La chica Hawk Tuah desaparece, no hay respuesta sobre el caso judicial: ¿Cuál es el próximo proyecto de memecoin en peligro?
¿Quién quedó atrapado en la mezcla? La organización con sede en las Islas Caimán, que recaudó fondos a través de la venta de tokens, junto con el creador OverHere Ltd., el ejecutivo Clinton So y el promotor Alex Larson Schultz. Los demandantes acusaron al equipo detrás de la vertiginosa venta de criptomonedas que aprovechó la posición de celebridad de Welch para generar un "frenesí". Afirman que se aprovecharon de los inversores en criptomonedas por primera vez. También exigen una indemnización de más de 150.000 dólares, pero también están abiertos a cualquier otra cantidad que el tribunal considere apropiada. Según informó The Sun, Haliey Welch parece haber pasado a la clandestinidad. Welch no ha sido vista públicamente y no ha publicado en las redes sociales durante semanas desde el escándalo. Los fanáticos afirman que se ha ido MIA ya que tampoco ha lanzado un nuevo episodio de su podcast semanal, Talk Tuah, durante las últimas dos semanas. Su última publicación en Instagram promocionando el programa fue el 3 de diciembre. Welch inicialmente le dijo a Fortune que su memecoin "no era solo una toma cash " y que había revisado sus opiniones sobre las criptomonedas en los últimos meses después de adquirir más conocimientos sobre el tema. KIN : Una nueva era de proyectos criptográficos fallidos de celebridades
HAILEY WELCH ANUNCIA QUE SE VA A ACOSTAR CUANDO SE PREGUNTA AL PANEL CUÁNTO LE PAGARON. pic.twitter.com/iW4R7vGSuZ
At that time, her manager, Jonnie Forster, maintained that they were only distributing free tokens to social media followers who bought her merchandise and were not encouraging people to purchase them outright. Was that the case, though?
Hawk Tuah’s failed crypto project is just the tip of the iceberg. This year alone, investors have suffered losses from failed celebrity projects. Is it that investors can’t pick out good projects to invest in? Or is their blind trust in celebrities their pending doom?
Fame to failure – Celebrities go wrong on crypto
Let’s run the list. Celebrities hop from one movie project to the next. One talk show to the next. One scandal to the next. Now, it’s crypto projects, crypto exchanges, and memecoins – as long as they are being paid.
Andrew Tate. Have you heard of him? He swore other celebrities were on a scam rut and he wasn’t. The “Masculinity” influencer launched his Solana-based memecoin, Daddy Tate (DADDY), aiming to replicate the success of Iggy Azalea’s Mother Iggy (MOTHER) token.
Well, it appears he is like the rest. DADDY has suffered many pump-and-dumps and remains far below its launch price.
Next to Nigeria. Davido, an internationally recognized Afrobeat artist, debuted his memecoin Davido (DAVIDO) on the Solana blockchain on May 29. Davido earned 7.5 SOL eleven hours prior to launch. He created DAVIDO on Pump.fun and paid 7 SOL for 203 million DAVIDO tokens, accounting for 20.3% of the total supply.
Shortly after the token’s price surged, he sold all of his holdings, flipping 7 SOL for $500,000. Following the dump, DAVIDO lost all value.
Then comes Hollywood’s Cardi B, Jason Derulo, and Caitlyn Jenner. Derulo accused Sahil Arora, a crypto influencer and controversial memecoin co-creator, of orchestrating a pump-and-dump scheme for his own profit. Jenner piled on, also blaming Arora.
In Cardi’s case, the UAE wouldn’t take any chance with its citizens being scammed. Investigations have been opened into her WAP token.
Should you worry about PNUT?
Well, the fight over PNUT continues, and the price does not look too good. PNUT could be the next HAWK on the list. PNUT has gained support and market recognition following its ties to Donald Trump, Make America Great Again (MAGA), and Elon Musk.
The token initially gained traction after being listed on Binance, but has since seen fluctuating performance.
Soon after that, Mark Longo, owner of the Peanut the Squirrel brand, issued a cease-and-desist letter to Binance, accusing the platform of trademark infringement in relation to its PNUT-themed memecoin.
After that, the price tanked. On-chain data from CoinMarketCap shows that PNUT is down over 25% in one day alone. What could go wrong?
Longo has accused the PNUT community of exploiting his story for financial gain. In a now-deleted post on X (formerly Twitter), Longo stated, “The $PNUT community USED MY STORY, MY SQUIRREL, AND MY LIKENESS TO MAKE MILLIONS!”
Now, it looks like not many are interested in the coin anymore.
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