$PEPE and 4 Other Frog Meme Coins Hopping for Kekius Maximus

The Dogefather (Elon Musk) never stops memeing. Even on New Year’s Eve.

As most of us were running last pre-celebration errands or sipping (quaffing?) champagne, Musk was doing what he does best. Shitposting on X.

Because how you spend New Year’s Eve is how the rest of the year will go. And Musk evidently plans to keep ‘keking.’

Without much explanation, Musk changed his profile picture to an image of Kekius Maximus – a meme featuring Pepe the Frog dressed as a Roman general.

Users quickly drew parallels with the new meme coin Kekius Maximus ($KEKIUS) and hopped on a buying spree. $KEKIUS surged by 136%, $KEKE by 893%, and $PEPE by 19%.

Some believe 2025 is the Year of the Snake. But degen investors know it’s the Year of the Frog. We hand-picked the best frog-themed tokens to kick off the year with a bang.

$PEPE – The OG Frog Coin Is Still Worthy

$PEPE is always on the list; this goes without saying. The original frog coin has a $8B market cap. Whenever a new Pepe-inspired token explodes, $PEPE holders see some nice gains.

$PEPE comes from the old generation of meme coins that had no utility whatsoever. Still, its strong community of HODLers makes $PEPE a relatively safe investment even now, nearly two years from launch.

$PEPE price graph 2024

$KEKIUS – Can Musk’s Choice Become the Meme Emperor?

Musk first endorsed Kekius Maximus on December 10, when he reposted an image created by X’s AI Grok. Mere minutes later, the X community created the original $KEKIUS token.

The character is a combination of the internet slang word ‘kek’ (meaning ‘to laugh’) and Roman general Maximus Decimus Meridius from the 2000 movie Gladiator.

After Musk changed his name and picture to Kekius Maximus on X, the token pumped 136%. It’s still early to judge whether $KEKIUS will sustain its momentum and rule the crypto empire as $PEPE does. But early supporters may still see some upside.