Elon Musk’s X Name Change Triggers 500% Raise for Kekius Maximus

Tesla CEO Elon Musk today changed his name on social media platform X to Kekius Maximus, causing the coin of the same name, KEKIUS, to explode shortly after..

KEKIUS was trading at $0.08832 at press time, up 504% on the daily chart.

Musk’s latest joke pushes KEKIUS

On December 31, Elon Musk changed the name of his X handle to Kekius Maximus and also changed his profile picture. His profile picture now shows Pepe the frog holding a joystick and playing a video game.

Musk, who is a known aficionado of meme pieces, also retweeted a message that read: “Elon Musk is now Kekius Maximus.”

It appears traders are taking advantage of Musk’s antics. A trader who purchased KEKIUS for $1,964 two weeks ago now holds a whopping $1.535 million in his hands, according to a crypto analyst on X.

According to CoinGecko data, Kekius Maximus’ 24-hour trading volume reached $35.2 million, while its market capitalization surpassed $88.32 million after the price surge.

Interestingly, this is not the first time Elon Musk has changed his name on Twitter. In January 2023, Musk changed his name to M.Tweet.

Another time, Musk changed his nickname X to “Naughtius Maximus” before reverting to his original name.

Additionally, Elon Musk posted a meme depicting Doge last month. Although it directly referenced the Department of Government Efficiency, the meme asset Dogecoin was also briefly pumped.