PawnCoin

PawnCoin is developing digital asset technology designed for the unique needs of the pawnbroker industry.

  • Stage Concept Only
  • Industry Financial Services
  • Location San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Currency USD
  • Founded 2013
  • Employees 2
  • Website pawncoin.com

Company Summary

PawnCoin is developing digital asset technology for the pawn industry, making it easy for customers to pawn digital assets or use digital currency to purchase goods and services from pawnbrokers worldwide. We're developing a secure wallet application and merchant payment processor tools uniquely tailored to the pawn industry.

Team

  • Carl Hilsz
    Co-Founder

    Licensed pawnbroker; has founded several startup companies from a pre-paid card sold to HT Technologies to a patient concept to sold to FUJI. Has over 15 yrs experience in private lending, legal, tax and virtual currency expertise. Mr. Hilsz has helped businesses integrate regulatory compliance structure in the alternative currency industry to prepare them for early round funding opportunities.

  • Co-Founder

    John Light is an entrepreneur with a love for disruptive technology. After starting an International Business Management degree at NVCC, he left college to help activist Adam Kokesh manage the business operations of his independent media company. After helping to grow the audience to over 35K subscribers on YouTube, John left his hometown for the tech mecca of Silicon Valley to start a Bitcoin business. Pawncoin is the result of this effort.

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