Axiom Trading
Summary
Axiom Trading (axiom.trade) is a Y Combinator Winter 2025-backed Solana trading terminal that generated over $390 million in revenue since its January 2025 launch. In February 2026, blockchain investigator ZachXBT published a report alleging that senior business development employee Broox Bauer and associates systematically abused internal customer support tools to access private user wallet data and front-run customer trades for more than ten months, with alleged profits exceeding $400,000. Axiom removed access to the implicated tools and stated it was investigating, but no public disclosure of disciplinary or legal outcomes had been made as of June 2026.
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- Under reviewincriminatingWayback pending6/10/2026, 10:10:24 PM
“ZachXBT published an investigation in late February 2026 alleging that senior Axiom employees used privileged internal dashboards to link user accounts to specific wallet addresses and front-ran user trades for more than 10 months, generating over $400,000 in illicit profits. The report triggered unusual Polymarket betting activity where 12 newly created wallets bet heavily on Axiom before the investigation dropped and collected $1.2M in profit, suggesting advance knowledge of the release. Axiom removed internal tool access and acknowledged it was 'surprised and disappointed.'”
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- Under reviewincriminatingWayback pending6/9/2026, 11:06:08 AM
“On February 26, 2026, ZachXBT published findings that Axiom Exchange employees — including senior BD staffer Broox Bauer — abused internal admin dashboards to front-run user trades for over 10 months, extracting an estimated $400,000 in profits. Axiom acknowledged it was 'surprised and disappointed' and revoked internal tool access. A Polymarket prediction market on the story was itself exploited: newly created wallets profited $1 million by betting before the report went public, suggesting advance leaks of ZachXBT's findings.”
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- Under reviewincriminatingWayback pending6/8/2026, 4:10:35 PM
“ZachXBT/DL News Feb 2026: Axiom employee Broox Bauer used internal dashboard to front-run users for 10+ months; $400K extracted; platform had no role-based access controls.”
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- Under reviewincriminatingWayback pending6/4/2026, 11:08:40 AM
“ZachXBT's 2026 investigation alleges 10+ months of insider front-running at Axiom using internal data tools, generating $400K+ in illicit profit extracted from retail user order flow.”
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- Under reviewincriminatingWayback pending6/4/2026, 3:02:46 AMhttps://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/02/26/zachxbt-alleges-axiom-employee-conducted-insider-trading
“CoinDesk confirmation of ZachXBT insider trading investigation against Axiom employee Broox Bauer: privileged dashboard used to front-run user trades for 10+ months, yielding $400K+”
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Timeline(10 events)
2025-01-01
Alleged insider trading scheme begins. Broox Bauer starts using internal tools to access user wallet data.
PANews / ZachXBT investigation2025-04-01
Bauer posts screenshot of Axiom internal backend showing private wallet data of a user identified as 'Jerry' within the alleged insider trading group.
PANews / ZachXBT investigation2025-08-01
Bauer shares registration information for trader 'Monix' with associates and discusses querying memecoin trader wallets.
CoinDesk2026-02-01
Recorded call takes place in which Bauer outlines a plan to help Gowno (Seb) generate $200,000 using privileged data access at Axiom.
DL News2026-02-23
ZachXBT publicly teases upcoming insider trading expose, prompting creation of Polymarket prediction market on which company will be named.
Stocktwits / CoinDesk2026-02-26
ZachXBT publishes full investigation naming Axiom, Broox Bauer, and associates. Report alleges over $400,000 in insider trading profits over more than 10 months. Axiom issues statement saying it is 'shocked and disappointed' and removes access to implicated internal tools.
CoinDesk2026-02-27
CoinDesk reports on secondary Polymarket insider trading: at least 12 wallets collectively profited over $1 million by betting on Axiom before the report's release. Largest single position netted approximately $411,000.
CoinDeskDecision Log
- hash: DREX3cAUJWckJJpds4WXshQdEH5Nn3K2bVbbgaT5ifFZ
This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (1 event). 13 of 16 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.
model: claude-sonnet-4-6
generated: 6/3/2026, 5:14:27 PM
last updated: 8/17/2026, 12:20:27 AM
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