Key Highlights:
- Blockchain sleuth ZachXBT exposes Axiom employees using internal tools for insider trading.
- Broox Bauer is at the center of the entire situation.
- Axiom’s cofounders Mist and Cal respond and promise to tighten internal access control.
Blockchain investigator ZachXBT has released a detailed report today, February 26, 2026, on social media platform X, and claimed a major case of insider trading and data misuse at Axiom, which is one of the fastest-growing crypto trading platforms from Y Combinator’s Winter 2025 batch.
According to the report, many of the employees actually exploited their access to internal tools so that they could track user wallets and profit from private trading information.
1/ Meet @WheresBroox (Broox Bauer), one of the multiple @AxiomExchange employees allegedly abusing the lack of access controls for internal tools to lookup sensitive user details to insider trade by tracking private wallet activity since early 2025. pic.twitter.com/KwICQMJL1q
— ZachXBT (@zachxbt) February 26, 2026
Broox Bauer at the Center
The main culprit according to the report by the blockchain sleuth is Broox Bauer, a senior business development employee who is based in New York. In the report it has been stated that Bauer used an internal Axiom dashboard so that he could monitor private user data, which included wallet addresses, registration details and linked the trading activity.
In the tweet, ZachXBT shared screenshots where it can be seen that Bauer is boasting about how he could trace any Axiom user by using a referral code, wallet or unique ID. He allegedly explained how to increase wallet look ups slowly to avoid detection and offered to share lists of wallet addresses with the associates.
Leaked Data on Influencers
Screenshots from the internal dashboard allegedly show sensitive information for traders, which included well-known crypto influencers such as Jerry and Monix. Bauer reportedly compiled all this into a shared google sheet tracking several KOLs (Key Opinion Leaders) in crypto. Some influencers later confirmed that the wallet links in the leaks were accurate, supporting ZachXBT’s claims.
Suspicious Wallet Activity
The investigation then also tracked Bauer’s main wallet, FarpaWkzio7WQVpQeu2eURvNQZ3pCBZupJ95wUjoHcUN, and several connected addresses. These wallets were tied to extensive meme-coin trading, with funds moving to multiple centralized exchange addresses.
While the blockchain sleuth noted that providing direct insider trading would require access to Axiom’s internal trade logs, these wallet movements raise strong suspicions of coordinated misuse of private information.
Other Employees Involved
Other employees have also been reported by the blockchain sleuth and they are Seb (Gowno), a new Axiom moderator, and Ryan (Ryucio), another business development team member.
In a recording from February 2026, Bauer allegedly described plans to help Seb earn $200,000 using the same data exploitation methods that had been in place since early 2025.
Axiom Responds
ZachXBT reached out to Axiom earlier today and said that he conducted the investigation independently after being hired to look into internal misconduct claims. In response, Axiom cofounders Mist and Cal issued a statement which promised to tighten access controls and cooperate fully with any on-going investigation.
For this situation, Polymarket had raised a question asking “Which crypto company will ZachXBT expose for insider trading. The majority of the participants voted for Axiom.
Trader predictorxyz (possibly an insider) bet $65.8K that Axiom would be accused of insider trading by @zachxbt when the odds were only 13.8%.
He won and made a profit of $411.4K!https://t.co/HqhvH1BRpJ pic.twitter.com/6ZFY5xOZ3B
— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) February 26, 2026
One trader placed a $65.8K bet on Axiom when the odds were only 13.8%. The bet paid off, and he earned a profit of $411.4K.
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