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1 review, not positive.0% positive · 1 review· Influence factor 6, above 1% of accountsWhat people say
Received · 1Given · 0“Axiom Trojan”Based on ZachXBT's investigation, this guy, while holding a senior position at the Axiom exchange, used client data for the purpose of insider trading and other methods of extracting profits. Link to Zach's post: https://x.com/zachxbt/status/2027016170126323925 I will quote the thread text in this review: 1/ Meet [@WheresBroox](https://app.ethos.network/profile/x/WheresBroox) (Broox Bauer), one of the multiple [@AxiomExchange](https://app.ethos.network/profile/x/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. 2/ Axiom is a crypto trading platform founded by Mist & Cal in 2024. After going through Y-Combinator's Winter 2025 batch, it quickly became one of the most profitable companies in the space, generating $390M+ in revenue to date. I was retained to investigate allegations of misconduct at Axiom after receiving reports. 3/ Broox is a current Axiom senior BD employee based in New York. In the clip Broox states he can track any Axiom user via ref code, wallet, or UID and claims he can "find out anything to do with that person". He also describe researching 10-20 wallets initially and slowly increasing over time "so it does not look that suspicious" In a separate clip from the same recording, Broox sets ground rules for how to request lookups from him and then says he'll send the full list of wallets. The full recording is a private call of the group members strategizing. 4/ In April 2025, Broox shared a screenshot from an internal Axiom dashboard displaying private wallets for the trader 'Jerry'. In August 2025, Broox sent a second image showing the registration and connected wallets for the trader 'Monix'. In August 2025, Broox discussed lookups of Axiom users who traded the meme coin 'AURA'. 5/ The group created a Google Sheet compiling wallets for multiple KOL targets mapping out wallet addresses gathered from data obtained via the internal Axiom dashboard by Broox. Multiple KOLs named on the sheet or in leaked screenshots were contacted and independently confirmed the accuracy of wallet data attributed to them. 6/ One of the targeted KOLs was Marcell, a trader with a poor reputation for using his followers on X and Telegram as exit liquidity. He was targeted due to buying a large portion of the token supply for meme coins (known as bundling) from private wallets before promoting them to followers. Traders like Marcell are prime targets for this type of abuse since address reuse is less common and private wallets are rarely public, which makes privileged info much more valuable. 7/ Broox's main wallet was identified via messages sent in a private chat and all directly related addresses were graphed out. FarpaWkzio7WQVpQeu2eURvNQZ3pCBZupJ95wUjoHcUN Due to the high volume of meme coin trades tied to related addresses, pinpointing high-confidence examples of insider trading from his wallets alone is difficult without access to Axiom's internal logs to review the timing of trades placed. Funds from related addresses primarily flowed to the following CEX deposit addresses: 9HtKkLzTVUGMS9BDMSXbVjooP1rVoeiFPj3tEtmj7Qn4 A8XSEaZXYo8eidAMivoAonf8skBeW1QkfprdBJm6eVz HPr1MSrSB2i9r9Vcsj8Cmx2sUFGudpDum6kY9dp2ePCN Afp4DargofX8K67BRUuhVuoBy1DJn9vTbH3ico9CaNs1 6rv1iSZ7YyR18R7EPvXwHdDkNp3qzrE9YPQtPnLVaYbv 8/ Along with Broox in the call is close his friend Gowno (Seb), a recently hired moderator at Axiom. In the first clip, Broox alleges Ryan (Ryucio), another Axiom BD employee, has used the internal dashboard to look up users on behalf of others, and that he helped get his friend Mystery hired at Axiom as a moderator. In the second clip, Broox discusses how Gowno's responsibilities will grow over time and states he can eventually help conduct lookups. Neither Ryan nor Mystery is present in the recorded call. 9/ During the February 2026 recorded call, Broox outlined a plan to help Gowno profit $200K quickly by abusing his access at Axiom which is consistent with similar illicit activity he had been conducting with others since early 2025. In private chats he also shared screenshots of his exchange balances, suggesting the scheme had already been generating returns. 10/ I was retained to independently investigate alleged misconduct at Axiom and these findings are the result of that investigation. Earlier today I reached out to the Axiom team for comment. Their statement is attached. Regardless of whether Cal or Mist were aware, there was little to no monitoring or access controls in place to mitigate this abuse from happening in the first place. The extent of data granted to employees in an easily accessible dashboard is unusual for BD roles, including a user's entire wallet list with date/time, the wallets they are tracking, transaction history, the nickname of wallets, and linked accounts. Given Broox is based in NYC I think the case presents itself as a good opportunity for SDNY since it may fall within their jurisdiction. Whether or not criminal charges are filed, I hope the Axiom co-founders further investigate the abuse and consider taking legal action against the employees involved.
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