Kekius Maximus (kekius.club)

Kekius Maximus (kekiusmaximus.wtf)

Kekius Maximus (kekius.site)

Elon Musk

When Elon Musk changed the name of his X profile to Kekius Maximus recently, it helped a lucky trader turn $66 into $3 million trading the meme coin.
The trader purchased 10.17 million of KEKIUS on December 14. Eighteen days later, the trader sold 2.81 million of the tokens for 60.3 Ether, resulting in a massive 45,900x gain, Lookonchain posted on X:
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 Turned $66 into $3.05M in just 18 days, a 45,906x return!
 This trader spent 0.017 <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%24ETH&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">$ETH</a>($66) to buy 10.17M <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%24KEKIUS&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">$KEKIUS</a> and sold 2.81M <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%24KEKIUS&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">$KEKIUS</a> for 60.3 <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%24ETH&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">$ETH</a>($201K), leaving 7.37M <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%24KEKIUS&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">$KEKIUS</a>($2.85M).
 The total profit is $3.05M.<a href="https://t.co/gx6E6yFQcz" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://t.co/gx6E6yFQcz</a> <a href="https://t.co/rFrsNjCqvt" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">pic.twitter.com/rFrsNjCqvt</a>
 — Lookonchain (@lookonchain) <a href="https://twitter.com/lookonchain/status/1874426194357334068?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">January 1, 2025</a>
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The KEKIUS meme coin was launched on December 13, accumulating a market cap of $11.4 million by December 31. When Musk <a href="https://insidebitcoins.com/news/elon-musk-changes-x-username-to-kekius-maximus-in-boost-for-wall-street-pepe-presale-raises-over-38-4m" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">changed his profile name and photo</a> on X to “Kekius Maximus,” referencing a Pepe-Gladiator meme, the token went parabolic, hitting a $380 million market cap on January 1, according to CoinGeko.
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 Brothers in Arms <a href="https://t.co/vIZ8ADrXbo" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">pic.twitter.com/vIZ8ADrXbo</a>
 — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1874199431643619474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">December 31, 2024</a>
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Kekius Maximus (KEKIUS) is a combination of the internet meme Pepe the Frog and Maximus Decimus Meridius, the protagonist of the 2000 film Gladiator.
Elon Musk also published an AI-generated image of Pepe the Frog preparing for the battle in the ancient Colosseum in Rome. One of the AI posts with Pepe the Frog got 48.2 million views on X, helping drive the KEKIUS meme coin rally even higher.
<h2 id="frog-themed-meme-coins-benefit">Frog-Themed Meme Coins Benefit</h2>
Other frog-themed meme coins also were boosted by the hype around the development, with new presale <a href="https://insidebitcoins.com/visit/wallstreetpepe" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Wall Street Pepe (WEPE)</a> among the beneficiaries. WEPE is a blockbuster presale that’s raised almost $40 million in record time as traders buy into the idea of a platform that offers professional market trading advice to help them beat secretive whale investors.
Another gainer was <a href="https://insidebitcoins.com/visit/pepeunchained" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Pepe Unchained (PEPU)</a>, the standout meme coin presale of 2024 after it raised $74 million before exploding on launch.
<h2 id="elon-musk-changes-moniker-back">Elon Musk Changes Moniker Back</h2>
However, after Musk changed his name back to its original moniker today, Jan. 2, Kekius Maximus saw its <a href="https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/kekius-maximus" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">market cap plunge to $128 million</a>.
This hasn’t stopped many investors from continuing to hold their tokens. Over 23,600 investors still hold KEKIUS tokens, according to CoinGecko.
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