Azuki Insider Trading: Did Azuki NFT Fix The Beanz Mint?

The Azuki Beanz NFT reveal is over. But now, the NFT project is facing tons of accusations of insider trading. In particular, there are pieces of evidence pointing to a holder sniping rare Azuki Beanz hours before the NFT reveal. Looking at the proofs shared on Twitter, many believed that there were insider tradings prior to the reveal of the Azuki Beanz NFT art.

Shreds of evidence of insider trading prior to the Azuki Beanz NFT reveal

Thanks to Twitter user @Meta_Morphy, we can see how this insider traded rare Azuki Beanz before the NFT reveal. According to him, one buyer, in particular, sold off 4 common Azuki Beanz NFTs and picked up 2 rare ones at floor prices, hours before the reveal. One of the rare Beanz NFTs, Bean #13716, is in fact, ranked 37th in terms of the rarity, with an asking price of 65.5 ETH on OpenSea right now.

But that’s not all. The same buyer above decided to buy another rare Azuki Beanz NFT, Bean #11901, from the X2Y2 NFT marketplace. This time, he bought the NFT 30 minutes before the reveal. Well, what are the odds of that?

Recently, the same buyer has transferred two of his precious Beanz NFTs (Bean #13716 and Bean #10146). Each of them to a new wallet address. Could this be part of the Azuki Beanz NFT holder’s plans to cover his tracks of insider trading? It seems likely to many of us.

What did the Azuki team say about this incident?

So far, the Azuki team has not made any comment on this incident. But what if we never get any clear answers on the insider trading related to the Azuki Beanz NFT? In that case, that will tell us a lot about the integrity of the team. Given that there were similar scandals that happened to the Azuki NFT project before, it’s high time for the team to come clean about it.