A garota Hawk Tuah desaparece, sem resposta sobre o processo judicial – Qual é o próximo projeto de memecoin em perigo?
Quem foi pego na mistura? A organização sediada nas Ilhas Cayman, que levantou fundos por meio de vendas simbólicas, junto com o criador OverHere Ltd., o executivo Clinton So e o promotor Alex Larson Schultz. Os demandantes acusaram a equipe por trás da venda turbulenta de criptografia que explorou a posição de celebridade de Welch para gerar um “frenesi”. Eles afirmam que se aproveitaram de investidores iniciantes em criptografia. Eles também exigem indenizações de mais de US$ 150 mil, mas também estão abertos a qualquer outro valor que o tribunal considere apropriado. Conforme relatado pelo The Sun, Haliey Welch parece ter passado à clandestinidade. Welch não foi vista publicamente e não posta nas redes sociais há semanas desde o escândalo. Os fãs afirmam que ela desapareceu, pois também não lançou um novo episódio de seu podcast semanal, Talk Tuah, nas últimas duas semanas. Sua última postagem no Instagram promovendo o show foi em 3 de dezembro. Welch inicialmente disse à Fortune que seu memecoin “não era apenas uma forma de ganhar cash ” e que ela havia revisado suas opiniões sobre criptografia nos últimos meses depois de adquirir mais conhecimento sobre o assunto. QUEBRE KIN G: Uma nova era de projetos de criptografia de celebridades fracassados
HAILEY WELCH ANUNCIA QUE VAI PARA A CAMA QUANDO O PAINEL É PERGUNTADO QUANTO FORAM PAGOS. 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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