Emblem Vault

Nova helps you explore and create Emblem Vaults — conversationally, with zero custody.

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In short

Nova looks up what an Emblem Vault holds and its value, browses the collection catalog, finds vaults a wallet owns, and guides you to create one in your own wallet. Nova never holds keys or signs.

Nova helps you explore and create Emblem Vaults — conversationally, with zero custody. An Emblem Vault wraps a non-EVM asset (a Bitcoin Ordinal, BRC-20, Bitcoin Stamp, rare sat, Counterparty/XCP asset, Dogecoin, and more) into a tradable NFT on Ethereum, so it can change hands on marketplaces like OpenSea.


What's inside a vault? (Vault Lookup)

Hand Nova a vault and it tells you exactly what's wrapped inside, what it's worth, and whether it's been claimed. You can pass a numeric tokenId, a 0xcontract/tokenId pair, or a marketplace link — Nova figures out the rest. Read-only and keyless.

Example prompt:

"What's in this Emblem Vault? 30243073570574861"

What you'll get:

  • The vault name, image, and platform
  • Contents — each wrapped coin's balance, USD price, USD value, and inner on-chain address
  • Total USD value of everything inside
  • Claim status — whether the vault has already been claimed

Browse the collection catalog (Collections)

Not sure what Emblem can wrap? Ask Nova to browse or search the 74 curated collections — the official catalog of supported wrap targets. Filter by a name/asset keyword or ask for mintable-only. Read-only and keyless.

Example prompt:

"Which Emblem collections are mintable right now?"

What you'll get — for each collection:

  • The name and the native asset(s) it wraps
  • The chain and whether it's currently mintable
  • The mint / unvault price (in COVAL, not USD)
  • The Ethereum contract and a short description

Which vaults does a wallet own? (Wallet Vaults)

Point Nova at an EVM address and it finds the curated Emblem Vaults that wallet holds. Ethereum only for now; read-only and non-custodial.

Example prompt:

"What Emblem Vaults does 0x… own?"

What you'll get:

  • Each matched vault's collection, contract, tokenId, and a marketplace link
  • Optionally, the contents of the first few vaults (wrapped balances, USD value, claim status)

Creating a vault (Guided, Non-Custodial)

Ask Nova how to vault an asset and it walks you through the whole flow, then hands you the official link to mint in your own wallet.

Example prompt:

"I want to wrap my Bitcoin Ordinal into a tradable NFT"

What Nova gives you:

  • A plain-English explanation of what a vault is and the custody model
  • The official create URL (emblem.vision)
  • A step-by-step outline:
    1. Connect your own wallet (Nova doesn't connect or sign for you)
    2. Choose the asset / chain you want to wrap
    3. Name the vault, add an image/description
    4. Fund the vault's deposit address from your wallet
    5. Approve any token spend, then pay gas + the Emblem deploy fee
    6. Mint and sign in your own wallet — you now own a tradable vault
    7. To redeem later, claim the vault (this exposes the inner key)
  • The supported asset types and the safety caveats

Why guided instead of fully in-chat? Minting is a transaction your own wallet must sign, and the vault's inner key has to be custodied by Emblem's infrastructure — not by Nova. Doing the mint "inside" Nova would mean Nova holding keys on your behalf, which we deliberately avoid — so Nova handles guidance, lookup, and verification, and hands the signing to you.


Safety

  • Never share your vault private key or seed with anyone — including Nova.
  • Fees and gas are charged by Emblem and the network, not Nova — Nova takes no cut.
  • A claimed vault has had its key revealed — don't reuse it to store value.
  • Always confirm you're on the official Emblem domain before connecting your wallet.

For developers & agents

All four capabilities are also available on the Nova Tools Platform (REST + MCP) as free tools, under the emblem ecosystem:

  • emblem-vault-lookup — read a vault's contents, value, and claim status
  • emblem-vault-create-guide — fetch the canonical, non-custodial creation guide (now incl. live mintable collections)
  • emblem-collections — browse / search the curated collection catalog
  • emblem-wallet-vaults — list the curated Emblem Vaults an EVM wallet owns

See the Nova Tools catalog and Using Nova Tools with Agents.