Haliey Welch 推出 Memecoin，因內線交易指控暴跌 95%

今年夏天，22 歲的女性哈莉·韋爾奇(Haliey Welch) 因其在TikTok 上火爆的“hawk tuah”視頻而在網絡上走紅，在她最新的奇異職業舉動中，她推出了自己的模因幣，但其價值幾乎立即暴跌。

Haliey Welch, the 22-year-old woman who became famous for her viral “hawk tuah” TikTok video this summer, has launched her own memecoin in her latest bizarre career move.

22 歲的哈莉·韋爾奇 (Haliey Welch) 因今年夏天在 TikTok 上火爆的“hawk tuah”視頻而出名，在她最新的奇異職業舉動中，她推出了自己的模因幣。

After her man-on-the-street interview went viral over the summer, Welch quickly capitalized on the attention, releasing merchandise, joining Instagram and posting pictures with celebrities including Matt Rife and JoJo Siwa. She joined country star Zach Bryan onstage at a June concert and threw out the first pitch at a New York Mets game in August. Welch also launched a podcast, “Talk Tuah,” in September, which quickly found popularity and at one point ranked as the fifth most-popular podcast on Spotify’s daily charts, behind only Joe Rogan’s show. The podcast is owned by boxer and social media personality Jake Paul’s company Betr. She has hosted guests including Wiz Khalifa, Mark Cuban and Brooke Schofield on her podcast. Last month, Welch launched an AI-powered dating app, “Pookie Tools,” which includes a chatbot that helps with conversation starters, dating app profile tips and date outfit recommendations.

今年夏天，韋爾奇的街頭採訪走紅後，韋爾奇迅速利用了這種關注，發布了商品，加入了Instagram，並發布了與馬特·萊夫(Matt Rife) 和喬喬·西瓦( JoJo Siwa) 等名人的合照。她在 6 月的一場音樂會上與鄉村明星 Zach Bryan 一起登台，並在 8 月的紐約大都會隊比賽中首次投球。韋爾奇還在9 月推出了一個名為“Talk Tuah”的播客，很快就受到歡迎，並一度在Spotify 的每日排行榜上排名第五，僅次於喬·羅根的節目。該播客由拳擊手和社交媒體名人傑克保羅 (Jake Paul) 的公司 Betr 擁有。她在播客上接待過維茲·哈利法、馬克·庫班和布魯克·斯科菲爾德等嘉賓。上個月，韋爾奇推出了一款由人工智慧驅動的約會應用程式“Pookie Tools”，其中包括一個聊天機器人，可以幫助啟動對話、約會應用程式個人資料提示和約會服裝推薦。

Welch, who now has 2.6 million followers on Instagram, became famous for her viral "Hawk Tuah" TikTok video. (Photo by Michael ... [+] Tullberg/Getty Images)

韋爾奇現在在 Instagram 上擁有 260 萬粉絲，她因她在 TikTok 上火爆的“Hawk Tuah”視頻而出名。 （麥可拍攝...... [+] 圖爾伯格/蓋蒂圖片社）

Now, Welch has launched the Hawk Tuah coin—widely seen as a memecoin, or a form of cryptocurrency that is typically created for entertainment purposes—on the Solana blockchain. The coin quickly hit a market capitalization of nearly $500 million before immediately plummeting 95% to $25 million as of Thursday afternoon, according to DexScreener data.

現在，Welch 在 Solana 區塊鏈上推出了 Hawk Tuah 幣，它被廣泛視為 memecoin，或者是通常為娛樂目的而創建的加密貨幣。根據 DexScreener 的數據，截至週四下午，該代幣的市值迅速達到近 5 億美元，然後立即暴跌 95% 至 2500 萬美元。

The coin’s price as of Thursday afternoon after 4 p.m. EST is $0.002439, down from a high of $0.04916 Wednesday evening, according to DexScreener.

根據 DexScreener 的數據，截至美國東部時間週四下午 4 點後，該代幣的價格為 0.002439 美元，低於週三晚間 0.04916 美元的高點。

The chaotic launch appeared to result in big losses for some traders. Coffeezilla, a crypto YouTuber with more than 3 million subscribers whose real name is Stephen Findeisen, said in a tense X space conversation with Welch and her team the Hawk Tuah rollout was “one of the most miserable, horrible launches I’ve ever seen,” accusing Welch and her team of insider trading, which they denied.

混亂的推出似乎給一些交易者帶來了巨大損失。 Coffeezilla 是一位擁有超過300 萬訂閱者的加密貨幣YouTuber，其真名是Stephen Findeisen，他在與Welch 及其團隊進行的一次緊張的X Space 對話中表示，Hawk Tuah 的推出是「我見過的最悲慘、最可怕的發布之一， 」指責韋爾奇和她的團隊進行內幕交易，但他們否認了這一點。

CoinTelegraph reported about 80 to 90% of the Hawk Tuah supply was controlled by insiders or snipers—or entities that purchase large amounts of a coin’s supply at its launch—citing blockchain data from Bubblemaps and DexScreener, though Welch said in a post on X her team had not sold any tokens and they “tried to stop snipers as best we could.”

CoinTelegraph 引用Bubblemaps 和DexScreener 的區塊鏈數據報道，約80% 至90% 的Hawk Tuah 供應量由內部人士或狙擊手（或在發行時購買大量代幣供應的實體）控制，但韋爾奇在X 她的貼文中表示團隊沒有出售任何代幣，他們「盡力阻止狙擊手」。

Forbes has reached out to Welch’s management for comment.

《富比士》已聯繫韋爾奇管理層徵求評論。

Memecoins are cryptocurrencies that attempt to capitalize on popular social media memes, including the highly valued Dogecoin and Pepe coin. Memecoins, though, are considered highly volatile and risky by crypto investors as they are dependent on fluctuating social media trends.

Memecoin 是一種試圖利用流行社交媒體 meme 的加密貨幣，包括高價值的狗狗幣和佩佩幣。然而，加密貨幣投資者認為 Memecoin 具有高度波動性和風險性，因為它們依賴不斷變化的社群媒體趨勢。

After the Hawk Tuah coin sparked backlash on social media, Burwick Law, a firm that specializes in cryptocurrency, posted on X urging people who lost money on the memecoin to reach out to “learn about your legal rights.” Still, it’s unclear whether the crash will have legal consequences, and there is no clear evidence of wrongdoing or illegality. Some critics have speculated—without proof—Welch’s coin was launched as part of a “pump and dump” scheme, in which the value of an asset, including a cryptocurrency, is quickly inflated and then sold off, causing the value to crash. The CFTC first cracked down on crypto pump and dumps in March 2021, charging two individuals on multiple counts of fraud for deceiving crypto investors and profiting more than $2 million in one such scheme.

Hawk Tuah 硬幣在社交媒體上引發強烈反對後，專門從事加密貨幣的公司 Burwick Law 在 X 上發帖，敦促因 Memecoin 損失金錢的人們伸出援手，“了解自己的合法權利”。不過，目前尚不清楚這起事故是否會產生法律後果，也沒有明確的證據顯示不當行為或違法行為。一些批評家在沒有證據的情況下推測，韋爾奇的代幣是作為「拉高拋售」計劃的一部分而推出的，在該計劃中，包括加密貨幣在內的資產價值迅速膨脹，然後被拋售，導致價值暴跌。 CFTC 於 2021 年 3 月首次打擊加密貨幣拉高和拋售行為，對兩名個人提出多項欺詐罪名，指控他們欺騙加密貨幣投資者，並在一項此類計劃中獲利超過 200 萬美元。