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Broox Bauer / Axiom Insider Trading Ring

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Summary

Broox Bauer, a senior business development employee at Axiom Exchange, was publicly identified in February 2026 by on-chain investigator ZachXBT as the alleged orchestrator of an insider trading scheme running from early 2025. Bauer allegedly abused internal access to Axiom's customer support dashboard to extract private wallet data belonging to users and key opinion leaders, sharing that data with a small group to front-run trades. Axiom, a Y Combinator-backed Solana trading terminal that generated over $390 million in cumulative revenue, acknowledged the misconduct, terminated access to the relevant tools, and stated it would investigate and hold the responsible parties accountable.

Connected Entities

2 entities
Wallets
◇FarpaW…HcUN
Organizations
□Broox Bauer / Axiom Insider Trading Ring
Relationships
  • FarpaWkzio7WQVpQeu2eURvNQZ3pCBZupJ95wUjoHcUN→mentioned with→Broox Bauer / Axiom Insider Trading Ring(50%)

Connected Through

1 shared actor · 1 investigation

Distinct actors this investigation shares with others — holders, traders, and named parties. Shared infrastructure (exchanges, pools) is excluded.

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Timeline(9 events)

2024

Axiom Exchange founded by Henry Zhang (Mist) and Preston Ellis (Cal).

DL News

2025

Axiom launches publicly after completing Y Combinator Winter 2025 batch.

Blockworks

March 2025

Axiom raises $500,000 pre-seed round led by Y Combinator.

Solana Floor

April 2025

Alleged scheme begins in earnest. Bauer allegedly shares first screenshot of a user's private wallet data (trader 'Jerry') with a private group.

PANews / ZachXBT investigation summary

August 2025

Bauer allegedly shares second screenshot in private group showing 'Monix' registration data and discussion of memecoin trader surveillance.

PANews / ZachXBT investigation summary

February 2026

Recorded private group call takes place in which Bauer allegedly outlines a plan to help Gowno (Seb) generate $200,000 in profits using internal Axiom data access.

CoinDesk

23 February 2026

ZachXBT teases an upcoming investigation into insider trading at a crypto platform, triggering nearly $40 million in Polymarket betting volume on the identity of the target.

CoinTelegraph

26 February 2026

ZachXBT publishes full investigation naming Broox Bauer and Axiom Exchange. Wallets allegedly connected to Bauer's associates reportedly profit approximately $400,000 on Polymarket by betting 'Yes' on Axiom being the target.

CoinDesk

26 February 2026

Axiom Exchange issues public statement acknowledging misconduct, stating it was 'shocked and disappointed,' and confirming removal of access to internal tools.

DL News
Provenance & Audit Trail
Anchored on SolanaVerify on-chain12 Wayback Archives

Decision Log

This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (3 events). 12 of 15 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.

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model: claude-sonnet-4-6

generated: 6/14/2026, 11:23:48 PM

last updated: 8/25/2026, 1:27:22 PM

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