{"id":70047,"date":"2026-03-23T03:14:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T03:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/hawk-tuah-girl-says-hawk-crash-left-her-traumatized\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T03:14:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T03:14:52","slug":"hawk-tuah-girl-says-hawk-crash-left-her-traumatized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/hawk-tuah-girl-says-hawk-crash-left-her-traumatized\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawk Tuah Girl Says HAWK Crash Left Her Traumatized"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Crypto News &#8211; iGaming.org )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Hailey Welch has addressed the fallout from the <a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/crypto\/overhere-blames-hailey-welch-team-for-token-failure\/\">HAWK memecoin collapse<\/a>, linking the episode to months of backlash, threats, and legal attention around the failed token launch.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong><em>Good to Know<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>HAWK launched in December 2024 and briefly reached a market cap above $490 million.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The token fell more than 91% the next day and drew rug pull claims online.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>An investor lawsuit targeted the team and entities behind the launch, but not Welch.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr\/>\n<h2>Hailey Welch Says HAWK Fallout Left Her Traumatized<\/h2>\n<p>Hailey Welch, widely known online as the Hawk Tuah girl, said the collapse of HAWK and the reaction that followed took a heavy personal toll. Speaking to Andrew Callaghan on Channel 5, Welch said she got pulled into a crypto project she did not understand well enough.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI got talked into doing something that I didn\u2019t know anything about, really, but you\u2019ve got to be really careful what you put your name on,\u201d<\/em> Welsh told Andrew Callaghan of the Channel 5 YouTube channel on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Welch said she cooperated with an FBI probe in 2025 and was cleared of wrongdoing. 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People telling me I owe them all this money, and I\u2019m like, \u2018I didn\u2019t do this.\u2019 I\u2019m sitting here, and I\u2019m the one getting hit for this. It\u2019s rough. It\u2019s one of those things where if you come out of the house, you put your head down.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>HAWK went live in December 2024 and ran up to more than $490 million in market capitalization within hours. By the following day, the token had dropped to about $41 million, a collapse of more than 91%. That drop drove widespread rug pull allegations across crypto social media and kept the project in circulation across gaming, influencer, and digital asset coverage.<\/p>\n<p>Welch also said the actual retail investor damage was lower than many people assumed during the backlash. According to her lawyer, losses for real people totaled about $200,000.<\/p>\n<div class=\"main-org-3-item-ins box-100 relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-items box-100 relative\">\n<div class=\"box-100 space-org-3-item relative border-tb mt-1 \">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-ins box-100 relative\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-terms box-25 relative\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-terms-ins box-100 text-center relative\"> <strong>5BTC or 111% + 111 Free Spins!<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>New players only. Exclusive 111% Welcome Bonus + 111 Free Spins<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Separate from that, an investor lawsuit filed in December 2024 accused the team and entities behind the HAWK launch of selling unregistered securities. Welch was not named in the case.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/crypto\/hawk-tuah-girl-says-hawk-crash-left-her-traumatized\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Crypto News &#8211; iGaming.org ) Hailey Welch has addressed the fallout from the HAWK memecoin collapse, linking the episode to months of backlash, threats, and legal attention around the failed token launch. Good to Know HAWK launched in December 2024 and briefly reached a market cap above $490 million. 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