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'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.

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.

The meaning is in the name, it's when a coin is 'pumped up' in value by a celebrity or something else driving it, and then sold so that the creators can make profit. '$HAWK token' lost its buyers millions, and as the face of it, 'Hawk Tuah Girl' Haliey Welch was cancelled on social media.

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.

Haliey Welch, a.ka. the "Hawk Tuah Girl," made headlines last year for the wrong reasons. After launching her very own "meme coin," she went silent after investors got the rug pulled on them. Welch launched her coin on the Solana blockchain.

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

Haliey Welch, the “Hawk Tuah girl,” is back to explain her meme coin mess—only the episode is MIA, and the guest is alleging shenanigans.

Haliey Welch was set to make her long-awaited comeback in a podcast episode featuring FaZe Banks – but it leaked early.

Hawk Tuah star Hailey Welch got emotional in her first candid interview after a two month absence. We'll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story. Please check back regularly for updates on this developing story HERE .