Elon Musk Adopts New X Name and PEPE-Themed Avatar, Setting Community Abuzz

Tech entrepreneur and centibillionaire Elon Musk has triggered crypto community’s excitement by changing his X name and avatar. The community of meme coin PEPE was particularly surprised and excited.

The reaction of the crypto industry followed immediately with the launch of a new meme coin.

Elon Musk reveals X name and avatar change

Today, tech mogul Elon Musk came up with a big surprise for the X community and particularly for crypto fans, as he changed his X name to “Kekius Maximus” and put up an avatar with popular meme Pepe the Frog, which inspired the PEPE cryptocurrency in April last year.

This is not the first time this month that Musk has posted a PEPE-themed character on his X page. On Dec. 10, he retweeted a Grok-made image of “Kekius Maximus” from another X account, with a comment.

“Kekius Maximus” was Pepe the Frog dressed as a Roman general standing in the middle of the Colosseum arena — a likely reference to the Ridley Scott Gladiator II movie released in cinemas around the world in November.

Elon Musk’s tweet refers to the online game Path of Exile, where reaching level 80 is a significant milestone in the game’s progression system.

Community reacts to Musk’s move, PEPE up 12%

The crypto community also eagerly responded to Musk’s tweet, sharing its enthusiasm regarding the Pepe the Frog meme and meme coin. This time, many mentioned the coin’s ticker, $PEPE, in the comments to Musk’s post. However, the biggest surprise came not from the published image but from the tech entrepreneur changing his name to that.

However, Musk will most likely put his real name back in a short while. In the past, he has also made brief changes to his avatars. In 2023, he even briefly changed Twitter’s blue bird logo to a DOGE mascot, when he acquired the social media platform for $44 billion and then rebranded it to X soon after. That brief maneuver drove the Dogecoin price up by a significant value.

According to the CoinGecko scale, crypto enthusiasts who carefully monitor new trends on the cryptocurrency market have already launched a coin named “Kekius Maximus” (KEKIUS).PEPEUSD image via TradingView ">

PEPE coin’s price has jumped 12% in the past two hours.