Hawk Tuah girl Hailey Welch stops questions on crypto memecoin 'scam' to 'go to bed'

Hawk Tuah girl Hailey Welch shut down criticism of her failed HAWK memecoin venture on a X Spaces conversation in a mic-drop moment amid accusations her cryptocurrency was a scam

15:54, 08 Dec 2024Updated 16:09, 08 Dec 2024

Hawk Tuah Girl had no more time for questions(Image: @DailyLoud/X)

Hawk Tuah Girl Haliey Welch bowed out of a X spaces session as she was being grilled over her scam crypto venture in fine fashion.

The 22-year-old internet sensation was taking part in a conversation led byYouTuber Voidzilla, along with crypto experts and members of her own memecoin team when she abruptly ended the chat by declaring that she was going to bed.

Best known as the Hawk Tuah Girl, the southern belle has been accused of scamming investors with her failed $HAWK memecoin. HAWKs value plummeted by more than 90 per cent mere hours after launching, with at least one investor filing a complaint with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, reports the Independent.

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She was facing questions over her failed memecoin venture, which some have called a scam(Image: Getty Images)

HAWK launched on the Solana blockchain on the evening of Wednesday, December 4, with a price of $0.005492 (0.0043). It quickly rocketed by more than 900%, accumulating a market cap of $490 million.

After peaking at $0.00004028 (0.000032), HAWKs market cap dropped to $60 million - a colossal 91% drop in value.

Folk have blamed the plunge on insider wallets and snipers - outfits that buy up huge amounts of a tokens supply when launched - which reportedly controlled between 80%-90% of HAWKs supply.

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Memecoin is a type of cryptocurrency based on memes(Image: memecoin)

Haliey was in the middle of being questioned on exactly this, by Crypto whizz Nick ONeal when she shut the X spaces session down.

Nick was in the middle of asking about HAWKs token fees, saying: "So Im sort of curious, not for the token price itself, but just in terms of the fact that theres fees that are being generated. Theres an actual like-

Haliey cuts his train of thought short, saying: Hi guys, I hate to interrupt you Nick, hello there, but any hoo, Im going to go to bed and Ill see you guys tomorrow.

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She shut down questioning and the session by declaring she was going to bed(Image: Instagram/hay_welch)

Hawk Tuah girls mic-drop moment, left Nick audibly shocked. He spluttered into a surprised laugh and said: Um, ok. I guess were done talking over here.

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Memecoins are a type of cryptocurrency that are based on viral memes and pop culture references.

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