Author: TechFlow
Finally, it's not a day when AI Meme dominates the rankings.
This morning, the Solana chain was still a day of frenzy for AI Meme, but around 2 p.m., Musk changed his Twitter profile picture to a Meme image similar to the Pepe frog, and also directly changed his name to Kekius Maximus, which is quite special as this is the first time Musk has changed his Twitter name.
Yes, that's the thing
Given that Musk has been frequently tweeting about Pepe-related concepts recently, this major move of changing his name + profile picture has directly set the Meme market on fire, with not only the already listed $Pepe surging, but the PumpFun Memes on the Solana chain also going crazy, the whole Shanxi region is in a mess.
GMGN.AI data shows that the heat of the Kekius Maximus concept Meme has already topped the Meme market within an hour.
Figure: According to GMGN.AI data, Kekius Maximus occupies the majority of the hourly heat list
Is the old horse playing another internet fusion meme?
Musk first mentioned the word Kekius Maximus in a Twitter interaction with another account posting a frog image, and this slightly textured frog was then referred to as Kekius Maximus. In the following days, Musk also mentioned on Twitter that he would name his next new character in the expert mode (HC) of the game "Path of Exile (POE)" that he likes to play as Kekius Maximus.
Musk's new tweet today also cues to the game name:
Guessing the origin of "Kekius"
According to netizens' speculation, the name "Kekius Maximus" should also have some connection with the Pepe Meme culture.
The prefix "Kekius" may come from the internet meme word "Kek". Originally from the game "World of Warcraft", when Horde players typed "LOL", Alliance players would see it translated as "KEK". This simple game term later became widely circulated in the gaming community, initially meaning the same as "LOL".
With the development of Internet culture, this word has evolved new meanings on platforms like 4chan and Reddit. Netizens found that in ancient Egyptian mythology, there was a god named "Kek" who was depicted as a frog-headed figure and was seen as a symbol of chaos and darkness. This coincidence has given this Internet term a deeper cultural connotation.
However, due to the mixed environment of the Internet, the term "Kek" has also often been used as a kind of political metaphor online, a phenomenon that was particularly prevalent during the 2016 US election, which I won't go into in detail here. Interested readers can refer to Wiki or the Meme encyclopedia for a detailed introduction to the origin of this word.
Kek and the Frog Meme
Coming back to Memes, as mentioned earlier, there was an Egyptian god named "Kek" with a frog head, and combined with the popular Pepe frog image in recent years, it's natural that there are plenty of associations between Pepe and Kek on the Internet, often used for Pepe derivative creations.
Meanwhile, according to Twitter user @neso, as early as April 2023 when $pepe was launched, the official website had the phrase "In Lord Kek we trust.", so the $pepe project had already played with the Kek meme at that time.
And Musk's "Kekius Maximus" name this time may be a hybrid word based on the "Kek" etymology. By combining "Kek" with the Latin suffix "-ius" and "Maximus" (meaning "the greatest"), a unique combination of game culture, internet terminology and classical language was created.
Seen in this light, Musk is indeed a high-intensity internet surfer.
Which tokens are being hyped?
After all that, which related concept tokens are being hyped? Hurry up.
Due to the rapid arrival of the highlight, the Memes of the Kekius Maximus concept are currently still in a relatively PVP state, with Rug and scams flying all over the place. According to my personal (loss of money) experience, there are now only two coins with a long creation time and community operations that are relatively healthy.
Note: Meme token prices fluctuate violently and have a high degree of risk, investors should fully assess the risks and participate cautiously. This article is only based on market hotspots to share information, the author and the platform do not guarantee the completeness and accuracy of the content, and this article does not contain any investment advice.
$KM (Kekius Maximus) - Solana
Contract address:
HuAncxDEsakCDgZS2Yfo9xJbHmtHXMnxxkT9jqdXnHhm
- Creation time: December 10, 2024 (21 days ago)
- Current market cap: $40 million
- 24H trading volume: $108 million
This token was created on the day Musk first mentioned the concept of Kekius Maximus, and when Musk mentioned it for the second time, it surged to around $2 million in market cap, but the price has since fallen. However, the community account @kekius_onsol has remained active, and it has become the hottest Solana token in the entire concept today. (It's amazing how lucky the community is.)
$KEKIUS (Kekius Maximus) - ETH mainnet
Contract address:
0x26e550ac11b26f78a04489d5f20f24e3559f7dd9
- Creation time: December 14, 2024 (17 days ago)
- Current market cap: $76 million
- 24H trading volume: $45 million
From the timeline, the ETH mainnet $KEKIUS was probably created after Musk's second mention of Kekius Maximus on Twitter, and the price fluctuation has been relatively larger, with lower trading volume compared to the Solana chain. But the community account @KekiusMaxi has also remained active, and the coin price has risen up to 10 times today.
Summary
This "change of face" may be because Musk really likes this new image, or it may be a well-known "stratagem", or it may just be Musk doing it on a whim.
But as a market participant, when facing such instant and random hotspots, the most important participation principle should be to identify risks and protect asset safety. After all, there are hotspots every day, and the best opportunity may just be the next one.
Protect your principal, don't get carried away, DYOR.
