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

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

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

Musk’s Latest Antic 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. 

$35.2 million, while its market cap has crossed $88.32 million after the price shot up.

Kekius Maximus price chart. Source: CoinGecko

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

“Changed my name to Mr. Tweet, now Twitter won’t let me change it back,” Musk posted.

Another time, Musk changed his X handle to ‘Naughtius Maximus’ before reverting back to his original name.

Moreover, Elon Musk posted a meme depicting Doge last month. Although he directly referred to the Department of Government Efficiency, the meme asset Dogecoin also pumped briefly.