Musk changed his name and profile picture. What is Kekius Maximus, who looks like Pepe?

Finally, AI Meme no longer dominates the charts.

This morning, Solana was still a carnival day for AI Meme. At around 2 pm, Musk changed his Twitter profile picture to a meme image similar to Pepe the Frog, and directly changed his name to Kekius Maximus. What’s special is that this is the first time Musk has changed his Twitter name.

Yes, this is it:

In addition, Musk has recently frequently tweeted about the concept of "crazy milk" Pepe. This big move of changing the name + changing the avatar directly made the Meme market boil. In addition to the $Pepe that has already been listed, the PumpFun Meme on the Solana chain is even more chaotic, and the entire northwest of Shanxi has become a mess.

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

Picture: According to GMGN.AI data, Kekius Maximus accounts for most of the hourly popularity list

Is Musk playing with the Internet fusion again?

Musk first mentioned the word Kekius Maximus on Twitter when interacting with the frog image posted by other accounts. Apparently, this slightly textured frog was called Kekius Maximus at the time. 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 cue the name of the game:

Speculation on the origin of "Kekius"

According to netizens' speculation, the name Kekius Maximus should also have a certain relationship with the Pepe Meme culture.

The prefix "Kekius" in the name may come from the Internet meme "Kek". Originally from the game "World of Warcraft", when the Horde players typed "LOL", the Alliance players would see it translated as "KEK". This simple game term then spread widely in the game player community, and originally meant laughing out loud like "LOL".

With the development of Internet culture, this word has derived new meanings on platforms such as 4chan and Reddit. Netizens discovered that there was a god named "Kek" in ancient Egyptian mythology, who was portrayed as a frog-headed human in the Greco-Roman period and was regarded as a symbol of chaos and darkness. This coincidence gave this Internet term a deeper cultural connotation.

However, due to the mixed network environment, the word "Kek" was later often used as a political metaphor on the Internet. This phenomenon was particularly prevalent during the 2016 US election. I will not go into details here. Interested readers can refer to Wiki or Meme Encyclopedia for a detailed introduction to the origin of this word.

Kek and the Frog Meme

Back to the Meme, as mentioned earlier, there was a god with a human body and a frog head in ancient Egypt named "Kek". Combined with the popular Pepe frog image in recent years, the connection between Pepe and Kek is naturally inevitable on the Internet, and it is often used in Pepe's secondary creation.

At the same time, according to Twitter user @neso, as early as April 2023, $pepe wrote "In Lord Kek we trust." on its official website when it issued the coin. At that time, the $pepe project team played a joke of Kek.

The name "Kekius Maximus" that Musk changed this time may be a hybrid word based on the etymology of "Kek". By combining "Kek" with the Latin suffix "-ius" and "Maximus" (meaning "biggest"), a unique combination of gaming culture, Internet slang and classical language was created.

From this perspective, Musk is indeed a high-intensity Internet surfer.

Which tokens are being hyped?

Having said so much? Which related concept coins are being hyped? Urgent.

Because the explosion point came too quickly, the Memes of the Kekius Maximus concept are still in a relatively PVP state, with Rug and fraud flying all over the sky. According to the editor's personal experience (loss) (money), now only two coins that have been created for a long time and have community operations remain in a relatively healthy state.

Note: The price of Meme tokens fluctuates violently and there is a high risk. Investors should fully assess the risks and participate cautiously. This article only shares information based on market hotspots. The author and platform do not make any guarantees on the completeness and accuracy of the article content. At the same time, this article does not contain any investment advice.

$KM (Kekius Maximus) - Solana

Contract address:

HuAncxDEsakCDgZS2Yfo9xJbHmtHXMnxxkT9jqdXnHhm

• Creation time: December 10, 2024 (21 days ago)

• Current market value: US$40 million

• 24H trading volume: US$108 million

This token was created on the day when Musk first mentioned the concept of Kekius Maximus, and hit the market when Musk mentioned it for the second time. The market value was around 2 million US dollars, and the price has been falling since then, 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 how lucky the community is.)

$KEKIUS (Kekius Maximus) - ETH Mainnet

Contract address:

0x26e550ac11b26f78a04489d5f20f24e3559f7dd9

• Creation time: December 14, 2024 (17 days ago)

• Current market value: 7600 24H trading volume: 45 million USD

From the perspective of time, $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 fluctuated relatively greatly, and the trading volume was less than that on the Solana chain. However, the community account @KekiusMaxi has also remained active, and the price of the coin has risen by as much as 10 times today.

Summary

This "makeover" may be because Musk really likes this new image, or it is a well-known "conspiracy", or it may just be Musk's casual move.

But as a market participant, when facing such instant and random hot spots, paying attention to identifying risks and protecting asset security should be the most important participation criteria. After all, hot spots are every day, and the best opportunity may be in the next one.

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