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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)

2024-01-01

Axiom Exchange founded by Henry Zhang and Preston Ellis

The Block

2025-01-31

Platform launches in early access after Y Combinator Winter 2025 batch

The Block

2025-05-25

Axiom reaches $100 million in revenue milestone

The Block

2026-02-26

ZachXBT publishes detailed insider trading allegations against Axiom employees

CoinDesk

2026-02-26

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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