The US government ordered Anthropic to suspend access to its Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models on June 12, just three days after they launched. The VVV token, native to the Venice AI platform, responded by climbing more than 13% in 24 hours.
What happened with Anthropic
Anthropic released its Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models on June 9. Three days later, US authorities issued an export-control order requiring the company to suspend access to both.
Venice AI and the permissionless pitch
Erik Voorhees, the former CEO of ShapeShift and founder of Venice AI, wasted no time framing the Anthropic suspension as validation. The official Morpheus account did the same, casting the shutdown as proof that permissionless AI isn’t just a philosophical preference but a practical necessity.
