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- The change of Elon Musk of the name of the X profile in Kekius Maximus led to a overvoltage of 1,700% in Kekius token.
- Price increases in the part of similar memes have previously occurred when Musk adopted the character of Kekius Maximus.
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Friday, several coins referring to “Kekius Maximus” saw enhancement of spectacular prices after Elon Musk has updated his name X to the same nickname.

An exchange of token under the name of Kekius Maximus ($ Kekius) jumped more than 1,700% in less than six hours, according to Coingecko data.


Other tokens named in the same way also published double and triple figure in the midst of renewed interests motivated by Musk’s online activity.
This is not the first time that Musk has adopted the identity “Kekius Maximus” on X. He first called Kekius Maximus on X Back on December 31, 2024, which resulted in a rapid increase of 1 200% in a meme token sharing the same name.
However, the original token only won around 130% this time, according to data.


What is “Kekius Maximus” again?
Kekius Maximus is a mixture of Pepe The Frog, a long long -standing internet, and Maximus, the Roman general of the film Gladiator. The character mixes satire and internet culture in a way that has become typical of Musk’s messages on X.
The CEO of Tesla and SpaceX frequently changed its X display name, often arousing frantic of coins in the process.
In February, Musk temporarily changed its name X to `Harry Bōlz ”, which sparked a flood of tokens on the theme of Bōlz who pumped and thrown almost as quickly as they appeared.
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