{"id":94750,"date":"2026-02-26T18:09:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=94750"},"modified":"2026-02-26T18:10:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:10:17","slug":"zachxbt-accuses-axiom-employee-of-insider-trading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/zachxbt-accuses-axiom-employee-of-insider-trading\/","title":{"rendered":"ZachXBT Accuses Axiom Employee of Insider Trading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On-chain detective ZachXBT has accused <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/axioms-meme-focused-solana-exchange-surpasses-100-million-in-trading-volume\">Axiom<\/a> trading platform manager Broox Bauer of leaking user data for insider trading.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1\/ Meet <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WheresBroox?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WheresBroox<\/a> (Broox Bauer), one of the multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AxiomExchange?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AxiomExchange<\/a> 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. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KwICQMJL1q\">pic.twitter.com\/KwICQMJL1q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ZachXBT (@zachxbt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zachxbt\/status\/2027016064534757659?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to the researcher, Bauer used the platform&#8217;s internal tools to find hidden wallets of crypto influencers through referral codes and <span data-descr=\"internal ID\" class=\"old_tooltip\">UID<\/span>, subsequently passing this information to a group of accomplices.<\/p>\n<p>The perpetrators compiled addresses in a Google spreadsheet, tracking early meme coin purchases by major players. This allowed them to open positions before influencers began publicly promoting the coins.<\/p>\n<p>ZachXBT published screenshots from April and August 2025 containing traders&#8217; personal data. The detective also released an audio recording where Bauer boasts about having access to any Axiom client&#8217;s information. Several victims have already confirmed the authenticity of the disclosed addresses.<\/p>\n<p>The Axiom team responded to the investigation, stating they were &#8220;shocked and disappointed.&#8221; The project has revoked employee access to support tools and promised to hold those responsible accountable.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are shocked and disappointed to hear that someone on our team abused internal customer support tools to look up user wallets.<\/p>\n<p>We have removed access to these tools and will continue to investigate and hold the offending parties responsible.<\/p>\n<p>This does not represent us as a\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Axiom (@AxiomExchange) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AxiomExchange\/status\/2027018976929423583?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The investigation&#8217;s publication was preceded by a frenzy on the Polymarket prediction platform. The volume of bets on who ZachXBT&#8217;s article would expose exceeded $38 million.<\/p>\n<p>Hours before the announcement, Axiom&#8217;s chances of being the &#8220;hero&#8221; of the investigation surged to 35%.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-416b6405b0d0c960-7334741368156653-1024x439.png\" alt=\"\u0421\u043d\u0438\u043c\u043e\u043a \u044d\u043a\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0430 2026-02-26 175308\" class=\"wp-image-275882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-416b6405b0d0c960-7334741368156653-1024x439.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-416b6405b0d0c960-7334741368156653-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-416b6405b0d0c960-7334741368156653-768x330.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-416b6405b0d0c960-7334741368156653.png 1177w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/polymarket.com\/event\/which-crypto-company-will-zachxbt-expose-for-insider-trading\">Polymarket<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Back in August 2025, ZachXBT <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/zachxbt-labels-ripple-cardano-and-hedera-as-insider-enrichment-schemes\">described<\/a> Ripple, Cardano, and Hedera as &#8220;insider enrichment schemes.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On-chain detective ZachXBT has accused Axiom trading platform manager Broox Bauer of leaking user data for insider trading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":94751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"ZachXBT accuses Axiom manager of insider trading via leaked user data.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1323,1246,596],"class_list":["post-94750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-investigations","tag-scammers","tag-tokens"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"201","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"ZachXBT accuses Axiom manager of insider trading via leaked user data.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94750"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94752,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94750\/revisions\/94752"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}