waqarweb3

Country Manager Pakistan Okx

make crypto exchanges money. Occasionally, I make regulators answer emails. 

At OKX, I took Pakistan from $0 to $300M in trading volume in five months. One-person team. 110+ partners. 10,000+ first-time depositors and traders. Ranked #1 company-wide for FTT and FTD attainment.

At BingX, I built a KOL acquisition machine sustaining $60M+ in trading volume. Before that, I built a sales division from scratch and generated $500K+ in revenue.

I speak fluent crypto, understand how money moves, and know the difference between a community with 100K members and one that actually converts.

My playground: exchange growth, KOLs, affiliates, BD, market expansion, VIPs, institutional partnerships, and emerging markets. I've dealt with everything from influencer commissions to regulators, licensing strategy, and getting an exchange accessible when local ISPs decided otherwise.

I'm particularly dangerous in Pakistan and South Asia, where copy-pasting a Western go-to-market strategy goes to die.

I like building from zero, operating with limited resources, and turning relationships into revenue. I don't need a 40-person team and a 90-slide deck to get moving.

If you're building something in Web3 and need someone who understands both the trenches and the P&L, let's talk.


Experience: 11 years

Yearly salary: $50,000

Hourly rate: $25

Nationality: 🇵🇰 Pakistan

Residency: 🇵🇰 Pakistan


Experience

BD - Emerging Markets
OKX
2025 - 2026
Owned OKX Pakistan's commercial performance end to end, taking the market from zero to $300M in trading volume within 5 months of joining and $500K in AUM; ranked #1 company-wide for FTT and FTD attainment. Defined and executed the Pakistan go-to-market strategy as a one-person team, setting channel mix and partnership priorities across influencers, community managers, university programs, and institutional platforms. Grew a OKX Desi community, 10K+ FTD and FTTs, and 110+ partners. Managed local VIPs speaking Urdu, Hindi, Bangla, and regional languages, building personal relationships through dinners, gifting, and tailored hospitality. Negotiated and onboarded HFT firms, trading aggregators, and broker platforms to bring institutional capital to OKX. Resolved OKX's accessibility issue with the PTA, coordinating management, compliance, technical, and network teams. Led selection of external legal counsel for Pakistan licensing; used regulatory relationships to establish PVARA's requirements and presented the recommended licensing path to leadership. Represented OKX at industry events and conferences; coordinated hotels, vendors, and partners to host OKX events and sponsor blockchain industry events. Shaped local product positioning with design feedback for Urdu right-to-left app localization and a proposal for Sharia-compliant accounts. Delivered blockchain and financial literacy sessions at universities in Lahore and Karachi to drive retail onboarding and build a talent pipeline. Ran lowest-cost vendor selection for regional merchandise and Ramadan and Eid gifting

Skills

account-manager
affiliate
brand-marketing
business-development
community-manager
consulting
growth-marketing
head-of-sales
influencer-marketing
marketing-lead
product-marketing
sales
english
hindi
urdu