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Gork-Themed Meme Coins Surge After Elon Musk’s Rebrand

Elon Musk recently changed his X (formerly Twitter) display name to “gorklon rust” and updated his profile picture to a Gork-inspired meme.

Haider Jamal
May 5, 2025

A Funny Interaction

The new profile picture sparked a major rally in Gork-themed meme coins. The parody account Gork, which mocks xAI’s chatbot Grok, saw its followers jump from 86,000 to over 113,000.

Source: X (@elonmusk)

Musk’s post on May 4th read: “Sup Gork changed my pp to urs wdyt.” Gork replied humorously: “Looks good, I guess. But did you have to copy my whole face like that smh.”

New Tokens Surge

Following the interaction between Musk and Grok, tokens like “New XAI Gork (GORK)” surged nearly 59%, reaching a $64 million market cap.

Other “gorklon rust” tokens spiked even higher, some gaining up to 7,000% in 24 hours, as trading volumes exploded.

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