In just a few days, the "trash-talking account" @gork became popular due to multiple interactions with Tesla founder Elon Musk, driving the market value of the eponymous meme coin $gork to over $100 million. However, the trend changed quickly - this morning, Musk changed his outfit again, renaming his nickname to "Kekius Maximus", which immediately boosted another meme coin $KEKIUS, while the previous star coin gork sharply declined.
Background: @gork and the Origin of 'Grok'
@gork pays tribute to Musk's xAI large language model "Grok" with a sarcastic tone, gaining numerous fans on X through extreme trash talk and meme dialogues. Recently, Musk consecutively replied to and followed this account, even changing his avatar and nickname to "gorklon rust", temporarily pushing the meme coin $gork's market value to over $100 million.
Further Reading: Trash-talking Account gork Goes Viral! Musk Replies and Follows, Meme Coin GORK Surges 4x to Over $70 Million
Musk's Latest Move: Renaming to 'Kekius Maximus'
Early this morning, Musk first restored his nickname to "Elon Musk", then changed it to "Kekius Maximus", simultaneously changing his avatar to a related MEME image. This inspired the surge of the Kekius Maximus meme coin.
"Kekius Maximus" is not a new appearance - last year, Musk had used this nickname to repost an image with a PEPE character created by X user Gamer, simultaneously changing his social avatar to a Pepe frog and posting: "Kekius Maximus is about to reach level 80 in Path of Exile's hardcore mode."
$KEKIUS Breaks Through $66 Million
According to Dexscreener data, the eponymous meme coin $KEKIUS (address: 0x26e550ac11b26f78a04489d5f20f24e3559f7dd9) deployed on Ethereum surged from $0.0027 to $0.06638 within less than 2 hours, a 146% increase, with market value breaking through $66.38 million.
It slightly pulled back before press time, currently trading at $0.0478, up 79.69% in the past 24 hours.
$gork Cools Down
In contrast, the previously popular meme coin $gork once dropped to $0.02116, down 26.46% in the past 24 hours, with funds quickly shifting to the new favorite.
BlockTempo reminds investors that meme coins are highly volatile, and Musk may change his avatar at any time, so caution is advised. Additionally, various Kekius Maximus-related meme coins currently exist on multiple chains, so investors should be careful to avoid rug pull scams.
