A gray market for Claude access is thriving in China: resellers get accounts using accumulated identities and cards topped up in USDT
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Demand for powerful models turns out to be stronger than borders and access restrictions: people find a way to reach them.
According to The Information, in Beijing's Haidian district, home to universities and tech companies, token resellers set up Claude accounts using accumulated identities of other people and cards funded in the USDT stablecoin, and route traffic through proxies. The full text is behind a paywall: only the abstract is available.
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