structure lets observers see not just “does DeFi pay fees?” but how design choices change what you accumulate and how a vault behaves over time.
Automation, Observation, and Hands-On Learning
Krystal’s automation frameworks allow us to build vaults that are less hands-on than manually juggling single LP positions:
- Ranges and rebalancing logic can be configured so the vault behaves in a mostly self-correcting way.
- For those who enjoy manual adjustments, the vault UI still exposes the underlying positions.
- For system builders, Krystal provides a clean way to compose semi-automated strategies with clear roles.
Combined with the Lab write-ups, this makes the Krystal Vaults a high-quality teaching tool: you can follow the logic, inspect the ranges, and see the results live on-chain.
The DeFi Lab and its Krystal Vaults are operated with Digital WealthCraft’s own capital for research and learning. Vaults are public by design, which means others may choose to allocate their own funds via Krystal; this is not requested, encouraged, or managed by Digital WealthCraft. Any DeFi activity you undertake is independent and at your own risk.
What You Can Observe Here
Use the Lab to watch how design choices play out:
- Tight vs. Moderate vs. Wide vs. Straddle ranges.
- USDC vs. cbBTC vs. WETH as principal assets.
- Fee patterns when price ranges vs. trends.
Krystal Vault Set
The current Krystal-based vault set includes:
- DWC-001 — WETH/USDC Moderate (USDC builder)
- DWC-002 — WETH/USDC Wide (USDC builder)
- DWC-003 — cbBTC/WETH Tight (BTC builder)
- DWC-004 — WETH/USDC Straddle (ETH & gas builder)
Each has a full detail page in the Lab and a corresponding live vault on Krystal.
How to Navigate
Use the DeFi Lab sidebar menu to:
- Visit this Lab Overview and the Krystal Vaults Overview.
- Dive into the Strategy Library and Methodology & Notes.
- Jump to individual vault detail pages or the Vault Directory.
- Cross over to glossary, news, and community when you want more context.