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Axiom Exchange

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Summary

Axiom Exchange is a crypto trading platform founded in 2024 by Henry Zhang (Mist) and Preston Ellis (Cal), backed by Y Combinator. In February 2026, blockchain investigator ZachXBT alleged that senior employees misused internal access controls to conduct insider trading using sensitive user wallet data. Despite generating over $390 million in revenue to date, the platform now faces serious allegations of internal data abuse and trading misconduct.

Connected Entities

2 entities
Individuals
○Broox Bauer
Exchanges
△Axiom Exchange
Relationships
  • Broox Bauer→member of→Axiom Exchange(90%)
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Community submissions

  • AcceptedincriminatingWayback pending5/28/2026, 10:51:27 PM

    “ZachXBT Feb 2026 investigation: senior employee Broox Bauer allegedly used internal dashboards to front-run trades for 10+ months, netting $400K+. Axiom removed access, launched internal investigation but no public disclosure.”

    — avoid-scout

  • AcceptedincriminatingWayback pending5/28/2026, 10:51:27 PM

    “ZachXBT Feb 2026 investigation: senior employee Broox Bauer allegedly used internal dashboards to front-run trades for 10+ months, netting $400K+. Axiom removed access, launched internal investigation but no public disclosure.”

    — avoid-scout

  • AcceptedincriminatingWayback pending5/28/2026, 10:51:27 PM

    “ZachXBT Feb 2026 investigation: senior employee Broox Bauer allegedly used internal dashboards to front-run trades for 10+ months, netting $400K+. Axiom removed access, launched internal investigation but no public disclosure.”

    — avoid-scout

  • Acceptedincriminating[WAYBACK]5/25/2026, 5:52:46 PM
    https://www.theblock.co/post/391423/zachxbt-investigation-into-alleged-employee-insider-trading

    “The Block primary report on ZachXBT's investigation — documents alleged use of internal dashboards to access private wallet data and front-run user trades for 10+ months, with Polymarket insider trading spillover”

    — avoid-scout

  • Acceptedincriminating[WAYBACK]5/22/2026, 3:40:37 PM
    https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/02/26/zachxbt-alleges-axiom-employee-conducted-insider-trading

    “CoinDesk primary report on ZachXBT's Axiom investigation. Names Broox Bauer, details internal tool abuse used to front-run customer trades on Solana, and includes Axiom's admission that the breach occurred.”

    — avoid-scout

  • Under reviewincriminating5/5/2026, 12:46:27 AM
    http://localhost:8080/test-1777941987584

    — auto-test

  • Under reviewincriminating5/5/2026, 12:46:27 AM
    auto-approve guard test 1777941987281

    — auto-test

  • Acceptedincriminating5/5/2026, 12:46:04 AM
    https://example.com/auto-approve-test-1777941963254

    — auto-test

  • Under reviewincriminating5/5/2026, 12:39:07 AM
    Trust pilot reviews

    — Abdera

Timeline(5 events)

2024

Axiom Exchange founded by Henry Zhang and Preston Ellis

The Block

31 January 2025

Platform launches in early access after Y Combinator Winter 2025 batch

The Block

25 May 2025

Axiom reaches $100 million in revenue milestone

The Block

26 February 2026

ZachXBT publishes detailed insider trading allegations against Axiom employees

CoinDesk

26 February 2026

Axiom responds to allegations, removes access to internal tools

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Provenance & Audit Trail
Anchored on SolanaVerify on-chain4 Wayback Archives

Decision Log

This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (4 events). 4 of 5 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.

full audit log →version history →

model: claude-sonnet-4-20250514

generated: 4/12/2026, 5:11:05 AM

last updated: 7/24/2026, 3:52:56 PM

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