Viral internet star Haliey Welch has resurfaced for the first time in weeks, less than 24 hours after Mashable published a report on her disappearance following the failure of her "Hawk Tuah" branded memecoin $HAWK.

I take this situation extremely seriously,” Haliey Welch wrote in a post on X on Friday. By Kalhan Rosenblatt and Angela Yang

On Dec. 4, Welch announced that her Hawk Tuah memecoin, $HAWK, had gone live. The memecoin exploded in value, with a market cap in the hundreds of millions of dollars – before quickly collapsing. Many who bought $HAWK had lost a significant sum of money in a matter of minutes.

Did the "Hawk Tuah" girl get arrested? Haliey Welch sparks concerns of arrest after a crypto scandal squarely lands in her lap.

Haliey Welch, better known as “the Hawk Tuah Girl,” has broken her silence as she faces lawsuits related to an alleged “crypto scam” regarding her Hawk Tuah NFT. “I take this situation extremely seriously and want to address my fans,

Welch jumped into the crypto craze after months of growing her brand. Since June, when her interview went viral, the 22-year-old has cashed in on her success with Hawk Tuah-themed merch, her podcast “Talk Tuah” and the launch of her AI dating assistant app Pookie Tools.

At the end of a whirlwind year that saw her transform from a viral star to a business mogul, Haliey Welch, also known as the “Hawk Tuah Girl,” is facing backlash for promoting a memecoin that crashed.

"I take this situation extremely seriously," the 22-year-old wrote in a post following two weeks of social media silence in the wake of $HAWK coin's crash.

The woman behind a viral meme has had to come forward and say she was cooperating with lawyers over her memecoin. Haliey Welch went viral after she used the term “hawk tuah” to describe a sex act in an “on the street” style interview outside of a nightclub.