DMD Weekly FinTech Trend Report
April 5, 2025
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The SEC Gave Hawk Tuah Girl a Pass But Her $HAWK Coin Exposed a Bigger Problem
When the memecoin $HAWK launched in December 2024, backed by viral internet star Haliey Welch (known more infamously as the “Hawk Tuah Girl”) it exploded with meme-fueled momentum. Within hours, it reached a market cap of nearly half a billion dollars. Within hours more, it crashed spectacularly, erasing over 90% of its value and burning thousands of retail investors in the process.
Welch avoided formal charges in the class action lawsuits that followed, but her brand didn’t come out unscathed.
Though she issued a public statement citing bot manipulation and pledged to “cooperate fully” with attorneys to assist affected investors, her involvement quickly became the latest case study in what can go wrong when celebrity brand monetization collides with crypto regulation.
Much of the post-mortem focused on Welch herself: her age, her lack of experience, her pivot from crypto critic to active promoter—which led to her perceived opportunism. But these headlines often miss the real systemic problem outside of the crypto industry bubble: where were her advisors? In fact, where are the professionals prepared to meet the moment in this fast-paced, evolving and uncertain world of new methods of monetization in the digital ownership age? […]
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NEWS & TRENDS DIGEST
A Turning Point for Stablecoin Regulation and a Spotlight on Commodity-Backed Innovations (ElectingCrypto.com)
Senate Reviews Trump’s SEC, OCC, Treasury Picks On Crypto (Forbes)
Cryptocurrencies rise Friday, bucking broader market meltdown (CNBC)
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📜 SEC Staff Statement on Stablecoins
We break down the SEC’s landmark declaration that certain fiat-backed stablecoins—now classified as “Covered Stablecoins”—are not securities. Discover what makes them compliant, why the agency’s tone has shifted under new leadership, and how this could finally provide clarity for issuers, users, and policymakers alike.
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🐸 From Securities to Speculation: The SEC’s Memecoin Pivot
New SEC staff guidance suggests most memecoins are more like collectibles than securities. What does that mean for creators, celebrities, and regulators? We dig into the $HAWK coin controversy, the agency’s evolving views on speculation, and the Trump administration’s softer stance on cultural tokens.
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SEC Crypto Task Force Preview: “Between a Block and a Hard Place” (April 11 Roundtable)
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