Elon Musk Helped A Meme Coin Trader Turn $66 Into $3 Million Trading Kekius Maximus

When
Elon
Musk
changed
the
name
of
his
X
profile
to
Kekius
Maximus
recently,
it
helped
a
lucky
trader
turn
$66
into
$3
million
trading
the
meme
coin.

The
trader
purchased
10.17
million
of
KEKIUS
on
December
14.
Eighteen
days
later,
the
trader
sold
2.81
million
of
the
tokens
for
60.3
Ether,
resulting
in
a
massive
45,900x
gain,
Lookonchain
posted
on
X:

Turned
$66
into
$3.05M
in
just
18
days,
a
45,906x
return!

This
trader
spent
0.017

$ETH($66)
to
buy
10.17M

$KEKIUS
and
sold
2.81M

$KEKIUS
for
60.3

$ETH($201K),
leaving
7.37M

$KEKIUS($2.85M).

The
total
profit
is
$3.05M.https://t.co/gx6E6yFQcz

pic.twitter.com/rFrsNjCqvt

—
Lookonchain
(@lookonchain)

January
1,
2025

The
KEKIUS
meme
coin
was
launched
on
December
13,
accumulating
a
market
cap
of
$11.4
million
by
December
31.
When

Musk


changed
his
profile
name
and
photo

on
X
to
“Kekius
Maximus,”
referencing
a
Pepe-Gladiator
meme,
the
token
went
parabolic,
hitting
a
$380
million
market
cap
on
January
1,
according
to
CoinGeko.

Brothers
in
Arms

pic.twitter.com/vIZ8ADrXbo

—
Elon
Musk
(@elonmusk)

December
31,
2024

Kekius
Maximus
(KEKIUS)
is
a
combination
of
the
internet
meme
Pepe
the
Frog
and
Maximus
Decimus
Meridius,
the
protagonist
of
the
2000
film
Gladiator.

Elon
Musk
also
published
an
AI-generated
image
of
Pepe
the
Frog
preparing
for
the
battle
in
the
ancient
Colosseum
in
Rome.
One
of
the
AI
posts
with
Pepe
the
Frog
got
48.2
million
views
on
X,
helping
drive
the
KEKIUS
meme
coin
rally
even
higher.

Frog-Themed
Meme
Coins
Benefit

Other
frog-themed
meme
coins
also
were
boosted
by
the
hype
around
the
development,
with
new
presale

Wall
Street
Pepe
(WEPE)
among
the
beneficiaries.
WEPE
is
a
blockbuster
presale
that’s
raised
almost
$40
million
in
record
time
as
traders
buy
into
the
idea
of
a
platform
that
offers
professional
market
trading
advice
to
help
them
beat
secretive
whale
investors.

Another
gainer
was

Pepe
Unchained
(PEPU),
the
standout
meme
coin
presale
of
2024
after
it
raised
$74
million
before
exploding
on
launch.

Elon
Musk
Changes
Moniker
Back

However,
after
Musk
changed
his
name
back
to
its
original
moniker
today,
Jan.
2,
Kekius
Maximus
saw
its

market
cap
plunge
to
$128
million.

This
hasn’t
stopped
many
investors
from
continuing
to
hold
their
tokens.
Over
23,600
investors
still
hold
KEKIUS
tokens,
according
to
CoinGecko.

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