DeFi vaults have moved from niche tooling to core market infrastructure—now central to how capital is deployed, hedged, and automated on-chain. The promise is real: when designed correctly, vaults can systematize strategy execution, manage risk by construction, and unlock sustainable yield. But design is everything.

In this session, Sentora’s research team unpack the frameworks behind effective vault construction. We’ll trace how vaults route capital, how strategies are selected and sized, what fee and incentive models actually align behavior, and which guardrails keep risk contained at scale. You’ll leave with a clear mental model for vault types, architecture, and practica strategies—grounded in production experience from contributors behind many widely used vaults.