Welch, who became a viral meme last year for her infamous 'You gotta give ’em that ‘hawk tuah’ and spit on that thing!' line, has been in hot water since she launched her $Hawk coin, which drastically gained in popularity right up until it crashed.

Haliey Welch, known as the 'Hawk Tuah' girl, faced backlash after her cryptocurrency, $HAWK token, collapsed, losing over 90% of its value. Addressing the situation in a podcast, Welch expressed regret and revealed she was misled.

Haliey Welch, colloquially known as the “Hawk Tuah girl” — I just imagined that, after she lives a long and happy life and peacefully passes away in 75 years, will “Here lies Hawk Tuah” be on her headstone? — has returned to the public eye after the launch of her cryptocurrency blew up in her face in an alleged “pump-and-dump” scheme.

Haliey Welch's $HAWK memecoin quickly rose to a $490 million market cap when launched on December 4. But its value plunged $440 million in just 20 minutes.

It’s been over two months since all the controversy went down surrounding Haliey Welch aka Hawk Tuah girl and her cryptocurrency debacle, and since then she’s disappeared into thin air. In case you need a quick refresher on exactly what happened that caused her to go into apparently hiding, here’s a quick recap on the whole thing.

Overnight ‘viral star’ Welch saw her time in the limelight overshadowed by a cryptocurrency polemic that saw her embroiled in controversy.

Hailey Welch, the Hawk Tuah girl, has appeared online in a leaked podcast discussing the crypto scandal over her meme coin.