{"id":"sinan-koc","version":1,"language":"en","title":"Sinan Koç","hidden":false,"content":"**Sinan Koç** is the Co-Founder and CEO of [BiLira](https://iq.wiki/wiki/bilira), an organization managing the first [fiat-backed](https://iq.wiki/wiki/fiat-money) [stable cryptocurrency](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency) pegged to the Turkish Lira.[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-97sgtod2p8o)[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-wav95m7nw3)[\\[3\\]](#cite-id-wpb8s5cfp5k)  \n  \n# ![628e3ea562863ea2ca8e6d7d_gbrjSo9cAqK2LoBidorW5pr6WbolZgFrn2E87LeS3F0TTosfolcbcdB8SD-HBWXTddGjnUNophaStMn9shYCDTgDZuj19BNJugywTaNtS9Z3n7Y-pFxLROjxNSDHiElIOHKiUxq2wZKayfLKFQ.png](https://ipfs.everipedia.org/ipfs/Qmb5P9E3iv6tBW7eREL1kC5wTjMQ2mNNfLH19gFEbxPnr1)Education  \n  \nSinan Koç pursued his undergraduate studies at The Koc School for 4 years. Subsequently, he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Entrepreneurial Studies and Finance from the University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School in 2017.  \n  \nLater, Sinan continued his education at the University of Pennsylvania, obtaining a Master's Degree in Business Administration.[\\[4\\]](#cite-id-unhym01baqf)[\\[3\\]](#cite-id-wpb8s5cfp5k)  \n  \n# Career  \n  \nTogether with [Murat Firat](https://iq.wiki/wiki/murat-firat), Sinan Koç co-founded [BiLira](https://iq.wiki/wiki/bilira) in April 2019. The [BiLira organization](https://iq.wiki/wiki/bilira), operating as a joint-stock company under Turkish law, aims to broaden the access of Turkish citizens to the [decentralized](https://iq.wiki/wiki/defi) and [peer-to-peer (P2P)](https://iq.wiki/wiki/peer-to-peer-trading-p2p) global financial network using its [fiat](https://iq.wiki/wiki/fiat-money)-backed price-[stable](https://iq.wiki/wiki/stablecoin) cryptographic token, [TRYB](https://iq.wiki/wiki/bilira-tryb). Prior to this, he was the Head of Sourcing at ConsenSys Token Foundry from 2017 to 2019, marking his full immersion into the cryptocurrency realm.  \n  \nIn 2016, he co-founded Geld, a [peer-to-peer payment](https://iq.wiki/wiki/peer-to-peer-trading-p2p) application, and subsequently licensed it to Akbank in 2018.  \n  \nIn the same year, Sinan also co-founded Radius, a location-based messaging platform. Additionally, he gained internship experience at Deutsche Bank, again focusing on Capital Markets & Treasury Solutions, in 2014, and a similar internship at Global Investment Holdings in 2011. [\\[3\\]](#cite-id-wpb8s5cfp5k)","summary":"Sinan Koç is the CEO and Co-Founder of BiLira, an organization managing the first Turkish Lira-pegged stable cryptocurrency, with prior experience in blockchain...","categories":[{"id":"people","title":"People in crypto"}],"promoted":0,"tags":[{"id":"Founders"},{"id":"PeopleInDeFi"}],"metadata":[{"id":"references","value":"[{\"id\":\"97sgtod2p8o\",\"url\":\"https://www.bilira.co/en/about-us\",\"description\":\"bilira about us\",\"timestamp\":1701253775084},{\"id\":\"wav95m7nw3\",\"url\":\"https://cryptoslate.com/people/sinan-koc/\",\"description\":\"cryptoslate Sinan Koc\",\"timestamp\":1701253793478},{\"id\":\"wpb8s5cfp5k\",\"url\":\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/sinankoc/\",\"description\":\"linkedin Sinan Koc\",\"timestamp\":1701253805292},{\"id\":\"unhym01baqf\",\"url\":\"https://theorg.com/org/bilira/org-chart/sinan-koc\",\"description\":\"theorg sinan koc\",\"timestamp\":1701253825851}]"},{"id":"twitter_profile","value":"https://twitter.com/sinankoc__?lang=de"},{"id":"linkedin_profile","value":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/sinankoc/"},{"id":"previous_cid","value":"QmXoDBMrc66h11tFUKmnPAdhdovZwX7buk5PcrUV6zAMKM"}],"user":{"id":"0x6753061a4cffbc0A617e57E956A298D88702a94B"},"author":{"id":"0xf32ECD5c8f5633212f1a25A3931aDDc0CEc42938","profile":null},"media":[{"name":"628e3ea562863ea2ca8e6d7d_gbrjSo9cAqK2LoBidorW5pr6WbolZgFrn2E87LeS3F0TTosfolcbcdB8SD-HBWXTddGjnUNophaStMn9shYCDTgDZuj19BNJugywTaNtS9Z3n7Y-pFxLROjxNSDHiElIOHKiUxq2wZKayfLKFQ.png","id":"Qmb5P9E3iv6tBW7eREL1kC5wTjMQ2mNNfLH19gFEbxPnr1","size":"1.78","type":"GALLERY","source":"IPFS_IMG"}],"views":65,"events":[],"ipfs":"QmXoDBMrc66h11tFUKmnPAdhdovZwX7buk5PcrUV6zAMKM","transactionHash":"0xd1d315e6df5cdbc988a820f9795a3c313a5b74e133eb969bae9c20402ec4d14d","created":"2023-11-29T11:01:41.697Z","updated":"2024-02-15T18:07:47.705Z","images":[{"id":"QmNMb1atyujrYpo6HAm1g8xnfLNfJjbUmkEFZEQA2C7LbR","type":"image/jpeg, image/png"}],"linkedWikis":null}