The billionaire changed his nickname on the
As usual, Elon Musk, the richest man on the planet, who bought Twitter to rename it X in 2022, gave no explanation for these changes which caused the buzz.
Kekius Maximus, his new pseudonym may be an allusion to Maximus Decimus Meridius, the Roman general played by Russell Crowe in Gladiator in 2000, and “kek”, an expression frequently used by far-right Internet users and many trolls to replace “lol”.
Before changing his pseudonym, Elon Musk published an announcement on X: “Kekius Maximus will soon reach level 80 in hardcore PoE”. PoE is an apparent reference to the popular video game Path of Exile.
Following this change of pseudonym, the value of the Kekius Maximus memecoin – cryptocurrency inspired by an internet meme – climbed by nearly 1,400% on Tuesday afternoon, according to the CoinGecko site while Internet users are wondering whether This is a joke or a hidden message in favor of cryptocurrencies.
At the same time, the boss of Tesla and SpaceX also swapped his profile photo for an image of “Pepe the Frog”, a popular cartoon character who had however been associated with the far right during the first election of Donald Trump and described as a “hate sign” by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).
The billionaire will be one of the key figures during Trump’s mandate, who appointed him to head a commission for “governmental efficiency”, a body created to cut federal budgets, one of Donald Trump’s hobbyhorses. like Elon Musk.
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