Hi there, I’m Mo!

Yes, this is really my website 😎

I’m a professional in the crypto space, building cool stuff and always trying to connect the wild world of “Degens” with the entry level rails of “Normies”. I believe we’ve come a long way towards mass adoption but we’re only just getting started. This is me in a nutshell:

<aside> 🤑 Entrepreneur I founded / led two startups with >1B EUR volume & raised >4M EUR capital

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<aside> 🫡 Leader I recruited and led product, growth and research teams of >10 people

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<aside> 😎 International I gathered global work experience and fluent in German, English and Spanish

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<aside> 🤠 Crypto-native I boast 7+ years experience running a crypto algo-trading platform and a cross-chain DEX

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<aside> 🤓 Analytical I built and rely on complex data analytics & statistics approaches for product management

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<aside> 🤔 Academic Earned a PhD & graduated the CEMS MSc in International Management

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Resume

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Moritz Putzhammer

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Work Experience

12.2024 – present

remote

Regional Manager Central Europe at OKX

Leading operations and go-to-market in the EU’s largest region by crypto trading volume

12.2023 – 12.2024

remote

Lead at Jumper.exchange

Leading the largest cross-chain DEX in DeFI, trusted by over 250k MAU with over 1B in monthly volume
In charge of spinning Jumper out of LI.FI (see below) and co-founder of the Jumper foundation, grew project from 0 to 9 team members
Leading token launch efforts, commercial strategy and operational execution

12.2023 – 12.2024

Berlin, DE

Director Consumer Business at LI.FI GmbH

LI.FI is a pre-series B B2B DeFi startup, providing infrastructure for cross-chain trading
Hired to lead LI.FI's newly-established, dedicated B2C business unit
Given the objective to spin-out the retail business into a separate entity with the vision of building the most powerful cross-chain DEX
As a result, Jumper.exchange (see above) was founded

10.2018 – 09.2023

Vienna, AT

Co-Founder & CEO at Trality GmbH

Built a B2C platform for automated crypto trading bots, allowing retail investors to benefit from automated portfolio management
Scaled the platform to >1B EUR in total trading volume and reached >100M EUR in assets under management
Led product, growth and ops teams of the company, defined the overall strategy and acted as bridge between business, design and tech
Personally responsible to grow the company to >20 employees, then also to downsize it back to 6
In charge of raising >4M EUR in venture capital, including a seed round from Cherry Ventures and CMT Digital

09.2013 – 09.2018

Vienna, AT

Research Associate at WU Vienna

Completed three quantitative research projects, using multilevel regression statistics
Published various well-cited research projects including analyses of statistical rigor
Development of several entrepreneurial projects like conference organizations, consulting and coachings

Hi there, I’m Mo!

Resume

Work Experience

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