- 1. Key Takeaways
- 2. HAWK Memecoin at a Glance (November 5, 2026)
- 3. Who Is the Hawk Tuah Girl?
- 4. What Happened to the HAWK Memecoin?
- 5. Was HAWK a Rug Pull?
- 6. The HAWK Lawsuit: Who Sued Whom and Where It Stands
- 7. Did the SEC Investigate Haliey Welch?
- 8. What Has Haliey Welch Said About the Coin?
- 9. How Much Is the Hawk Tuah Girl Worth?
- 10. Where Is Haliey Welch Now?
- 11. Does HAWK Still Trade?
- 12. How to Check a Celebrity or Meme Coin Before Buying
- 13. Frequently Asked Questions
Last Updated: November 5, 2026
Quick Answer: HAWK, a Solana memecoin promoted by Haliey Welch, the “Hawk Tuah girl,” launched on December 4, 2024, reached a reported value of about $490 million shortly after launch and lost more than 90% within hours. Investors sued the launchpad overHere, its founder Clinton So, promoter Alex Larson Schultz and the Tuah The Moon Foundation in federal court in Brooklyn that month, and in December 2025 the court allowed an amended complaint that also names Welch, accused of unjust enrichment. We found no ruling or settlement as of November 5, 2026; Welch’s lawyer has said the SEC closed its inquiry into her without findings, and HAWK trades about 99.8% below its reported peak. Blockchainreporter’s assessment: Welch’s fame told buyers nothing about who controlled HAWK’s supply, fee wallet and promotion deals, details that emerged from on-chain analysts and court filings only after buyers had lost money.
An earlier version of this page said Welch was not directly involved in the launch. She promoted the token and, by her own account, was paid a marketing fee to do so. This update covers the launch, the lawsuit, the SEC inquiry, what Welch has said and the token today.
Key Takeaways
- Crash: HAWK launched on Solana through overHere on December 4, 2024; the investors’ complaint says its value hit about $491 million and fell more than 90% within hours
- Today: about $0.000105 on November 5, 2026, a fully diluted value of about $1.05 million, with about $102 traded in 24 hours on the one pool DexScreener tracks
- Lawsuit: filed December 19, 2024 in the Eastern District of New York (No. 1:24-cv-08650), consolidated in October 2025 and expanded in December 2025 to include Welch, Meteora and others; we found no ruling
- Alleged deal: the amended complaint says Welch was entitled to up to $325,000 for promoting HAWK; the court has not ruled on it
- SEC: Welch’s lawyer said in March 2025 that the SEC closed its inquiry “without making any findings against, or seeking any monetary sanctions”
- Net worth: no verified figure exists; Celebrity Net Worth estimates about $500,000
HAWK Memecoin at a Glance (November 5, 2026)
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Contract (Solana) | HAWKThXRcNL9ZGZKqgUXLm4W8tnRZ7U6MVdEepSutj34 |
| Launch | December 4, 2024, 22:00 UTC, through overHere on Meteora |
| Presale | About $2.8 million raised at a $16.69 million valuation |
| Reported peak | About $491 million (complaint); about $400 million (The Block) |
| Crash | More than 90% within hours (complaint) |
| Price | About $0.000105 |
| Fully diluted value | About $1.05 million (10 billion supply) |
| All-time low | $0.0000727 (June 6, 2026) |
| 24h volume | About $102, on one Meteora pool |
| Lawsuit | Pending; no ruling or settlement found |
Sources: CoinMarketCap and DexScreener (November 5, 2026), the December 19, 2024 complaint and The Block. CoinMarketCap lists no verified circulating supply, so it shows no market cap. Its price history records a high of $0.01485 at 22:08 UTC on launch day, about $149 million for the full supply, below the reported peaks.
Who Is the Hawk Tuah Girl?
Haliey Welch is the woman behind the “Hawk Tuah” meme. In June 2024, Tim & Dee TV, a YouTube channel that films street interviews, posted a clip of her answering a question on a night out in Nashville. Her joking answer, built around “hawk tuah,” an imitation of a spitting sound, spread across social media; that clip is the “Hawk Tuah interview” most people search for. Welch went on to sell more than $65,000 of merchandise, according to Celebrity Net Worth, and in September 2024 launched the Talk Tuah podcast with Jake Paul’s company Betr. HAWK was her first move into crypto.
What Happened to the HAWK Memecoin?
The investors’ complaint quotes a November 5, 2024 post by Welch reading “Tuah to the Moon,” a month before launch. A presale raised about $2.8 million at a $16.69 million valuation, and 17% of the supply went to a select group through agreements with the Tuah The Moon Foundation, the complaint says.
HAWK began trading on Meteora, a Solana trading platform, at 22:00 UTC on December 4, 2024. Within hours its value reached about $491 million before falling more than 90% to below $100 million, according to the complaint; The Block reported a peak of about $400 million and a value of about $37 million by the next morning. On CoinMarketCap, HAWK was 93% below its first recorded price by December 12.
Bubblemaps, a blockchain analytics firm, said wallets it linked to the team held 96% of the supply at one point, The Block reported. overHere said the cluster reflected tokens moved from the deployer under the token plan, which gave Welch and her team 10%, locked for 12 months and vesting over three years. Welch posted: “Team hasn’t sold one token and not 1 KOL was given 1 free token,” and said high opening fees were meant to stop snipers, bots that buy in a launch’s first seconds. The complaint alleges that a 15% trading fee sent about $3 million to a foundation wallet. overHere later said its role had been “unofficial” and that it received no fees or profit, Protos reported.
Was HAWK a Rug Pull?
Not in the narrow sense of a rug pull, where developers drain liquidity and vanish: HAWK’s pool still exists, and no court has found fraud. The investors’ amended complaint argues the effect was similar. It alleges the token was designed to crash within minutes, that insiders sold about $1.27 million of tokens right after launch, and that the same wallet clusters were linked to LIBRA, M3M3, AIAI and sniping of the January 2025 Official Trump (TRUMP) launch, Decrypt reported. The court has not tested these allegations.
The HAWK Lawsuit: Who Sued Whom and Where It Stands
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| December 19, 2024 | Investors represented by Wolf Popper LLP and Burwick Law sue Schultz, overHere Limited, So and the Tuah The Moon Foundation in the Eastern District of New York, alleging unregistered securities sales |
| October 2025 | The court consolidates the case with a second buyers’ suit as In re $HAWK Token Securities Litigation |
| November 2025 | The plaintiffs ask to file an amended complaint adding Welch and others |
| December 2025 | The court grants the request, according to reports |
| March 30, 2026 | Burwick Law’s case page describes the class action as pending |
| November 5, 2026 | We found no ruling on the claims and no settlement |
The original defendants are Schultz, a Los Angeles promoter known online as “Doc Hollywood” who hosted the project’s audio sessions on X; overHere Limited, a launchpad registered in Hong Kong; its founder Clinton So; and the Tuah The Moon Foundation, a Cayman Islands entity that received funds from the sale. The complaint quotes So as saying the presale structure aimed to “mitigate any considerations around potentially being deemed to have sold unregulated securities to Americans.” Welch was left out at first, which Burwick Law said was deliberate, Decrypt reported, and she said she was “fully cooperating” with the investors’ lawyers.
The amended complaint, as described by Burwick Law, adds Welch, her manager, 16 Minutes LLC (described as the operating company for her career), Memetic Labs LLC, Meteora, Meteora co-founder Benjamin Chow, Dynamic Labs Limited and a defendant called “Solana Sweeper.” Its six claims cover Securities Act violations, fraud, New York’s laws on deceptive practices and false advertising, breach of contract and unjust enrichment. It alleges that 16 Minutes signed a “Meme Token Creation and Monetization Agreement” with Memetic Labs on July 18, 2024, entitling Welch to $125,000 upfront and $200,000 for promotional milestones, while Memetic Labs was to receive a 50% lifetime share of profits tied to trading. The only claim against Welch is unjust enrichment, according to Protos, and she did not respond to Decrypt’s request for comment. The case is before U.S. District Judge Ann M. Donnelly.
Did the SEC Investigate Haliey Welch?
Yes, according to Welch and her lawyer, and it ended without action. In March 2025 her lawyer told TMZ that the SEC had closed its inquiry “without making any findings against, or seeking any monetary sanctions.” The SEC told Decrypt it does not comment on possible investigations. A month earlier, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance said in a staff statement on meme coins that meme coins of the kind it described are not securities, that their buyers lack federal securities law protection and that fraud can still be pursued by other agencies. The statement has no legal force, and the court will decide the lawsuit’s securities claims. Welch also said in May 2025 that the FBI had questioned and cleared her, The Block reported; we found no agency statement confirming this.
What Has Haliey Welch Said About the Coin?
- December 20, 2024: she said she takes “this situation extremely seriously” and was assisting the lawyers representing the investors
- March 2025: she told TMZ her cooperation with “all the authorities and attorneys” was complete
- April 2025: a spokesperson said she and Memetic Labs had “mutually agreed to this separation” and that she “will no longer be involved with the support or marketing of the coin,” Decrypt reported
- May 2025: on her podcast she said she “got talked into it” without enough knowledge of crypto and “trusted the wrong people.” She said she was paid a marketing fee for promoting HAWK on X, “did not make a dime” from the coin itself and would not do another crypto project
How Much Is the Hawk Tuah Girl Worth?
There is no verified figure, and Welch has not published her finances. Celebrity Net Worth, which calls its figures estimates drawn from public sources, put her net worth at about $500,000 when we checked on November 5, 2026, though a summary line on the same page showed $200,000. Her known income includes more than $65,000 of merchandise, her podcast and appearances, and the HAWK deal, which the amended complaint says entitled her to up to $325,000; how much was paid has not been established in court. We found no credible source for claims that she made millions from the coin. See our net worth profiles for other public figures.
Where Is Haliey Welch Now?
Talk Tuah went quiet after December 2024, apart from a February 2025 episode that was posted and deleted, and returned in April 2025 with YouTuber KSI as its guest, Decrypt reported. Celebrity Net Worth says she left Betr in early 2025 and now owns the show, which the Podnews directory lists as a podcast from 16 Minutes. In March 2025 she announced DocTuah, a documentary about her rise (we could not confirm a release). We found no new crypto venture involving her as of November 5, 2026.
Does HAWK Still Trade?
Yes, barely. On November 5, 2026, HAWK traded at about $0.000105, according to CoinMarketCap and DexScreener. The only market DexScreener tracks, a HAWK/SOL pool on Meteora created on launch day, held about $180,600 of liquidity and saw about $102 of trading in 24 hours. HAWK hit an all-time low of $0.0000727 on June 6, 2026, and its value is about 99.8% below the reported $491 million peak and about 94% below the presale valuation.
Beware of lookalikes. CoinMarketCap lists several tokens using the Hawk Tuah name or the HAWK ticker, and CoinGecko’s page titled Hawk Tuah tracks a different token, HAWKTUAH. The token launched through overHere uses the Solana contract HAWKThXRcNL9ZGZKqgUXLm4W8tnRZ7U6MVdEepSutj34.
How to Check a Celebrity or Meme Coin Before Buying
HAWK had a famous face and a launchpad, yet buyers saw the details that mattered only after the crash. Before buying a celebrity token, check:
- The contract address. Take it from the celebrity’s verified accounts and compare it with CoinMarketCap or CoinGecko; HAWK shares its name with several other tokens.
- Who holds the supply. Use a holder or bubble map tool to see whether a few wallets dominate and whether team tokens are locked.
- Fees and liquidity. Find out who controls the pool and where trading fees go; the HAWK complaint alleges a 15% fee went to a foundation wallet.
- Presales. Ask who bought before launch, at what price and when they can sell.
- Paid promotion. Treat celebrity posts as advertising; Welch’s alleged promotion agreement became public only through a lawsuit.
- Legal protection. SEC staff say buyers of such meme coins lack federal securities law protection, and HAWK buyers have relied on a private lawsuit that has run for nearly two years without a ruling on the claims.
- New “Hawk Tuah” tokens. Welch says she is done with crypto, so treat any token using her name as unofficial unless she announces it on her verified accounts.
Our guides on how to check if a meme coin is legit and how to verify crypto news and rumors explain the tools, and our article on how to know if a crypto company is a scam covers the firms behind launches. Nothing in this article is financial advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
What happened with the Hawk Tuah coin?
HAWK, a Solana memecoin promoted by Haliey Welch, launched on December 4, 2024, and reached a reported value of about $491 million before losing more than 90% within hours. Investors sued the launch team that month, and an amended complaint allowed in December 2025 also names Welch. On November 5, 2026, HAWK traded about 99.8% below its reported peak.
How high did the Hawk Tuah coin go?
Reports differ. The investors’ complaint says HAWK’s value reached about $491 million within hours of its December 4, 2024 launch, and The Block reported a peak of about $400 million. CoinMarketCap records a high of $0.01485 eight minutes after launch, about $149 million for the full supply. The complaint and The Block both describe a fall of more than 90% within hours.
What did Haliey Welch, the Hawk Tuah girl, do?
Welch, famous from a viral 2024 street interview, lent her name to HAWK and promoted it on X. The amended lawsuit alleges her company signed an agreement entitling her to up to $325,000 for that promotion and accuses her of unjust enrichment. She says she was paid a marketing fee, made no money from the coin itself and trusted the wrong people.
Is the Hawk Tuah girl being sued?
Yes. Investors sued the launch team in December 2024 without naming her, and Welch said she was cooperating with their lawyers. In December 2025 the federal court in Brooklyn allowed an amended complaint adding Welch, her manager and her company, alongside Meteora and others. The only claim against her is unjust enrichment, according to reports. We found no ruling or settlement.
Did the SEC charge Haliey Welch?
No. Her lawyer said in March 2025 that the SEC had closed its inquiry without findings against her or monetary sanctions, and the agency declined to comment. In February 2025, SEC staff said meme coins of the kind they described are not securities. Welch has also said the FBI questioned and cleared her, which we could not confirm. The private lawsuit continues separately.
How much is the Hawk Tuah girl worth?
No verified figure exists. Celebrity Net Worth estimated her net worth at about $500,000 when we checked in November 2026, though the same page also shows $200,000, a sign of how rough such estimates are. Her known income includes merchandise, her podcast and appearances, and the HAWK promotion deal, which the lawsuit says entitled her to up to $325,000.
Is the HAWK token still trading?
Yes, thinly. On November 5, 2026, HAWK traded at about $0.000105, a fully diluted value of about $1.05 million, and DexScreener showed one HAWK/SOL pool on Meteora with about $102 traded in 24 hours. Several other tokens use the same name, so check that the contract address begins with HAWKThX before trusting any price.
How can I verify if a crypto project associated with Hawk Tuah is legitimate?
Start with Welch’s own verified accounts: she has said she is finished with crypto, so treat any new Hawk Tuah token as unofficial unless she announces it herself. Compare the contract address with CoinMarketCap or CoinGecko, check whether a few wallets hold most of the supply, look for trading fees and unlocked team tokens, and search court records for lawsuits.
Data sources: CoinMarketCap (price, supply, fully diluted value, all-time high and low, daily history), DexScreener (Meteora pool) and CoinGecko (HAWKTUAH listing), all November 5, 2026; the December 19, 2024 complaint (E.D.N.Y. No. 1:24-cv-08650); Burwick Law’s case page (March 30, 2026); Law360 case records (2025); the SEC Staff Statement on Meme Coins (February 27, 2025); Celebrity Net Worth and Podnews (checked November 5, 2026); and reporting by The Block, Decrypt, Protos, TMZ and Yellow (December 2024 to December 2025).
About the author
Mushumir Butt is a seasoned crypto journalist with over three years of experience reporting on the world of blockchain and cryptocurrency. At Blockchain Reporter, he delivers insightful news, in‐depth project reviews, and precise price analysis and predictions. With a strong background in SEO and digital marketing, Mushumir excels at breaking down complex trends into clear, accessible content, ensuring readers stay ahead in the fast‐paced crypto space.
