Hawk Tuah girl addresses controversy with wild video after fans ‘lost life savings’ by buying her cryptocurrency

Fans are all saying the same thing as Hawk Tuah girl makes her ‘comeback’ months after leaving some fans who invested in her cryptocurrency without their ‘life savings’.

After 22-year-old Haliey Welch went viral for her NSFW ‘Hawk Tuah’ clip, she capitalised and built an online empire.

There were thriving social media accounts, a podcast produced by Jake Paul’s Betr media company, and even a clothing brand.

However, her business took a major tumble in December last year when Welch launched her $HAWK memecoin.

The cryptocurrency, which was reportedly never registered with The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), hit a $490m market cap shortly after launch, as per Crypto Times.

But it took a nosedive within hours, with Bloomberg Law reporting the digital coin actually lost more than 90 percent of its value.

This loss caused some fans to claim they’d lost their life savings from investing in HAWK.

“I am a huge fan of Hawk Tuah but you took my life savings,” one person alleged.

“I purchased your coin $Hawk that you were so excited about with my life savings and children’s college education fund as well.”

Haliey Welch has addressed rumors of her online disappearance (@‌hay_welch/Instagram)

Welch, who is from Belfast, Tennessee, was swiftly accused of ‘misleading’ and ‘betraying’ fans and investors alike.

Following the backlash, the US native’s social media accounts went silent, with the exception of a since-deleted statement posted on X in December which (according to Vulture) read: “I take this situation extremely seriously and want to address my fans, the investors who have been affected, and the broader community.

“I am fully cooperating with and am committed to assisting the legal team representing the individuals impacted, as well as to help uncover the truth, hold the responsible parties accountable, and resolve this matter.”

Welch’s silence caused a myriad of rumors to spring up, some of which the overnight internet sensation has now addressed.

On Tuesday (March 25) Welch uploaded a video to her Instagram Feed with the caption: “What’d I miss?”

In the video, the star appears to be asleep before voiceovers can be heard addressing her alleged death.