Early this morning, Musk changed X's nickname to 'Kekius Maximus' and updated the avatar, causing the meme coin $KEKIUS to soar, while the previous star coin $gork fell nearly 30%.

In just a few days, the 'sharp-tongued account' @gork became a sensation due to repeated interactions with Tesla founder Elon Musk, driving the market cap of the eponymous meme coin $gork to briefly exceed $100 million. However, the situation changed rapidly—early this morning, Musk changed his name again, this time to 'Kekius Maximus', which immediately boosted another meme coin $KEKIUS to soar, while the original star coin gork plummeted.

Background: @gork's connection with 'Grok'

@gork paid homage to Musk's xAI large language model 'Grok' with a mocking tone, gaining numerous followers on X for its sharp humor and meme interactions. Recently, Musk has continuously replied to and followed this account, even changing the avatar and renaming it to 'gorklon rust', temporarily pushing the market cap of the meme coin $gork to over $100 million.

Musk's latest move: renaming to 'Kekius Maximus'

Early this morning, Musk first changed his nickname back to 'Elon Musk', then changed it to 'Kekius Maximus', with the avatar simultaneously updated to a related MEME image. This inspired the meme coin named Kekius Maximus to surge.

'Kekius Maximus' is not a new appearance—at the end of last year, Musk used this nickname to retweet a post from X user Gamer featuring a PEPE image, while also changing his social media avatar to a Pepe frog and stating: 'Kekius Maximus will reach level 80 in the Path of Exile's hard mode.'

Path of Exile is an action role-playing game developed by Grinding Gear Games, renowned for its dark fantasy world, deep character customization mechanics, and challenging game design.

$KEKIUS skyrockets over $66 million

According to Dexscreener data, the meme coin $KEKIUS (address: 0x26e550ac11b26f78a04489d5f20f24e3559f7dd9) deployed on Ethereum skyrocketed from $0.0027 to $0.06638 in less than 2 hours, an increase of 146%, with a market cap exceeding $66.38 million.

Slight drop before the deadline, currently reported at $0.0478, having risen 79.69% in the last 24 hours.

$gork cools down and corrects

In contrast, the previously popular meme coin $gork dipped to $0.02116, down 26.46% in the last 24 hours, with funds quickly shifting to the new favorite.

Investors are reminded that meme coins are highly volatile, and Musk may change his avatar again at any time, so caution is advised. Additionally, various meme coins related to Kekius Maximus exist on multiple chains, so investors should be discerning to avoid falling victim to rug pulls.