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FaZe Banks claims Hawk Tuah girl's team leaked crypto podcast before two conditions were met for its release

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Updated 10:49 7 Feb 2025 GMTPublished 10:00 7 Feb 2025 GMT

FaZe Banks claims Hawk Tuah girl's team leaked crypto podcast before two conditions were met for its release

Hawk Tuah girl Haliey Welch has broke her silence after weeks of no activity on social media

Anish Vij

Anish Vij

FaZe Banks has asked the 'Hawk Tuah' girl to fire her entire team after they allegedly 'leaked' a new podcast episode about the controversial cryptocurrency scandal.

Haliey Welch needs little introduction after she became a viral sensation for, you know, that video.

Don't pretend like you've not seen it.

Since the fame, the Tennessee resident has quit her job and started her own podcast, Talk Tuah with Haliey Welch, which has over 200k subscribers.

'Hawk Tuah' girl's cryptocurrency scandal explained

Haliey Welch shot to fame last year after sharing her top tips on how to keep your man happy (YouTube/Tim & Dee TV)
Haliey Welch shot to fame last year after sharing her top tips on how to keep your man happy (YouTube/Tim & Dee TV)

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In recent months, the Hawk Tuah girl has been criticised for her cryptocurrency dealings, by promoting a coin named '$HAWK token', which became available on 4 December.

Its market cap went up to $490 million (£384 million), and then the coin quickly lost more than 95 percent of its value.

Welch was accused of doing a 'pump and dump', which is when people hype up a coin to drive up its value and then sell it quickly for profit. Everyone else lost millions.

Although lawsuits were launched against the coin’s creators, Welch wasn't named as a defendant.

Now, a leaked episode of her podcast has recently been shared on social media, and it features the founder of popular e-sports organisation FaZe Clan, who is also an influencer.

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But since it's been leaked, Banks - whose real name is Richard Bengston - has complained that his two stipulations were not met beforehand.

FaZe Banks' two stipulations which he claims were not met

Banks interviewed Welch in the leaked video (X)
Banks interviewed Welch in the leaked video (X)

1) Not allowing market manipulation

Over on his X account, Banks said his first stipulation was 'not allowing markets to be manipulated by leaking this episode's existence before a resolution was found'.

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"The price of $HAWK is pumping and they completely f**king fumbled the bag, yet again," he complained.

2) To find a solution

"Her team finding a REAL solution regarding the money she made, where that should go and what to do with the $HAWK project moving forward," he penned.

"What a f**king mess. Poor girl, it’s a wonder how she found herself in this position in the first place," Banks continued.

"Now @HalieyWelchX I’m going to speak to you direct and say the exact same thing I said to you on spaces that night. Fire everybody."

Haliey Welch breaks her silence

In the clip, Welch said the idea had been pitched to her as a ‘long-term coin’ that would ‘change the way everybody thinks about crypto’.

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“And I feel really bad for all the people that got affected by it,” she said. “And it just didn’t go the way I planned.”

“I probably should have looked into him a little bit more,” Welch said of the 'friend of a friend' who got her involved.

LADbible Group has contacted Welch’s reps for comment.

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Topics: Celebrity, Hawk Tuah girl, YouTube, Cryptocurrency, Podcast

Anish Vij
Anish Vij

Anish is a Journalist at LADbible Group and is a GG2 Young Journalist of the Year 2025. He has a Master's degree in Multimedia Journalism and a Bachelor's degree in International Business Management. Apart from that, his life revolves around the ‘Four F’s’ - family, friends, football and food. Email: [email protected]

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