I’ve been dabbling in crypto for a few years now. I usually kept things low-risk sticking with established coins and avoiding meme-driven hype. But all that changed when Haliey Welch, better known as the viral "Hawk Tuah" girl, launched her own token: $HAWK . Social media was on fire. Twitter, TikTok, YouTube everyone was hyping it up like it was the next Dogecoin. "It’s going to the moon," they said. And I bought in. Hard. The Rise and Collapse of $HAWK When $HAWK launched, the numbers were explosive. Within hours, the token’s market cap soared to nearly $500 million . Fueled by the FOMO, I invested over $698,000 , convinced I was getting in at the right time. But within 48 hours, it all unraveled. The price crashed dropping more than 95% . My holdings, once nearing three-quarters of a million dollars, were suddenly worth less than $48,000 . Trading volume dried up. The token was dead in the water. Worse still, it wasn’t just a bad investment. It was a trap....