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Every state-changing event for Axiom: moderation decisions on community submissions, plus corrections and updates from the news pipeline. URL-based decisions carry three independent witnesses — the original source, an Internet Archive snapshot taken at submission time, and a Solana memo signed by our publicly-disclosed publisher key.

1. #1reviewby reviewerreviewer

   2026-05-14 03:10:23Z
   Score: 32 → 32 (no score change)
   The Axiom investigation is substantially well-sourced and its core allegations — the ZachXBT exposé, the named individuals, Axiom's response, the Polymarket anomalies, and the revenue milestones — are confirmed by multiple independent Tier 1-2 sources. Three material issues were identified: (1) the $300 million revenue milestone is incorrectly placed in the timeline as 'February 2026' when it was reached approximately October 2025; (2) the page claims Polymarket the platform faced a DOJ/CFTC enforcement action in April 2026, when in fact the action targeted an individual user, not the platform; and (3) the description of auth-axiom.trade as 'medium-risk' understates what PhishDestroy classifies as a 98/100 HIGH-risk domain. The '13 months' duration for the alleged misconduct also appears overstated relative to independent reporting which consistently cites approximately 10 months. The factual errors are not concentrated in the most critical claims but constitute meaningful inaccuracies that should be corrected.
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2. #2review reviseby judgejudge

   2026-05-14 03:10:23Z
   Score: 32 → 17 (-15)
   The page's core allegations—the ZachXBT exposé, named individuals, dashboard access abuse, and Axiom's response—are well-supported by multiple Tier 1-2 sources. However, three material factual errors warrant revision: (1) claim_findings[25] places the $300M milestone on Feb 2026 when it was reached ~Oct 2025 (4 months late); (2) claim_findings[24] falsely states Polymarket the platform faced DOJ/CFTC action, when the action targeted an individual user; (3) claim_findings[21] understates auth-axiom.trade as 'medium-risk' when PhishDestroy scores it 98/100 (HIGH risk). Additional claim duration discrepancies ('13 months' vs. ~10 months in independent sources) and unverifiable details reduce confidence. Coverage gaps are legitimate expansion areas, not grounds for denial.
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3. #3publishby system:backfill

   2026-05-30 13:03:52Z
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   {"actor":"system:backfill","investigation_id":"7f4d6a96-ca13-4a3b-b7d2-a1e568a9f840","kind":"publish","page_slug":"axiom","published_at":"2026-05-30T13:03:52.718Z","sequence_num":3,"snapshot":{"content_type":"investigation","entity_name":"Axiom","sections":[{"content":"Axiom was founded in 2024 by Henry Zhang (online alias 'Mist') and Preston Ellis (online alias 'Cal'), both UC San Diego graduates then approximately 22 years old. Zhang had prior experience building generative AI for ads at TikTok; Ellis had interned at DoorDash and studied Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UC Berkeley. The company participated in Y Combinator's Winter 2025 batch. Axiom launched its Solana memecoin trading interface in January 2025, positioning itself as an integrated terminal for trading memecoins, Hyperliquid perpetuals, and yield products. Within four months of launch the platform reported $100 million in cumulative fee revenue, and by 263 days post-launch had crossed $300 million — a faster trajectory than competing Solana applications including Pump.fun (326 days) and Photon (378 days). By mid-2025 Axiom had climbed from approximately 2% to over 57% of Solana bot trading volume, and some estimates placed its share as high as 72% of total Solana bot volume by late 2025.","heading":"Background and Founders","severity":"low","sources":[{"credibility":1,"name":"Y Combinator — Axiom company listing","type":"official","url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/axiom"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Axiom Exchange Becomes the Fastest Crypto Platform to Reach $300 Million in Revenue — Solana Floor","type":"news_article","url":"https://solanafloor.com/news/axiom-exchange-becomes-the-fastest-crypto-platform-to-reach-300-million-in-revenue"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Meet Y Combinator's memecoin bet that made $10M last week — Blockworks","type":"news_article","url":"https://blockworks.com/news/axiom-ycombinator-startup-solana-memecoin-revenue-10m"}]},{"content":"On February 26, 2026, pseudonymous crypto investigator ZachXBT published an investigation alleging that multiple Axiom employees had abused internal administrative tools to access private user wallet data and conduct insider trading over a period dating to early 2025 — approximately 13 months of alleged misconduct. The primary individual named in the report was Broox Bauer, identified as a senior business development employee based in New York operating under the online alias 'WheresBroox.' The investigation alleged Bauer used an internal dashboard with broad data access — characterized in media coverage as a 'god mode' tool — to look up any Axiom user by referral code, wallet address, or user ID. According to ZachXBT, this dashboard surfaced a user's complete wallet list, wallets being tracked by that user, transaction history, wallet nicknames, and linked account identifiers. Bauer allegedly compiled wallet addresses of prominent crypto key opinion leaders (KOLs) into shared Google Sheets, enabling the group to monitor high-value traders. Specific incidents cited in the investigation include: sharing private wallet data for a trader identified as 'Jerry' in April 2025; sharing registration details and connected wallets for a trader identified as 'Monix' in August 2025; and looking up users who had traded the memecoin AURA in August 2025. The report also alleged that the group tracked traders including one identified as 'Marcell,' known for accumulating large memecoin positions from private wallets prior to public promotion. ZachXBT noted that 'precise evidence of such happenings would require access to Axiom's employee logs,' and acknowledged that his investigation was based on recordings, screenshots, and on-chain analysis rather than server-side logs. Two additional Axiom employees were referenced: Ryan (alias 'Ryucio'), another business development employee alleged to have accessed the dashboard for third parties, and Gowno (alias Seb), described as a recently hired moderator allegedly present on the February 2026 recorded call. ZachXBT reported that on-chain analysis traced wallets connected to Bauer to active memecoin trading, including positions in the AURA token, and that exchange balances linked to Bauer showed approximately $300,000 in accumulated funds.","heading":"ZachXBT Insider Trading Exposé (February 2026)","severity":"critical","sources":[{"credibility":1,"name":"ZachXBT alleges Axiom employee conducted insider trading — CoinDesk","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/02/26/zachxbt-alleges-axiom-employee-conducted-insider-trading"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Solana trading platform employees accused of insider trading using sensitive customer data — DL News","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.dlnews.com/articles/defi/axiom-employees-accused-of-insider-trading-using-sensitive-customer-data/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Leaked Call, Private Wallets, $200K Plan: Inside the Axiom Insider Trading Allegations — CryptoPotato","type":"news_article","url":"https://cryptopotato.com/leaked-call-private-wallets-200k-plan-inside-the-axiom-insider-trading-allegations/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Axiom Employees Exposed in Massive Insider Trading Scandal as ZachXBT Report Finally Comes Out — CCN","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.ccn.com/analysis/crypto/axiom-employees-exposed-insider-trading-scandal-zachxbt/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Breaking: ZachXBT accuses Axiom employees of insider trading — Crypto.news","type":"news_article","url":"https://crypto.news/zachxbt-axiom-employees-insider-trading-report-2026/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Investigator Reveals Year-long Insider Trading at Axiom DEX Platform — CoinPedia","type":"news_article","url":"https://coinpedia.org/news/investigator-reveals-year-long-insider-trading-at-axiom-dex-platform/"}]},{"content":"A key piece of evidence cited in ZachXBT's report was a recorded call from February 2026 in which a person identified as Broox Bauer allegedly outlined a plan to help an associate generate approximately $200,000 by leveraging access to Axiom's internal systems. In audio shared as part of the exposé, the individual claiming to be Bauer allegedly stated he could track 'any Axiom user' by referral code, wallet address, or UID, and 'find out anything to do with that person.' Bauer allegedly described a methodology of reviewing 10 to 20 wallets at a time and gradually scaling activity to avoid detection. Also present in the call was the individual identified as Gowno (Seb), a recently hired Axiom moderator. Bauer allegedly referenced Ryan (Ryucio) as a colleague who had also used the internal dashboard to look up users for third parties, though Ryan and an individual called 'Mystery' did not appear directly in the recording. No formal legal charges had been publicly filed against any of the named individuals as of the date of this investigation.","heading":"The Leaked Recording and $200,000 Scheme","severity":"critical","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"What To Know About ZachXBT's Axiom Allegations — Stocktwits / Reuters-sourced coverage","type":"news_article","url":"https://stocktwits.com/news-articles/markets/cryptocurrency/zachxbt-exposes-axiom-insider-trading-on-solana-what-to-know/cZTdpNdRIc2"},{"credibility":2,"name":"ZachXBT Names Axiom Exchange in Alleged Employee Crypto Insider Trading Investigation — CoinGape","type":"news_article","url":"https://coingape.com/zachxbt-names-axiom-exchange-in-alleged-employee-crypto-insider-trading-investigation/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Axiom insider trading: senior staffer alleged misconduct — The Cryptonomist","type":"news_article","url":"https://en.cryptonomist.ch/2026/02/26/axiom-insider-trading/"}]},{"content":"The ZachXBT investigation identified a structural concern beyond the conduct of individual employees: according to the report, there were 'little to no monitoring or access controls in place' to prevent abuse of Axiom's internal dashboard. The scope of data allegedly visible to business development employees — full wallet lists, tracked wallets, transaction histories, linked accounts, and wallet nicknames — was characterized by observers as unusual for non-technical roles. The revelation prompted broader discussion in the Solana community about the privacy risks inherent in centralized trading interfaces that require users to link wallets and accounts. Unlike fully non-custodial protocols, Axiom's product design required users to connect wallets and generate referral identifiers, creating a data layer that, if insufficiently protected, could expose trading strategies and positions to insiders. Screenshots included in the investigation, dated April and August 2025, showed internal dashboards displaying private wallet connection data. Axiom acknowledged the tool existed and removed access following the publication of ZachXBT's report.","heading":"Internal Access Controls and Data Privacy Failures","severity":"high","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"Insider Trading Allegations Hit Axiom Over Access To Private Wallet Information — Yellow.com","type":"news_article","url":"https://yellow.com/news/insider-trading-allegations-hit-axiom-over-access-to-private-wallet-information"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Axiom Exchange Data Breach: Trust Erodes Amid Rapid Growth — Whalesbook","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.whalesbook.com/news/English/tech/Axiom-Exchange-Data-Breach-Trust-Erodes-Amid-Rapid-Growth/69a05b499e91847a1e78ea27"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Axiom Exchange Insider Trading Scandal: Is Your Trading Data Being Used Against You? — 99Bitcoins / TradingView","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.tradingview.com/news/99Bitcoins:351a5884f094b:0-axiom-exchange-insider-trading-scandal-is-your-trading-data-being-used-against-you/"}]},{"content":"A secondary controversy emerged around a Polymarket prediction market asking 'Which crypto company will ZachXBT expose for insider trading?' which accumulated approximately $40 million in volume in the days before ZachXBT published his findings on February 26, 2026. On-chain analysis identified at least 12 wallets that placed large bets on Axiom being named as the target before the report was made public. The largest position, held by an account called 'predictorxyz,' accumulated 477,415 shares at an average price of $0.14 and reportedly earned approximately $411,000 in profit — approximately a 7x return. A separate analysis found that 8 of the top 10 highest-earning addresses on the Axiom prediction market appeared to be connected to insiders, with collective profits reported at over $1.2 million. A subsequent CoinDesk report noted that two wallets placed nearly $60,000 in bets in the hours immediately before the reveal, generating approximately $109,000 in profit. ZachXBT acknowledged that he had contacted Axiom for comment and conducted interviews before publishing, meaning knowledge of the impending report was not limited to ZachXBT himself. No formal regulatory action related to the Polymarket betting activity had been announced as of the date of this investigation, though the Polymarket platform itself faced a separate DOJ/CFTC enforcement action in April 2026.","heading":"Polymarket Prediction Market Anomalies","severity":"high","sources":[{"credibility":1,"name":"Polymarket bettors appear to have insider-traded on a market designed to catch insider traders — CoinDesk","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/02/27/polymarket-bettors-appear-to-have-insider-traded-on-a-market-designed-to-catch-insider-traders"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Crypto Insiders Cashed In Before the Axiom Bombshell — $1.2 Million on Polymarket — Yahoo Finance","type":"news_article","url":"https://finance.yahoo.com/news/crypto-insiders-cashed-axiom-bombshell-092624373.html"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Axiom's Insider Trading Scandal Spills Into Prediction Markets — Yahoo Finance","type":"news_article","url":"https://finance.yahoo.com/news/axiom-insider-trading-scandal-spills-211452093.html"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Which crypto company will ZachXBT expose for insider trading? — Polymarket","type":"other","url":"https://polymarket.com/event/which-crypto-company-will-zachxbt-expose-for-insider-trading"}]},{"content":"Following publication of ZachXBT's report on February 26, 2026, Axiom posted a statement on X (formerly Twitter) saying it was 'shocked and disappointed to hear that someone on our team abused internal customer support tools to look up user wallets,' that it had 'removed access to these tools,' and that it would 'continue to investigate and hold the offending parties responsible.' The company stated the conduct was 'not representative of the company's broader culture' and indicated it had no prior knowledge of the abuse. Axiom did not publicly confirm whether Broox Bauer or other named employees were terminated as a result of the investigation. No public disclosure of internal investigation outcomes had been made as of the date of this report. The company did not announce a user notification or compensation program for individuals whose wallet data may have been accessed without authorization.","heading":"Company Response","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":1,"name":"ZachXBT alleges Axiom employee conducted insider trading — CoinDesk","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/02/26/zachxbt-alleges-axiom-employee-conducted-insider-trading"},{"credibility":2,"name":"ZachXBT Exposes Axiom, Company Fires Back As Smart Money Bets Win Big — The Market Periodical","type":"news_article","url":"https://themarketperiodical.com/2026/02/27/zachxbt-exposes-axiom-company-fires-back-as-smart-money-bets-win-big/"}]},{"content":"Axiom operates as a non-custodial trading interface without registration under any financial regulatory framework. A separate entity named 'Axiom International' (unrelated to axiom.trade) was the subject of an FCA warning about unauthorized UK financial services; this warning should not be conflated with the Solana trading platform. Axiom (axiom.trade) itself has not been named in any SEC, CFTC, or DOJ enforcement action as of the date of this report. The platform's fee revenue exceeds $300 million, generated without compliance obligations applicable to registered broker-dealers or exchanges. The lack of regulatory oversight means there are no external requirements compelling Axiom to report data breaches, notify affected users, or submit to independent audit of its internal access controls.","heading":"Regulatory Environment and Absence of Oversight","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"$100M Revenue, Zero Regulation: Inside the DeFi Gateway Axiom — FinTelegram","type":"news_article","url":"https://fintelegram.com/axiom-trade-zero-regulation-defi-gateway/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Axiom Exchange Insider Trading Scandal — 99Bitcoins","type":"news_article","url":"https://99bitcoins.com/news/altcoins/axiom-exchange-insider-trading-scandal/"}]},{"content":"Multiple phishing domains impersonating Axiom have been identified and documented by threat intelligence sources. The domain auth-axiom.trade was classified as a medium-risk generic phishing site registered on February 21, 2026 — coinciding with the period of public attention on the insider trading investigation — and has since been taken offline. The domain axiom.sol-shelter.cc was identified as a medium-risk crypto drainer domain associated with Solana drainer kits, registered November 2, 2025. Users searching for or attempting to bookmark Axiom's interface during the high-traffic period around the February 2026 scandal were at elevated risk of landing on impersonation sites. A trending X post referenced an 'Axiom Trade Bookmark Scam' draining user funds, though detailed sourcing for that specific incident was not independently confirmed by Tier 1 or Tier 2 sources at time of investigation.","heading":"Phishing and Impersonation Risks","severity":"high","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"auth-axiom.trade phishing domain report — PhishDestroy","type":"other","url":"https://phishdestroy.io/domain/auth-axiom.trade"},{"credibility":2,"name":"axiom.sol-shelter.cc domain security report — PhishDestroy","type":"other","url":"https://phishdestroy.io/domain/axiom.sol-shelter.cc/"}]},{"content":"Axiom's rapid rise to over 50% of Solana bot trading volume has attracted commentary about structural conflicts of interest. As both the operator of a dominant trading interface and a company with privileged real-time visibility into user activity, Axiom sits in a position analogous to a market maker or exchange that can observe order flow. The insider trading scandal illustrated the practical risk this creates: employees with business development functions had access to data normally associated with compliance or engineering roles. Separately, a Polymarket market asking 'Will Axiom launch a token by [date]?' accumulated meaningful volume, suggesting community speculation about a potential AXIOM governance or revenue-sharing token. No token launch had been confirmed as of the date of this report. If Axiom were to launch a token, conflicts of interest related to insider access to trading data and large user base would warrant scrutiny over allocation, vesting, and launch mechanics.","heading":"Market Dominance and Conflict of Interest Concerns","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"Will Axiom launch a token by [date]? — Polymarket","type":"other","url":"https://polymarket.com/event/will-axiom-launch-a-token-in-2025"},{"credibility":2,"name":"How Axiom Took Over the Solana Trading Bot Market — Dune Analytics / X","type":"on_chain","url":"https://x.com/Dune/status/1924523411755434278"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Solana Q2 2025: Market Cap Soars 30% as Axiom Defies Revenue Slump — XT Blog","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.xt.com/en/blog/post/solana-q2-2025-market-cap-soars-30-as-axiom-defies-revenue-slump"}]}],"sources_used":[{"credibility":1,"name":"ZachXBT alleges Axiom employee conducted insider trading — CoinDesk","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/02/26/zachxbt-alleges-axiom-employee-conducted-insider-trading"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Polymarket bettors appear to have insider-traded on a market designed to catch insider traders — CoinDesk","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/02/27/polymarket-bettors-appear-to-have-insider-traded-on-a-market-designed-to-catch-insider-traders"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Solana trading platform employees accused of insider trading using sensitive customer data — DL News","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.dlnews.com/articles/defi/axiom-employees-accused-of-insider-trading-using-sensitive-customer-data/"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Y Combinator — Axiom company listing","type":"official","url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/axiom"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Axiom Exchange Becomes the Fastest Crypto Platform to Reach $300 Million in Revenue — Solana Floor","type":"news_article","url":"https://solanafloor.com/news/axiom-exchange-becomes-the-fastest-crypto-platform-to-reach-300-million-in-revenue"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Axiom Exchange hits $100 million in revenue just four months after launch — The Block","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.theblock.co/post/355676/axiom-exchange-hits-100-million-in-revenue-just-four-months-after-launch"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Crypto Insiders Cashed In Before the Axiom Bombshell — $1.2 Million on Polymarket — Yahoo Finance","type":"news_article","url":"https://finance.yahoo.com/news/crypto-insiders-cashed-axiom-bombshell-092624373.html"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Axiom's Insider Trading Scandal Spills Into Prediction Markets — Yahoo Finance","type":"news_article","url":"https://finance.yahoo.com/news/axiom-insider-trading-scandal-spills-211452093.html"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Y Combinator-Backed Axiom Exchange Employees Accused of Insider Trading — Yahoo Finance","type":"news_article","url":"https://finance.yahoo.com/news/y-combinator-backed-axiom-exchange-153837071.html"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Axiom Employees Exposed in Massive Insider Trading Scandal as ZachXBT Report Finally Comes Out — CCN","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.ccn.com/analysis/crypto/axiom-employees-exposed-insider-trading-scandal-zachxbt/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Leaked Call, Private Wallets, $200K Plan: Inside the Axiom Insider Trading Allegations — CryptoPotato","type":"news_article","url":"https://cryptopotato.com/leaked-call-private-wallets-200k-plan-inside-the-axiom-insider-trading-allegations/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Breaking: ZachXBT accuses Axiom employees of insider trading — Crypto.news","type":"news_article","url":"https://crypto.news/zachxbt-axiom-employees-insider-trading-report-2026/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Axiom Exchange Insider Trading Scandal: Is Your Trading Data Being Used Against You? — TradingView / 99Bitcoins","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.tradingview.com/news/99Bitcoins:351a5884f094b:0-axiom-exchange-insider-trading-scandal-is-your-trading-data-being-used-against-you/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Investigator Reveals Year-long Insider Trading at Axiom DEX Platform — CoinPedia","type":"news_article","url":"https://coinpedia.org/news/investigator-reveals-year-long-insider-trading-at-axiom-dex-platform/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"ZachXBT Names Axiom Exchange in Alleged Employee Crypto Insider Trading Investigation — CoinGape","type":"news_article","url":"https://coingape.com/zachxbt-names-axiom-exchange-in-alleged-employee-crypto-insider-trading-investigation/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Insider Trading Allegations Hit Axiom Over Access To Private Wallet Information — Yellow.com","type":"news_article","url":"https://yellow.com/news/insider-trading-allegations-hit-axiom-over-access-to-private-wallet-information"},{"credibility":2,"name":"auth-axiom.trade phishing domain report — PhishDestroy","type":"other","url":"https://phishdestroy.io/domain/auth-axiom.trade"},{"credibility":2,"name":"axiom.sol-shelter.cc domain security report — PhishDestroy","type":"other","url":"https://phishdestroy.io/domain/axiom.sol-shelter.cc/"},{"credibility":3,"name":"Axiom Trade Scandal: Why Whales are Switching to Terminal — The Terminal Room","type":"community_report","url":"https://theterminalroom.com/field-notes/axiom-trade-scandal-how-to-safely-migrate-your-wallets-to-terminal-formerly-padre"},{"credibility":2,"name":"ZachXBT Exposes Axiom, Company Fires Back As Smart Money Bets Win Big — The Market Periodical","type":"news_article","url":"https://themarketperiodical.com/2026/02/27/zachxbt-exposes-axiom-company-fires-back-as-smart-money-bets-win-big/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Axiom fees and revenue — DeFiLlama","type":"on_chain","url":"https://defillama.com/protocol/axiom"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Will Axiom launch a token? — Polymarket","type":"other","url":"https://polymarket.com/event/will-axiom-launch-a-token-in-2025"},{"credibility":2,"name":"$100M Revenue, Zero Regulation: Inside the DeFi Gateway Axiom — FinTelegram","type":"news_article","url":"https://fintelegram.com/axiom-trade-zero-regulation-defi-gateway/"}],"summary":"Axiom (axiom.trade) is a Y Combinator-backed Solana trading terminal launched in January 2025 by co-founders Henry Zhang and Preston Ellis. The platform grew rapidly to become the dominant Solana memecoin trading interface, generating over $300 million in fees within 263 days. In February 2026, crypto investigator ZachXBT published an exposé alleging that multiple Axiom employees abused internal 'admin dashboard' access controls to surveil private user wallet data and conduct insider trading over a period of approximately 13 months.","timeline":[{"date":"2024-01-01","event":"Axiom founded by Henry Zhang and Preston Ellis; admitted to Y Combinator Winter 2025 batch.","source":"Y Combinator company listing","source_url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/axiom"},{"date":"2025-01-01","event":"Axiom launches its Solana memecoin and trading terminal to users. Alleged internal dashboard abuse by Broox Bauer begins around this time.","source":"DL News; CryptoPotato","source_url":"https://www.dlnews.com/articles/defi/axiom-employees-accused-of-insider-trading-using-sensitive-customer-data/"},{"date":"2025-04-01","event":"Alleged incident: Broox Bauer shares private wallet screenshot of trader 'Jerry' via internal Axiom dashboard.","source":"CryptoPotato — leaked call reporting","source_url":"https://cryptopotato.com/leaked-call-private-wallets-200k-plan-inside-the-axiom-insider-trading-allegations/"},{"date":"2025-05-01","event":"Axiom reaches $100 million in cumulative fee revenue, approximately four months after launch.","source":"The Block","source_url":"https://www.theblock.co/post/355676/axiom-exchange-hits-100-million-in-revenue-just-four-months-after-launch"},{"date":"2025-08-01","event":"Alleged incidents: Bauer shares registration details and connected wallets for trader 'Monix'; Bauer looks up users who traded the AURA memecoin using the internal dashboard.","source":"CryptoPotato; Crypto.news","source_url":"https://cryptopotato.com/leaked-call-private-wallets-200k-plan-inside-the-axiom-insider-trading-allegations/"},{"date":"2025-11-02","event":"Phishing/drainer domain axiom.sol-shelter.cc registered, identified as a Solana drainer kit targeting Axiom users.","source":"PhishDestroy domain report","source_url":"https://phishdestroy.io/domain/axiom.sol-shelter.cc/"},{"date":"2025-12-01","event":"Axiom reaches $200 million in cumulative fee revenue.","source":"Solana Floor","source_url":"https://solanafloor.com/news/solana-trading-bot-axiom-becomes-the-fastest-application-to-reach-200-m-in-revenue"},{"date":"2026-02-21","event":"Phishing domain auth-axiom.trade registered, timed to coincide with growing public speculation about ZachXBT's impending exposé.","source":"PhishDestroy domain report","source_url":"https://phishdestroy.io/domain/auth-axiom.trade"},{"date":"2026-02-23","event":"ZachXBT publicly teases an upcoming investigation, without naming the target. Polymarket market on 'Which crypto company will ZachXBT expose?' surges in volume; Axiom's odds climb significantly.","source":"CoinDesk; Polymarket","source_url":"https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/02/24/polymarket-bettors-put-usd3-million-on-which-crypto-firm-zachxbt-will-expose-next"},{"date":"2026-02-26","event":"ZachXBT publishes full investigation naming Axiom Exchange and Broox Bauer. The report includes a recorded call, screenshots of internal dashboards, and on-chain wallet tracing. Axiom issues a public statement acknowledging abuse and removing dashboard access.","source":"CoinDesk; DL News","source_url":"https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/02/26/zachxbt-alleges-axiom-employee-conducted-insider-trading"},{"date":"2026-02-27","event":"CoinDesk reports that wallets betting on the Axiom Polymarket market appear to have insider-traded the prediction market itself, with at least $1.2 million in suspicious profits across 12 identified wallets.","source":"CoinDesk","source_url":"https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/02/27/polymarket-bettors-appear-to-have-insider-traded-on-a-market-designed-to-catch-insider-traders"},{"date":"2026-02-01","event":"Axiom crosses $300 million in cumulative fee revenue, 263 days after launch.","source":"Solana Floor","source_url":"https://solanafloor.com/news/axiom-exchange-becomes-the-fastest-crypto-platform-to-reach-300-million-in-revenue"}]},"v":1}

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4. #4reviewby reviewerreviewer

   2026-06-14 23:16:13Z
   Score: 17 → 17 (no score change)
   Blue-chip calibration review (Prompt A). Verdict: over-penalized. Page content is treated as accurate; the trust_score band is miscalibrated. Axiom (axiom.trade) is a legitimate, operational, Y Combinator-backed non-custodial Solana trading platform that does not meet the CRITICAL band's threshold of 'evidence of fraud/scam.' The scoring error is a mis-attribution of employee misconduct to the entity itself. The confirmed facts are: (1) an employee named Broox Bauer allegedly abused internal 'God mode' dashboard access to surveil user wallets over approximately 10 months; (2) ZachXBT published allegations on February 26, 2026; (3) Axiom removed the tools and initiated an investigation; (4) the platform remained fully operational through June 2026. Critically, ZachXBT himself acknowledged difficulty establishing high-confidence proof of actual profitable trades without internal logs — the documented wrongdoing is data access abuse by one employee, not company-directed fraud. The phishing domains cited as evidence are third-party attacks on Axiom's brand, not Axiom's own activity. The Polymarket anomaly involved wallets that knew the ZachXBT target in advance, which implicates insiders or leaks but does not constitute proof that Axiom's corporate leadership directed fraud. Under the post-policy band semantics, WARNING (20-49) correctly describes a legitimate operator with an unresolved material incident — inadequate access controls, one employee's verified data abuse, and unresolved trust questions. A score of 32 reflects the seriousness of the governance failure and unresolved status while correctly placing Axiom above the fraud/scam threshold.
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5. #5review approveby judgejudge

   2026-06-14 23:16:13Z
   Score: 17 → 32 (+15)
   This was a severity-calibration review with 0% disputed content — all six claim findings (claim_findings[0] through claim_findings[5]) were confirmed supported. The current score of 17 (CRITICAL band) is miscalibrated because it conflates third-party phishing attacks on Axiom's brand (claim_findings[4]) with Axiom's own conduct, and because it treats ZachXBT's explicitly-qualified allegations — which ZachXBT himself acknowledged could not be proven to a high-confidence standard without internal logs (claim_findings[2]) — as equivalent to confirmed company-directed fraud. The documented incident is employee misconduct by one named individual (Broox Bauer), not a corporate fraud operation. Axiom responded as a victim, removed the implicated tools, and remained fully operational through June 2026 with $73M–$427M daily volume (claim_findings[3]). No regulatory enforcement, criminal charges, or company-directed fraud has been established (claim_findings[5]). A WARNING score of 32 correctly reflects the seriousness of the governance failure and unresolved trust questions without misclassifying a legitimate YC-backed operator as a fraud or scam. A positive delta of +15 is warranted to move the score from 17 to 32.
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