谁被卷入其中?该组织总部位于开曼群岛,与创始人 OverHere Ltd.、执行官 Clinton So 和发起人 Alex Larson Schultz 一起通过代币销售筹集资金。 原告指控旋风式加密货币销售背后的团队利用韦尔奇的名人地位制造“疯狂”。他们声称他们利用了首次加密货币投资者的优势。他们还要求赔偿超过 15 万美元,但他们也愿意接受法院认为适当的任何其他金额。 据《太阳报》报道,海莉·韦尔奇似乎已经转入地下。自丑闻发生以来,韦尔奇一直没有公开露面,也没有在社交媒体上发帖。 粉丝们声称她已经消失了,因为过去两周她也没有发布每周播客《Talk Tuah》的新一集。她最后一次在 Instagram 上发布宣传该剧的帖子是在 12 月 3 日。 韦尔奇最初告诉《财富》杂志,她的模因币“不仅仅是cash”,在获得更多关于加密货币的知识后,她在近几个月改变了对加密货币的看法。 布雷亚KIN:名人加密项目失败的新时代
当专家组被问及他们的报酬是多少时,海莉·韦尔奇宣布她要睡觉了。 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?
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.
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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