Brooks Bauer
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Brooks Bauer (online handle @WheresBroox) was a senior business development employee at Y Combinator-backed Axiom Exchange based in New York. On February 26, 2026, on-chain investigator ZachXBT published an investigation alleging Bauer was the primary actor in a scheme spanning roughly 10 months in which he exploited Axiom's internal back-end tools — which lacked access controls — to look up sensitive user wallet data and coordinate front-running trades, allegedly profiting over $400,000. Axiom stated it was 'shocked and disappointed,' revoked tool access, and launched an internal investigation; no criminal charges have been publicly confirmed as of September 2026.
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Timeline(7 events)
1 January 2025
Axiom Exchange platform launches on Solana, approximately when ZachXBT's investigation alleged the internal tool abuse began.
crypto.news / DL News1 April 2025
Screenshots cited by ZachXBT reportedly show internal Axiom dashboards being used to look up named traders' wallet data, with documented activity beginning around this period.
crypto.news1 February 2026
Recorded private group call in which a person identified as Bauer allegedly describes a plan for an associate to earn $200,000 by exploiting internal Axiom access.
DL News / crypto.news26 February 2026
ZachXBT publishes full investigation on X, naming Brooks Bauer (@WheresBroox) as primary alleged actor in the scheme and describing the internal tool abuse, audio evidence, and on-chain analysis.
ZachXBT on X / CoinDesk26 February 2026
Axiom Exchange issues public statement saying it is 'shocked and disappointed,' revokes access to internal tools, and commits to an internal investigation.
CoinDesk / Yahoo Finance27 February 2026
CoinDesk reports that traders appear to have placed advance bets on Polymarket — before the Axiom report was public — with at least one wallet turning $65,800 into approximately $411,000 in profit; over $38 million in Polymarket volume driven by the reveal.
CoinDesk28 February 2026
Law firm Kneupper & Covey announces investigation into potential civil claims on behalf of Axiom users, noting possible suitability for class action.
Kneupper & Covey PCDecision Log
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This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (1 event). 0 of 16 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.
model: claude-sonnet-4-6
generated: 9/23/2026, 5:17:51 PM
last updated: 9/23/2026, 5:18:01 PM
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