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Conio

  • Name: Conio
  • URL: https://www.conio.com/
  • Category: Bitcoin wallet / multisig custody / digital-asset custody-and-tokenization infrastructure
  • Tags: bitcoin-ecosystem
  • Summary: Conio is an Italian Bitcoin and digital-asset platform best cataloged as custody-and-tokenization control-plane infrastructure rather than only as a consumer wallet. Its primary-source materials show a patented 2-of-3 multisig wallet with a user-held private key and recovery path, plus B2B custody, wealth, and tokenization products for banks, family offices, and enterprises.
  • What it does:
    • Operates a consumer Bitcoin and crypto wallet built around a 2-of-3 multisig model with one user key, one Conio-controlled key, and one offline third-party recovery key
    • Claims users retain real possession of their bitcoin through private-key control and onchain wallet funding rather than a pure IOU model
    • Provides a patented recovery process for restoring wallet access if a user loses a key
    • Offers white-label custody and dedicated customer-wallet infrastructure for banks and other financial institutions
    • Markets broader business products including Conio Wealth for sophisticated clients and a tokenization stack for RWAs, security tokens, NFTs, stablecoins, and e-money tokens
  • Key claims:
    • The homepage and wallet page say Conio uses a 2-of-3 multisig wallet, requires two keys to sign transactions, and keeps the third key offline with an independent third party
    • The wallet page says Conio’s recovery procedure can restore access if the user loses a key and explicitly says the system is meant to preserve access even if Conio ceased to exist
    • The business page says Conio offers plug-and-play custody, trading, and tokenization solutions for banks, financial institutions, and companies, with case-study references including Hype, Banca Generali, Enel, and Ferrari
    • The custody solution page says Conio’s model is designed to reduce counterparty risk, keep customers in control of funds, and support dedicated wallets per end customer
    • The tokenization page says Conio offers RWA tokenization with MiCAR-oriented positioning, cites Ferrari and Enel examples, and includes stablecoin and e-money token use cases with automatic swap and real-time settlement language
  • Whitepaper: No canonical Conio whitepaper or litepaper surfaced in this pass. The clearest current sources of truth were the official homepage plus the wallet and business-solution pages; see ../whitepapers/conio-primary-sources-2026-04-30.md.
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Governance / control risk

  • The leverage sits in the second signing path, recovery choreography, third-party key custody, and the institutional wrappers Conio bolts onto the same stack.

  • So the interesting part is not the wallet UI. It is the operator-heavy recovery and custody model packaged as self-custody.

  • Last reviewed: 2026-05-24 UTC

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