The stablecoin evangelist: Katie Haun's fight for digital dollars | TechCrunch

Katie Haun is the first female partner at Andreessen Horowitz , where she co-led their crypto funds.

She founded Haun Ventures in 2022 , with more than $1.5 billion in assets under management.

At the heart of it is stablecoins, which are cryptocurrencies designed to maintain a stable value by being pegged to traditional assets like the U.S. dollar.

Stablecoins now represent a quarter of a trillion dollars in value.

Stablecoins offer instant access to stable, dollar-denominated value that can be sent anywhere in the world for pennies.

The GENIUS Act would create a federal framework for stablecoin regulation.

Senator Elizabeth Warren has been particularly vocal in her opposition, calling the legislation a “superhighway for Donald Trump’s corruption”.

As stablecoins mature, Haun sees even bigger changes ahead.

She envisions a future where all kinds of assets — from money market funds to real estate to private credit — get “tokenized” and made available 24/7 to global markets.

Critics point to the fact that stablecoins represent just 2% of global payments, questioning their product-market fit.