What is Kekius Maximus, who looks similar to Pepe, when Musk changes his name and avatar?

Musk’s MEME new favorite?

Authored by: Deep Tide TechFlow

Finally, it’s not a day dominated by AI Meme anymore.

This morning, on the Solana chain, it was still AI Meme’s carnival day. Around 2 o’clock in the afternoon, Musk changed his Twitter profile picture to a Meme image similar to Pepe the Frog, and directly changed his name to Kekius Maximus, which is quite special as it is Musk’s first time changing his Twitter name.

Yes, that’s it👇

In addition, Musk’s frequent tweets about the ‘crazy milk’ Pepe concept recently, coupled with the big move of renaming and changing the avatar, directly caused the Meme market to start boiling. In addition to the already listed $Pepe’s rise, the PumpFun Meme on the Solana chain is even more chaotic, and the entire northwest of Jin is in chaos.

GMGN.AI data shows that the popularity of the Kekius Maximus concept Meme has dominated the Meme market within one hour.

Figure: According to GMGN.AI data, Kekius Maximus occupies the majority of the hourly popularity rankings.

Is Ma playing with Internet convergence again?

Elon Musk first mentioned the term Kekius Maximus on Twitter when interacting with other accounts’ frog images, apparently referring to the slightly textured frog as Kekius Maximus. A few days later, Musk mentioned on Twitter that he would name the next new character in the Expert Mode (HC) of his favorite game ‘Path of Exile (POE)’ as Kekius Maximus.

Today, Musk’s new tweet also mentioned the matter of game names:

The origin of ‘Kekius’ speculation

According to netizens’ speculation, the name Kekius Maximus should also have some connection to Pepe Meme culture.

The prefix ‘Kekius’ in the name may be derived from the internet slang term ‘Kek’. It originated from the game ‘World of Warcraft’, where when Horde players typed ‘LOL’, Alliance players would see it translated as ‘KEK’. This simple gaming slang later spread widely in the gaming community and initially meant the same as ‘LOL’, representing laughter.

With the development of Internet culture, this word has developed new meanings on platforms such as 4chan and Reddit. Netizens discovered that there is a deity named ‘Kek’ in ancient Egyptian mythology, who was depicted as a frog-headed human during the Greco-Roman period and was regarded as a symbol of chaos and darkness. This coincidence gave this Internet slang a deeper cultural connotation.

However, due to the mixed network environment, the term ‘Kek’ was often used as a political metaphor on the Internet, especially during the 16-year US presidential election. I won’t go into details here, but interested readers can refer to Wiki or Meme Encyclopedia for a detailed introduction to the origin of this term.

Kek and Frog Meme

Back to Meme, as mentioned earlier, there was a deity in ancient Egypt named ‘Kek’ with a human body and a frog head. Combined with the popular Pepe frog image in recent years, it is natural that there is a connection between Pepe and Kek on the Internet, and it is often used for Pepe derivatives.

Meanwhile, according to Twitter user @neso, as early as April 2023 when $pepe was launched on the official website, it was written, ‘In Lord Kek we trust.’ The $pepe project team was just playing with the Kek meme at that time.

And Musk’s name change this time to ‘Kekius Maximus’ is probably a hybrid term based on the origin of ‘Kek’. By combining ‘Kek’ with the Latin suffix ‘-ius’ and ‘Maximus’ (meaning ‘the greatest’), a unique combination of gaming culture, internet slang, and classical language is created.

Looking at it this way, Musk is indeed a high-intensity internet surfer.

Which tokens are being hyped?

So much talk? Which relevant concept coins are being speculated? Urgent urgent urgent.

Due to the rapid emergence of hotspots, the Meme of Kekius Maximus concept is currently in a relatively PVP state, with rugs and scams flying all over the place. According to the personal (loss) experience of the editor, only two coins with long creation time and community operations are relatively healthy now.

Note: Meme token price fluctuates dramatically and carries a high level of risk. Investors should assess the risk carefully and participate cautiously. This article only shares information based on market trends and the author and platform make no guarantee of the completeness or accuracy of the content. This article does not provide any investment advice.

$KM（Kekius Maximus）- Solana

Contract Address:

HuAncxDEsakCDgZS2Yfo9xJbHmtHXMnxxkT9jqdXnHhm

• Creation date: December 10, 2024 (21 days ago)
• Current market value: 40 million US dollars
• 24H Trading Volume: $108 million

This token was created on the day Musk first mentioned the concept of Kekius Maximus and surged to a market value of nearly $2 million when Musk mentioned it for the second time. Afterwards, the price continued to decline, but the community account @kekius_onsol has remained active until today, catching up with the hot spot and becoming the hottest Solana token in the entire concept. (It’s amazing that the community is really lucky.)

$KEKIUS（Kekius Maximus）- ETH Mainnet

Contract Address:

0x26e550ac11b26f78a04489d5f20f24e3559f7dd9

• Creation Date: December 14, 2024 (17 days ago)
• Market Cap: $76 million
• 24H Trading Volume: $45 million

In terms of time, the $KEKIUS on the ETH mainnet should have been created after Musk mentioned the term Kekius Maximus for the second time on Twitter. During this period, the token has experienced relatively large fluctuations, with less trading volume compared to the Solana chain. However, the community account @KekiusMaxi has remained active, and today’s highest price increase is around 10 times.

Summary

This “makeover” may be because Musk really likes this new image, or it may be a well-known “conspiracy”, or it may just be a casual act by Musk.

However, as a market participant, when facing such instantaneous and random hot topics, it is important to identify risks and protect asset security, which should be the most important participation criteria. After all, there are hot topics every day, and the best opportunity may be in the next one.

Protect the principal, don’t get carried away, DYOR.