Editing Hawk Tuah

**Hawk Tuah** (ticker **HAWK**) is a [[Solana]] memecoin promoted by internet personality [[Haliey Welch]] and launched on 4 December 2024 through the overHere launchpad.[^1] It reached about $490 million in market cap and fell about 93% within hours, leading to an investor lawsuit.[^2]

## Lore
HAWK took its name from Welch's viral "Hawk Tuah" catchphrase.[^2] It launched on Solana on 4 December 2024 with overHere facilitating the launch.[^1] [[Bubblemaps]] analysts said a cluster of connected wallets held 96% of the supply.[^2] Welch stopped posting on social media after the launch-day X Spaces event.[^2]

## Timeline
- 2024-12-04: HAWK launches; market cap nears $490 million, then falls about 93%[^1][^2]
- 2024-12-19: investors file a federal lawsuit against the promoters[^1][^2]
- 2024-12-20: Welch says she is fully cooperating with the plaintiffs' lawyers[^3]
- 2025-03-27: Welch's lawyer says the SEC closed its inquiry without findings[^4]
- 2025-11-18: [[Burwick Law]] seeks to add Welch as a defendant[^5]

## Controversies
### Lawsuit
On 19 December 2024 Burwick Law filed a federal lawsuit for twelve plaintiffs claiming more than $151,000 in combined losses.[^2] It names Alex Larson Schultz ("Doc Hollywood"), overHere Limited, its founder Clinton So and the Tuah the Moon Foundation, and alleges HAWK was marketed and sold as an unregistered security.[^2] The complaint alleges a wallet controlled by the Tuah foundation collected $3 million in token transaction fees.[^1] An overHere spokesperson said the company was "confident that we have done nothing wrong".[^1] Welch, not then a defendant, said she was fully cooperating with the plaintiffs' lawyers.[^3]

In November 2025 Burwick Law asked to amend the complaint to add Welch, her manager Johnnie Forster and her company 16 Minutes LLC.[^5] The filing alleges 16 Minutes signed a promotion agreement with Memetic Labs worth up to $325,000, plus a 50% lifetime profit share for Memetic Labs on trading activity; the court had made no findings.[^5] Burwick Law later filed a separate class action over [[ai16z]].[^6]

### SEC inquiry
In March 2025 Welch's lawyer told TMZ the SEC had closed an inquiry into her "without making any findings against, or seeking any monetary sanctions"; the SEC declined to confirm or deny an investigation.[^4] HAWK then traded on the [[Meteora]] DEX at about a $4 million market cap.[^4]

## See also
- [[Celebrity memecoins]]
- [[YZY]]
- [[Broccoli]]
- [[Iggy Azalea]]
- [[Daddy Tate]]
- [[Mother Iggy]]
- [[Jailstool]]
- [[Kekius Maximus]]

## References
1. [Team behind HAWK memecoin, tied to 'Hawk Tuah Girl,' sued for alleged securities law violations](https://www.theblock.co/post/331746/team-behind-hawk-memecoin-tied-to-hawk-tuah-girl-sued-for-alleged-securities-law-violations), The Block, 2024-12-19
2. ['Talk Tuah Judge': Hawk Tuah Girl's Biz Partners Are Getting Sued Over Meme Coin Disaster](https://decrypt.co/297943/hawk-tuah-hailey-welch-meme-coin-lawsuit), Decrypt, 2024-12-19
3. [Haliey Welch 'Fully Cooperating' With Lawyers Suing Over Failed HAWK Crypto](https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/12/20/hailey-welch-fully-cooperating-with-lawyers-suing-over-failed-hawk-crypto), CoinDesk, 2024-12-20
4. [Hawk Tuah Girl Says SEC Dropping Probe Into Solana Meme Coin: TMZ](https://decrypt.co/312190/hawk-tuah-girl-sec-dropping-probe-into-meme-coin-tmz), Decrypt, 2025-03-28
5. [Hawk Tuah Girl Added to Solana Meme Coin Lawsuit—After She Cooperated With Law Firm](https://decrypt.co/349110/hawk-tuah-girl-solana-meme-coin-lawsuit-after-cooperating-law-firm), Decrypt, 2025-11-18
6. [AI agent token AI16Z, once worth $2.4 billion, ends with founder calling it 'dead'](https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/08/05/ai-agent-token-once-worth-usd2-4-billion-ends-with-founder-calling-it-dead), CoinDesk, 2026-08-05
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