Murat Akdeniz
Chief Mev Punk at Primev
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMurat Akdeniz is a crypto-native financial technologist and founder with 10 years of experience building product-led Web3, DeFi, wallet, and payments systems from concept to production. As CEO of Primev and former product lead at Polymarket and Blocknative, he specializes in MEV coordination, mempool analytics, smart contract architecture, L2s, cross-chain bridges, and custody solutions. He blends deep technical understanding of cryptography and blockchain transactions with hands-on product execution across consumer and enterprise use cases. Known for turning collaborative, research-driven ideas into shipping products, he previously launched the social Ethereum wallet Mirian and has a track record advising energy-backed blockchain infrastructure projects. Based in the Bay Area with a Technology Management master's from Cornell, he pairs enterprise fintech experience at institutions like JPMorgan and Citi with startup-level hustle and systems-level thinking.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Business Organizations and Society, Bachelor’s Degree Business Organizations and Society at Franklin & Marshall CollegeMaster's degree Technology Management - MBA, Master's degree Technology Management - MBA at Cornell University
English, Turkish, Italian, French
Github Skills (38)
wallet10
client-library10
connect10
polygon10
ethereum10
blockchain10
cryptocurrency7
cryptography7
consistency7
documentation6
python6
distributed-systems5
authentication5
consensus5
javascript4
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
techgangboss/cs5356
Sep 2015 - Sep 2015
Contributions:3 PRs, 2 pushes in 1 day
design-systemscurriculumengineering
primevprotocol/docs-builder-boost
Jul 2023 - Dec 2023
Open Source technical documentation repository for Primev Protocol
Contributions:2 reviews, 41 pushes, 2 branches in 5 months
ethereumflashbotsmev
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