Haliey Welch 推出 Memecoin，因内幕交易指控暴跌 95%

今年夏天，22 岁的女性哈莉·韦尔奇 (Haliey Welch) 因其在 TikTok 上火爆的“hawk tuah”视频而在网络上走红，在她最新的奇异职业举动中，她推出了自己的模因币，但其价值几乎立即暴跌。

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 岁的哈莉·韦尔奇 (Haliey Welch) 因今年夏天在 TikTok 上火爆的“hawk tuah”视频而出名，在她最新的奇异职业举动中，她推出了自己的模因币。

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，韦尔奇的街头采访走红后，韦尔奇迅速利用了这种关注，发布了商品，加入了 Instagram，并发布了与马特·莱夫 (Matt Rife) 和乔乔·西瓦 (JoJo Siwa) 等名人的合影。她在 6 月的一场音乐会上与乡村明星扎克·布莱恩 (Zach Bryan) 一起登台，并在 8 月的纽约大都会队比赛中首次投球。韦尔奇还在 9 月份推出了一个名为“Talk Tuah”的播客，该播客很快就受到欢迎，并一度在 Spotify 的每日排行榜上排名第五，仅次于乔·罗根的节目。该播客由拳击手和社交媒体名人杰克·保罗 (Jake Paul) 的公司 Betr 所有。她在她的播客上接待过 Wiz Khalifa、Mark Cuban 和 Brooke Schofield 等嘉宾。上个月，韦尔奇推出了一款人工智能驱动的约会应用程序“Pookie Tools”，其中包括一个聊天机器人，可以帮助启动对话、约会应用程序个人资料提示和约会服装推荐。

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)

韦尔奇现在在 Instagram 上拥有 260 万粉丝，她因她在 TikTok 上火爆的“Hawk Tuah”视频而出名。 （迈克尔拍摄...... [+] 图尔伯格/盖蒂图片社）

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.

现在，Welch 在 Solana 区块链上推出了 Hawk Tuah 币，它被广泛视为 memecoin，或者是一种通常为娱乐目的而创建的加密货币。根据 DexScreener 的数据，截至周四下午，该代币的市值迅速达到近 5 亿美元，然后立即暴跌 95% 至 2500 万美元。

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.

根据 DexScreener 的数据，截至美国东部时间周四下午 4 点后，该代币的价格为 0.002439 美元，低于周三晚间 0.04916 美元的高点。

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.

混乱的推出似乎给一些交易者带来了巨大损失。 Coffeezilla 是一位拥有超过 300 万订阅者的加密货币 YouTuber，其真名是 Stephen Findeisen，他在与 Welch 及其团队进行的一次紧张的 X Space 对话中表示，Hawk Tuah 的推出是“我见过的最悲惨、最可怕的发布之一， ”指责韦尔奇和她的团队进行内幕交易，但他们否认了这一点。

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 援引 Bubblemaps 和 DexScreener 的区块链数据报道，约 80% 至 90% 的 Hawk Tuah 供应量由内部人士或狙击手（或在其发行时购买大量代币供应的实体）控制，但韦尔奇在 X 她的帖子中表示团队没有出售任何代币，他们“尽力阻止狙击手”。

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

《福布斯》已联系韦尔奇管理层征求评论。

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 是一种试图利用流行社交媒体 meme 的加密货币，包括高价值的狗狗币和佩佩币。然而，加密货币投资者认为 Memecoin 具有高度波动性和风险性，因为它们依赖于不断变化的社交媒体趋势。

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 硬币在社交媒体上引发强烈反对后，专门从事加密货币的公司 Burwick Law 在 X 上发帖，敦促因 Memecoin 损失金钱的人们伸出援手，“了解自己的合法权利”。不过，目前尚不清楚这起事故是否会产生法律后果，也没有明确的证据表明存在不当行为或违法行为。一些批评家在没有证据的情况下推测，韦尔奇的代币是作为“拉高抛售”计划的一部分而推出的，在该计划中，包括加密货币在内的资产价值迅速膨胀，然后被抛售，导致价值暴跌。 CFTC 于 2021 年 3 月首次打击加密货币拉高和抛售行为，对两名个人提出多项欺诈罪名，指控他们欺骗加密货币投资者，并在一项此类计划中获利超过 200 万美元。