The Hawk Tuah Coin: $490 Million... Then Poof?

She went viral for one sentence. Six months later, a crypto coin with her name on it hit four hundred and ninety million dollars in minutes, then crashed. She says she did not make a dime from it. So who did? CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 00:46 The Launch 01:48 Who Sold? 03:27 The Casino 05:03 Her Side 06:19 The Lawsuit 07:31 Who Got Rich SOURCES (clips used for commentary and criticism) Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan: "Haliey Welch Interview (Hawk Tuah)" (2026-03-20)    • Haliey Welch Interview (Hawk Tuah)   Ray William Johnson: "Hawk Tuah is in big trouble now // The Haliey Welch story" (2024-12-17)    • Hawk Tuah is in big trouble now // The Hal...   FOX 11 Los Angeles: "$Hawk token team sued after "Hawk Tuah" girl cryptocurrency collapses" (2024-12-21)    • $Hawk token team sued after "Hawk Tuah" gi...   Know Your Meme: "Did Hawk Tuah Girl’s $HAWK Meme Coin Pull a $500M Rug?" (2024-12-06)    • Did Hawk Tuah Girl’s $HAWK Meme Coin Pull ...   Lawful Masses with Leonard French: "The "Hawk Tuah" Pump-and-Dump Crypto Lawsuit (Mena v. Schultz)" (2025-01-03)    • The "Hawk Tuah" Pump-and-Dump Crypto Lawsu...   voidzilla: "exposing the hawk tuah scam" (2024-12-05)    • exposing the hawk tuah scam   Internet Anarchist: "How Coffeezilla Destroyed The Hawk Tuah Scam" (2024-12-08)    • How Coffeezilla Destroyed The Hawk Tuah Scam   penguinz0: "Hawk Tuah Girl's Huge Scam" (2024-12-05)    • Hawk Tuah Girl's Huge Scam   penguinz0: "Hawk Tuah Scam Meltdown" (2024-12-07)    • Hawk Tuah Scam Meltdown   Orangie Web3: "Day In The Life Of Kimchi (Memecoin Millionaire)" (2025-01-27)    • Day In The Life Of Kimchi (Memecoin Millio...   CNBC Make It: "How I Became An Overnight Dogecoin Millionaire" (2021-05-30)    • How I Became An Overnight Dogecoin Million...   In the Trenches: "The Rise and Fall of Crypto’s CRAZIEST Trader" (2025-06-02)    • The Rise and Fall of Crypto’s CRAZIEST Trader   Talk Tuah with Haliey Welch: "HALIEY WELCH TELLS ALL - CRYPTO INCIDENT - Talk Tuah Ep. 20" (2025-05-20)    • HALIEY WELCH TELLS ALL - CRYPTO INCIDENT -...   JRE Clips: "SEC Clears Hawk Tuah Girl in Meme Coin Probe" (2025-04-02)    • SEC Clears Hawk Tuah Girl in Meme Coin Probe   Post on X: https://x.com/bubblemaps/status/18723... Post on X: https://x.com/coffeebreak_YT/status/1... Data: $HAWK launch (Dec 4, 2024), peak market cap (~$490M) and crash as reported by Know Your Meme, Ray William Johnson and the investor complaint (In re $HAWK Token Securities Litigation, E.D.N.Y., pending - allegations only); pump-and-dump allegations by Coffeezilla and Bubblemaps; SEC outcome as stated by Haliey Welch (Mar 2025); memecoin trader figures self-reported or as reported by the creators shown; social posts are public posts on X. Not financial advice.