Katie Haun

14 statements across 4 episodes · 4 bullish · 4 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Nov 2, 2018 by Catherine (Katie) Haun · said 8 times in 6 episodes since 2018 · across every show →

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Everything said about Katie Haun, oldest first

Nov 2, 2018
Assertion Supported
Haun: The DOJ asked her to prepare a case against Bitcoin
“And I was a federal prosecutor with the United States Department of Justice at that time. And I was asked to prepare a case against Bitcoin.”
Catherine (Katie) Haun Nov 2, 2018 ▶ 0:55 3 Common Myths People Have About Crypto
Nov 2, 2018 positive
Assertion Supported
Haun: 84% of major companies are incorporating blockchain technology
“42% of the world's top 50 universities now offer at least one cryptocurrency class, and 84% of major companies are incorporating blockchain technology.”
Catherine (Katie) Haun Nov 2, 2018 ▶ 33:05 3 Common Myths People Have About Crypto
Nov 2, 2018
Assertion Supported
Katie Haun notes she founded the first US government cryptocurrency task force
“I founded the government's first cryptocurrency task force and it was the Justice Department”
Katie Haun Nov 2, 2018 ▶ 33:30 Debating Crypto: Katie Haun vs. Paul Krugman
Nov 2, 2018 bullish
Prediction Held up
Katie Haun predicts crypto will develop as an alternative to gold
“I also don't believe it's going to replace big, ah, gold as a store of value entirely, and if I suggested that during my presentation, all I meant to suggest was that I think it will develop as an alternative store of value.”
Katie Haun Nov 2, 2018 ▶ 25:14 Debating Crypto: Katie Haun vs. Paul Krugman
Nov 2, 2018 neutral
Prediction Held up
Katie Haun predicts cryptocurrency will not replace major fiat currencies
“I don't think, though, to answer your question, that it's going to replace all of the other currencies. I'm not saying that, oh, it's going to replace the dollar and replace the euro. I actually don't believe that, ah, is likely to happen.”
Katie Haun Nov 2, 2018 ▶ 25:01 Debating Crypto: Katie Haun vs. Paul Krugman
Nov 2, 2018 bullish
Prediction Held up
Katie Haun predicts several cryptocurrencies will succeed long-term
“I don't think there would only be a couple cryptocurrencies that succeed. I do agree with you that it will not be 1600. I think you might see, I don't want to put a number on it, but I think you'll see several emerge as ones that are going to stick around.”
Katie Haun Nov 2, 2018 ▶ 24:47 Debating Crypto: Katie Haun vs. Paul Krugman
Nov 2, 2018 positive
Opinion
Paul Krugman calls Katie Haun's defense of crypto the best he's heard
“And this was the best, far and away the best defense of crypto that I've heard.”
Paul Krugman Nov 2, 2018 ▶ 38:56 Debating Crypto: Katie Haun vs. Paul Krugman
Nov 2, 2018 negative
Prediction Held up
Katie Haun predicts wave of government enforcement actions against fraudulent ICOs
“Well, much like Secret Service, they can't do every case, number one, so a lot of those scams are gonna get a pass, but number two, I predict we are gonna see a lot of enforcement actions against fraudulent, scammy ICOs, and good because they bring down the na…”
Katie Haun Nov 2, 2018 ▶ 28:20 Debating Crypto: Katie Haun vs. Paul Krugman
Nov 2, 2018 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Katie Haun says Secret Service lacks resources for $100,000 counterfeiting cases
“The Secret Service in particular is an agency so strapped that I can't tell you how many counterfeiters we could never prosecute. You know, it's such a small fraction of cases that you really have a Secret Service agent. It has to be a mass scale counterfeit. …”
Katie Haun Nov 2, 2018 ▶ 8:42 Debating Crypto: Katie Haun vs. Paul Krugman
Nov 2, 2018 negative
Opinion
Katie Haun says most of the 1,600+ cryptocurrencies are untrustworthy
“I think, you know, it's not just governments that could create untrustable cryptocurrency. I think there are a lot of untrustable cryptocurrencies out there right now. Obviously there are over 1600, I think maybe even more, but at 1.1600, and I certainly would…”
Katie Haun Nov 2, 2018 ▶ 0:48 Debating Crypto: Katie Haun vs. Paul Krugman
Dec 15, 2018 neutral
Disclosure
DOJ tasked prosecutor Katie Haun with shutting down Bitcoin in 2012
“The first time I ever heard the word Bitcoin was back in 2012 when I was a federal prosecutor at the US Department of Justice. And I heard the word Bitcoin because I was asked to prepare an investigation and a case against it and to help shut it down.”
Katie Haun Dec 15, 2018 ▶ 0:32 Crypto, Beyond Silk Road
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Contradicted
Haun prosecuted Wells Fargo executives for stealing from deceased customers
“When I was a prosecutor, I prosecuted Wells Fargo's executives for taking dead people's accounts and draining them of money. They basically found out who hadn't used their account for, you know, many years, and then they would drain the money to their own pers…”
Katie Haun Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 10:16 a16z Podcast | The Regulatory Landscape for Crypto
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Haun: DOJ asked her to help shut down Bitcoin in 2012
“So for me, my story was in 2012, I actually was asked by the Justice Department to help shut down and prosecute Bitcoin.”
Katie Haun Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 31:48 a16z Podcast | The Regulatory Landscape for Crypto
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Assertion Supported
Haun: Moving offshore will not protect crypto startups serving US consumers
“Well, I don't think they should wait, but I think they should have common sense and good judgment, and one of the red flags I see sometimes is, you know, and they'll publicly state, oh, we're moving offshore so that we don't have to comply with these laws that…”
Katie Haun Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 28:56 a16z Podcast | The Regulatory Landscape for Crypto
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