OKX limits Claude after $8M AI spending

• OKX restricted Claude access for Hong Kong staff and employees travelling through mainland China.
• Anthropic briefly suspended OKX’s enterprise account before restoring access.
• OKX spends between $6 million and $8 million monthly across major AI providers.

OKX restricted Claude access after Anthropic briefly suspended its enterprise account in early August.

The restriction affects Hong Kong employees and staff travelling through mainland China, where Claude is unavailable.

OKX said earlier use of Claude “may not have complied” with Anthropic’s regional access rules.

The exchange will route affected requests to other AI models, but it has not named those providers.

OKX spends between $6 million and $8 million each month across major AI providers, according to the report.

That spending equals $72 million to $96 million a year if monthly costs remain unchanged, although OKX gave no spending breakdown.

The restriction does not affect OKX trading services or customer assets, and no verified market reaction was reported.