# Sinan Koç

> 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...

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- Created: 2023-11-29T11:01:41.697Z
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**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)  
  
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Sinan 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.  
  
Later, 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)  
  
# Career  
  
Together 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.  
  
In 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.  
  
In 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)