{"id":12074,"date":"2025-02-08T17:01:42","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T17:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=12074"},"modified":"2025-02-08T17:01:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T17:01:42","slug":"hawk-crypto-scam-hawk-tuah-girl-breaks-silence-on-december-rug-pull","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=12074","title":{"rendered":"HAWK Crypto Scam: Hawk Tuah Girl Breaks Silence On December Rug Pull"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Internet personality Hailey Welch, also known as \u201cHawk Tuah\u201d girl, recently addressed the HAWK memecoin scam after two months. The influencer finally \u201cwoke up\u201d after going \u201cto sleep\u201d following the crash of her token, which left most crypto investors empty-handed.<\/p>\n

\u2018Hawk Tuah\u2019 Girl Finally Wakes Up<\/h2>\n

On Thursday, influencer Hailey Welch broke her silence about the controversial launch of the Hawk Tuah (HAWK) memecoin. After nearly two months since her last statement, Welch released a now-deleted<\/a> comeback episode of her podcast addressing the December crypto scam.<\/p>\n

Influencer FaZe Banks, DeGods creator Frank, content creator Threadguy, and Welch\u2019s lawyer Christian Barker joined her on the \u201cTalk Tuah\u201d episode to discuss what happened with the token.<\/p>\n

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The HAWK memecoin was launched on December 4, 2024, in partnership with Web3 platform overHere. The project was presented as not \u201cjust another token launch,\u201d aiming to \u201credefine the crypto space\u201d instead.<\/p>\n

The cryptocurrency quickly rose and fell<\/a>, hitting an impressive $500 million market capitalization before plummeting 90% a few hours after launching. On-chain data showed that a cluster of wallets controlled 80% of the supply, and snipers mass-bought the token seconds after the launch.<\/p>\n

Additionally, pre-sale buyers started to dump their tokens, sending the memecoin\u2019s price into a nosedive just as it had taken off. As a result, the crypto community called out the influencer and her team, accusing them of rug-pulling investors and insider trading.<\/p>\n

In an X Space, the HAWK memecoin\u2019s team was confronted by several community figures but didn\u2019t offer a satisfactory answer. Later, the influencer announced she was \u201cgoing to sleep\u201d and ended the Space, disappearing from the Internet for nearly two months.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, the influencer addressed her disappearance at the start of the now-deleted podcast episode, stating, \u201cIt was a very long nap.\u201d<\/p>\n

Welch Says She Has \u2018No Idea About Crypto\u2019<\/h2>\n

During the Talk Tuah episode, Welch affirmed that she has no knowledge about crypto but entered the space after a \u201cfriend of a friend\u201d introduced her to the project. The person, who allegedly has many connections in LA, told the influencer and her team that the project was \u201cgoing to change the way everybody thinks of crypto.\u201d<\/p>\n

She claims her team was told it was \u201csupposed to be more like a long-term coin\u201d and \u201cdone in the right way.\u201d Moreover, the money she made from the project<\/a> would allegedly go to her charity, which seemingly inclined her to accept.<\/p>\n

Her lawyer explained that the deal was a \u201cbrand image likeness\u201d deal and they had no part in the tokenomics or development of the token. Welch was paid $125,000 upfront to promote the memecoin and was promised another $200,000 within 30 days after the launch.<\/p>\n

Additionally, she was supposed to receive a 10% allocation of the HAWK memecoin supply, with a 1-year lockup period, and get 5% of the locked tokens. However, her lawyer claims that the tokenomics continued changing throughout the process, and after the launch, adding that she never received the second payment.<\/p>\n

They also clarified that they don\u2019t know who the developer is as it wasn\u2019t disclosed to them. It\u2019s worth noting that, on December 20, Welch shared<\/a> on X that she was \u201cfully cooperating with and committed to assisting the legal team representing the individuals impacted\u201d to uncover \u201cthe truth\u201d to hold accountable those responsible for the scam.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, the controversy continued<\/a> after FaZe Banks called out Welch and her team for allegedly leaking and inside trading the memecoin.<\/p>\n

Banks stated that her team released the episode without his approval, as he had \u201cheavy stipulations\u201d to agree and release the podcast, including \u201cnot allowing markets to be manipulated by leaking this episode\u2019s existence before a resolution was found.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yesterday, HAWK saw a 291% increase<\/a> around the podcast\u2019s release but fell back to its previous levels in the following hours. \u201cThe price of HAWK is pumping and they completely fucking fumbled the bag, yet again. What a fucking mess. Poor girl, it\u2019s a wonder how she found herself in this position in the first place,\u201d Banks concluded.<\/p>\n

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Internet personality Hailey Welch, also known as \u201cHawk Tuah\u201d girl, recently addressed the HAWK memecoin scam after two months. The influencer finally \u201cwoke up\u201d after going \u201cto sleep\u201d following the crash of her token, which left most crypto investors empty-handed. \u2018Hawk Tuah\u2019 Girl Finally Wakes Up On Thursday, influencer Hailey Welch broke her silence about […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-12074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12074\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}