Meme Coin Madness: Kekius Maximus Pumps 120% After Musk Tweaks X Profile

Elon Musk does it again—this time with a profile update instead of a tweet. The Kekius Maximus token (because of course that’s a real asset) skyrockets 120% in 24 hours as crypto degens pile in.

Zero utility? Check. Pure meme energy? Absolutely. Another reminder that finance is just collective delusion with extra steps? You bet.

Meanwhile, serious projects keep building while the market chases the next dopamine hit. Classic crypto.

Musk’s meme power wanes as GORK stalls below $100M

Musk’s endorsements have historically sent tokens like Dogecoin (DOGE) soaring, but his recent “Gorklon Rust” stunt shows a noticeable decline in influence. Musk switched his profile name to “Gorklon Rust” on X and changed his profile picture to one with a GORK theme on May 4, which led to a surge in the Solana-based GORK meme coin. But the coin did not break the $100 million market cap barrier.

“Pretty wild how not even Elon Musk making his pfp has an effect anymore. GORK soared from a market cap of $45 million to $75 million and since has slid back to approximately $65 million,” one analyst noted. Many community members shared that sentiment, suggesting that Musk’s power to MOVE the markets might be waning.

The analyst noted the state of alt liquidity, emphasizing that even with 200 million followers, Musk’s promotion of a meme coin barely pushed it past $50 million in market cap.

This trend isn’t isolated. In February 2025, Musk’s brief rebrand to “Harry Bōlz” led to the creation of the HARRYBOLZ token, which only managed to hit a $9.5 million market cap. Similarly, in December 2024, when he changed his X username to “Kekius Maximus,” the KEKIUS token peaked at just over $88 million.

Not even after Musk tweeted a “Dogefather” meme that led to a flood of posts to token sale sites and the creation of tens of similar-named tokens, did a single one come close to surpassing the $100 million threshold.

This stands in stark contrast to his former sway. In 2020–2021, Musk’s repeated endorsements of Doge led to huge rallies that swelled to tens of millions and billions in value. At the time, other meme coins rallied on Musk’s endorsements, but today, the returns are much more subdued.

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