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HALIEY WELCH 'FULLY COOPERATING' WITH LAWYERS SUING OVER FAILED HAWK CRYPTO


HAWK TUAH GIRL BROKE DAYS OF SILENCE TO SAY SHE WANTS TO HOLD THOSE RESPONSIBLE
TO ACCOUNT.

By Danny Nelson|Edited by Oliver Knight
Updated Dec 23, 2024, 4:49 p.m. UTCPublished Dec 20, 2024, 3:51 p.m. UTC
Haliey Welch issues statement on HAWK memecoin (Hawk Token Page/Overhere)

WHAT TO KNOW:

 * Welch said she is "fully cooperating" with lawyers representing people who
   list money in the failed HAWK token.
 * On-chain observers claimed that "insiders" made significant profits at the
   expense of people who bought the token after release.



"Hawk Tuah" girl Haliey Welch said Friday she is "fully cooperating" with
lawyers representing people who lost money investing in her crypto token, HAWK,
which flopped in early December amid allegations of malfeasance.



"I take this situation extremely seriously," she said in a post on X. The viral
TikTok star encouraged victims of HAWK coin to reach out to the law firm suing
HAWK's creators as she works to "uncover the truth" about the token.

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HAWK token — a memecoin on the Solana blockchain — imploded early this month at
nearly the moment of its creation. On-chain observers have claimed insiders
pocketed massive sums of money at the expense of people who purchased the token,
and lost big.



Its collapse sparked a lawsuit alleging securities violations against the
creators of Hawk Tuah coin. Filed by Burwick Law on behalf of people who lost
money on HAWK, it accused the creators of leveraging Welch's internet fame to
unlawfully peddle an unregistered investment.



In a statement, Burwick Law told CoinDesk:

"Integrity and justice are two of our core principles. Yesterday, Burwick Law
and Wolf Popper began the process of pursuing the individuals and organizations
responsible for the harm caused to investors and fans by the $HAWK token. Sadly,
this is one of many memecoin cases where institutional greed has exploited
celebrities and their influence to harm everyday people."



The controversy derailed Welch's burgeoning arc as a content creator who was
parlaying her momentary internet fame into low-tier celebrity status. She had
capitalized on her moment by signing representation, sponsorship and image
licensing fees of her catchphrase and nickname, Hawk Tuah.



One of those deals was for Hawk Tuah coin. Welch received a fixed fee in return
for lending her likeness to the project, according to a press agency that
emailed CoinDesk without first being contacted. The agency's email stated that
"there was no guarantee she would make any additional money from the memecoin
after."

CORRECTION (Dec. 23, 2024, 16:48 UTC): Corrects spelling of Welch's name
throughout.



DANNY NELSON

Danny is CoinDesk's managing editor for Data & Tokens. He formerly ran
investigations for the Tufts Daily. At CoinDesk, his beats include (but are not
limited to): federal policy, regulation, securities law, exchanges, the Solana
ecosystem, smart money doing dumb things, dumb money doing smart things and
tungsten cubes. He owns BTC, ETH and SOL tokens, as well as the LinksDAO NFT.

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