The creators of the Hawk Tuah meme coin, fronted by influencer Haliey Welch, face legal troubles following a freshly filed federal lawsuit.

"I take this situation extremely seriously," the 22-year-old wrote in a post following two weeks of social media silence in the wake of $HAWK coin's crash.

Investors have initiated a lawsuit against the founders and collaborators involved in the launch of the Hawk Tuah (HAWK) memecoin, filed on December 19. The plaintiffs claim that the promotional activities and sale of the HAWK token constituted an unregistered securities offering,

Viral internet star Haliey Welch has resurfaced for the first time in weeks, less than 24 hours after Mashable published a report on her disappearance following the failure of her "Hawk Tuah" branded memecoin $HAWK.

Social media star and podcaster Haliey Welch, who rose to viral fame in June for her raunchy “Hawk Tuah” catchphrase, has spoken out for the first time in weeks, after the multimillion-dollar collapse of a Hawk Tuah-themed cryptocurrency memecoin.

The woman behind a viral meme has had to come forward and say she was cooperating with lawyers over her memecoin. Haliey Welch went viral after she used the term “hawk tuah” to describe a sex act in an “on the street” style interview outside of a nightclub.

Hawk Tuah’ girl Haliey Welch is determined to clear her name and rebuild her career following the fallout from a cryptocurrency scandal that has left her reputation under scrutiny. The controversy stems from the huge crash of the $HAWK meme-coin,