{"id":10017,"date":"2025-01-28T08:46:51","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T08:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=10017"},"modified":"2025-01-28T08:46:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T08:46:51","slug":"remember-the-elon-musk-inspired-kekius-maximus-token-the-memecoin-has-crashed-92-from-its-peak-as-tesla-ceo-abandoned-his-short-lived-x-avatar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=10017","title":{"rendered":"Remember The Elon Musk-Inspired Kekius Maximus Token? The Memecoin Has Crashed 92% From Its Peak As Tesla CEO Abandoned His Short-Lived X Avatar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Kekius Maximus<\/strong> (CRYPTO: KEKIUS), a meme coin that rose to fame following a mention by tech billionaire <strong>Elon Musk<\/strong>, has lost more than 92% of its value since its peak.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What happened: <\/strong>The <strong>Ethereum <\/strong>(CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/eth\/usd\">ETH<\/a>)-based cryptocurrency ran up to hundreds of millions in market value <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/24\/12\/42739155\/elon-musk-changes-his-name-to-kekius-maximus-on-x-sending-to-memecoin-skyrocketing-over-600\">after Musk changed his name<\/a> on X to Kekius Maximus\u2014a combination of &#8220;Pepe the Frog&#8221; and \u201c<strong>Maximus<\/strong> Decimus Meridius,\u201d the iconic character from the movie &#8220;Gladiator.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>KEKIUS surged more than 600% over the next 24 hours, hitting a peak value of $0.3958. However, the success lasted just a short time.<\/p>\n<p>A day later, Musk, the CEO of <strong>Tesla<\/strong> and &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/25\/01\/43258654\/remember-the-elon-musk-inspired-kekius-maximus-token-the-memecoin-has-crashed-92-from-its-\" alt=\"Remember\" the elon musk-inspired kekius maximus token memecoin has crashed from its peak as tesla ceo abandoned his short-lived x avatar>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kekius Maximus (CRYPTO: KEKIUS), a meme coin that rose to fame following a mention by tech billionaire Elon Musk, has lost more than 92% of its value since its peak. What happened: The Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH)-based cryptocurrency ran up to hundreds of millions in market value after Musk changed his name on X to Kekius [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-10017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10017\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}