{"id":400863,"date":"2019-10-08T22:00:44","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T22:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=400863"},"modified":"2019-10-08T16:37:34","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T16:37:34","slug":"former-doj-prosecutor-turned-crypto-vc-bitcoin-helped-fight-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/former-doj-prosecutor-turned-crypto-vc-bitcoin-helped-fight-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"Former DoJ Prosecutor Turned Crypto VC: Bitcoin Helped Fight Crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ever since <a href=\"\/tag\/facebook\" rel=\"nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> announced its crypto-asset dubbed <a href=\"https:\/\/wncen.com\/2019\/07\/16\/facebook-libra-distrust-crypto\/\">Libra<\/a>, the entire market, especially <a href=\"\/tag\/bitcoin\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bitcoin<\/a>, has come under fire by regulators and their fears over the asset class\u2019s use in criminal activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">However, one former United States Department of Justice prosecutor turned crypto venture capitalist, says that while Bitcoin is regularly used for illegal activities, it\u2019s not responsible for those crimes, and can actually help to solve them.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Bitcoin and Blockchain\u2019s Digital Bread Crumbs Makes Following a Criminal\u2019s Trail Easy<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">When the Bitcoin code was first released into the wild, with it came about the emergence of a powerful, new technology called blockchain. Blockchain is an immutable, distributed ledger that records every <a href=\"\/tag\/bitcoin\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bitcoin<\/a> transaction, the sender, recipient, value, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Blockchain is a revolutionary technology that will usher certain industries into the 21st century, and allow them to become more profitable, streamline processes, and more. Most can easily see the value that the technology provides.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>Related Reading | <a href=\"https:\/\/wncen.com\/2019\/07\/30\/united-states-crypto-bitcoin-crime\/\">United States Regulators Begin Crack Down on Crypto and Bitcoin Crime<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Bitcoin, on the other hand, is typically considered a speculative asset, with no inherent value whatsoever. It\u2019s even been <a href=\"https:\/\/wncen.com\/2019\/07\/30\/united-states-crypto-bitcoin-crime\/\">demonized by government agencies for its use in illegal activities<\/a> \u2013 the same crimes that cash has been used in for decades.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">But those same crimes would be far easier cases to crack for investigators and prosecutors if they were transactions made with Bitcoin instead of cash.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">According to former federal prosecutor Katie Haun, after being assigned to investigate Bitcoin and its relation to criminal activities, she found that the \u201cgovernment was able to use that same technology to actually track down criminal activity it might not otherwise have been able to.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;Without the technology underlying bitcoin, we never would have been able to catch those people,\u201d Huan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/amp\/2019\/10\/06\/meet-the-former-prosecutor-who-became-the-face-of-crypto-vc-investing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">explained<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">From The DoJ, to Coinbase, to Andreesen Horowitz to Facebook<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wncen.com\/2016\/11\/02\/us-federal-prosecutor-kathryn-haun-bitcoin-crime\/\">Huan\u2019s investigations<\/a> oversaw cases related to Silk Road, and the Mt. Gox hack. Her involvement in the cryptocurrency space eventually led her to <a href=\"\/tag\/coinbase\" rel=\"nofollow\">Coinbase<\/a>, where she became a member of their board. There she met Andreessen Horowitz partner Chris Dixon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This connection led to Huan becoming the first-ever female general partner at major investment firm Andreessen Horowitz. There, Huan runs a $350 cryptocurrency fund that was an early supporter of Facebook\u2019s Libra project \u2013 a project that appears to be falling apart by the day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>Related Reading | <a href=\"https:\/\/wncen.com\/2016\/11\/02\/us-federal-prosecutor-kathryn-haun-bitcoin-crime\/\">US Federal Prosecutor <span class=\"s1\">Katie<\/span> Haun: \u201cBitcoin is About Than Crime\u201d<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Huan\u2019s team is still playing an \u201cactive role\u201d in Facebook\u2019s crypto project, even despite PayPal recently pulling out of the project and additional pushback from government regulators fearing disruption of state-controlled fiat currencies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Huan\u2019s support of crypto, in general, is what led her to Libra. &#8220;Instantly putting cryptocurrency in the hands of that many people we thought was just a huge opportunity,\u201d she explained.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever since Facebook announced its crypto-asset dubbed Libra, the entire market, especially Bitcoin, has come under fire by regulators and their fears over the asset class\u2019s use in criminal activities. However, one former United States Department of Justice prosecutor turned crypto venture capitalist, says that while Bitcoin is regularly used for illegal activities, it\u2019s not responsible for those crimes, and can actually help to solve them. Bitcoin and Blockchain\u2019s Digital Bread Crumbs Makes Following a Criminal\u2019s Trail Easy When the Bitcoin code was first released into the wild, with it came about the emergence of a powerful, new technology called blockchain. Blockchain is an immutable, distributed ledger that records every Bitcoin transaction, the sender, recipient, value, and more. Blockchain is a revolutionary technology that will usher certain industries into the 21st century, and allow them to become more profitable, streamline processes, and more. Most can easily see the value that the technology provides. Related Reading | United States Regulators Begin Crack Down on Crypto and Bitcoin Crime Bitcoin, on the other hand, is typically considered a speculative asset, with no inherent value whatsoever. It\u2019s even been demonized by government agencies for its use in illegal activities \u2013 the same crimes that cash has been used in for decades. But those same crimes would be far easier cases to crack for investigators and prosecutors if they were transactions made with Bitcoin instead of cash. According to former federal prosecutor Katie Haun, after being assigned to investigate Bitcoin and its relation to criminal activities, she found that the \u201cgovernment was able to use that same technology to actually track down criminal activity it might not otherwise have been able to.\u201d &#8220;Without the technology underlying bitcoin, we never would have been able to catch those people,\u201d Huan explained. From The DoJ, to Coinbase, to Andreesen Horowitz to Facebook Huan\u2019s investigations oversaw cases related to Silk Road, and the Mt. Gox hack. Her involvement in the cryptocurrency space eventually led her to Coinbase, where she became a member of their board. There she met Andreessen Horowitz partner Chris Dixon. This connection led to Huan becoming the first-ever female general partner at major investment firm Andreessen Horowitz. There, Huan runs a $350 cryptocurrency fund that was an early supporter of Facebook\u2019s Libra project \u2013 a project that appears to be falling apart by the day. Related Reading | US Federal Prosecutor Katie Haun: \u201cBitcoin is About Than Crime\u201d\u00a0 Huan\u2019s team is still playing an \u201cactive role\u201d in Facebook\u2019s crypto project, even despite PayPal recently pulling out of the project and additional pushback from government regulators fearing disruption of state-controlled fiat currencies. Huan\u2019s support of crypto, in general, is what led her to Libra. &#8220;Instantly putting cryptocurrency in the hands of that many people we thought was just a huge opportunity,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":517,"featured_media":400865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5651,3],"tags":[5800,428,1020,13437,1985,57204,2752],"class_list":["post-400863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bitcoin","category-news","tag-andreessen-horowitz","tag-bitcoin","tag-blockchain","tag-department-of-justice","tag-facebook","tag-katie-huan","tag-libra"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Former DoJ Prosecutor Turned Crypto VC: Bitcoin Helped Fight Crime<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ever since Facebook announced its crypto-asset dubbed Libra, the entire market, especially Bitcoin, has come under fire by regulators and their fears over\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/former-doj-prosecutor-turned-crypto-vc-bitcoin-helped-fight-crime\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Former DoJ Prosecutor Turned Crypto VC: Bitcoin Helped Fight Crime\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ever since Facebook announced its crypto-asset dubbed Libra, the entire market, especially Bitcoin, has come under fire by regulators and their fears over\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/former-doj-prosecutor-turned-crypto-vc-bitcoin-helped-fight-crime\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NewsBTC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/newsbtc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-10-08T22:00:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-10-08T16:37:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wncen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bitcoin-cash-crypto-vc-facebook-libra-shutterstock_716301448.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"4928\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"3264\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tony &quot;El Toro&quot; 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