Musk changed his name and avatar. What is Kekius Maximus who looks like Pepe?

Author: Deep Chao TechFlow

Note: The original article was first published on December 31, 2024

Finally, it is no longer the day when AI Meme dominates the charts.

This morning was still an AI Meme carnival day on the Solana chain. Around 2 p.m., Musk changed his Twitter avatar to a Meme image similar to Pepe the Frog, and at the same time directly changed his name to Kekius Maximus. What’s more special is this This is the first time Musk has changed his Twitter name.

Yes, that’s it:

In addition, Musk has been frequently tweeting about "crazy breasts" Pepe-related concepts recently. This big move of changing his name and avatar has directly caused the Meme market to start to boil. In addition to the $Pepe that has been listed on the exchange, the PumpFun Meme on the Solana chain has also increased. It was a group of demons dancing wildly, and the whole northwestern Shanxi was in chaos.

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 Lao Ma playing internet fusion memes again?

The first time Musk mentioned the word Kekius Maximus on Twitter was in interaction with the image of a frog 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)" Kekius Maximus.

Musk’s new tweet today also hinted at the game’s name:

Speculate the origin of "Kekius"

According to netizens' speculation, the name Kekius Maximus should also have something to do with Pepe Meme culture.

The name prefix "Kekius" may come from the Internet meme "Kek". Originally derived from the game "World of Warcraft", when Horde players type "LOL", Alliance players will see it translated into "KEK". This simple gaming term subsequently became widely circulated in the gamer community, and originally represented the same meaning as "LOL".

As internet culture develops, the word has taken on new meanings on platforms such as 4chan and Reddit. Netizens discovered that there was a god named "Kek" in ancient Egyptian mythology. During the Greco-Roman period, he was depicted as a frog-headed man and was regarded as a symbol of chaos and darkness. This coincidence gives this Internet term a deeper cultural meaning.

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

Kek and Frog Meme

Back to Meme, it was mentioned earlier that there was a god with a human body and a frog head named "Kek" in ancient Egypt. Combined with the popular image of Pepe the frog in recent years, the connection between Pepe and Kek is naturally indispensable on the Internet, and it is often used for Pepe II. Create.

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

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

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

Which coins are getting the hype?

Said so much? Which related concept coins are being hyped? Urgent, urgent.

Because the explosion happened so quickly, the memes of the Kekius Maximus concept are still in a relatively PVP state, with rugs and scams flying all over the place. According to the editor's personal experience (losing money), there are currently only two coins that have been established for a long time and have community operations to maintain a relatively healthy state.

Note: Meme token prices fluctuate violently and are highly risky. Investors should fully assess the risks and participate with caution. This article only transfers and shares information based on market hot spots. The author and the platform do not guarantee the completeness and accuracy of the content of the article. At the same time, this article does not provide any investment advice.

$KM (Kekius Maximus) - Solana

Contract address:

HuAncxDEsakCDgZS2Yfo9xJbHmtHXMnxxkT9jqdXnHhm

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

Current market cap: $40 million

24H trading volume: $108 million

This token was created on the day Musk first mentioned the concept of Kekius Maximus, and hit a market value of nearly US$2 million when Musk mentioned it for the second time. Since then, the price has been falling, but the community account @kekius_onsol has also remained active. , until today it catches up with the hot spots and becomes the hottest Solana token in the entire concept. (Sadly, the community is indeed very lucky.)

$KEKIUS (Kekius Maximus) - ETH Mainnet

Contract address:

0x26e550ac11b26f78a04489d5f20f24e3559f7dd9

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

Current market cap: $76 million

24H trading volume: $45 million

From a time perspective, $KEKIUS on the ETH mainnet should have been created after Musk mentioned the word Kekius Maximus on Twitter for the second time. During this period, the token fluctuations were relatively large, and the transaction volume was higher than that on the Solana chain. few. However, the community account @KekiusMaxi has also remained active, and today the currency price has increased by up to about 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 be that Musk just did it casually.

However, as market participants, when facing such real-time and random hot spots, paying attention to identifying risks and protecting asset safety should be the most important participation criteria. After all, there are hot spots every day, and the best opportunity may be next.

Protect your principal and don’t get ahead, DYOR.