OKX on Tuesday rolled out an AI-centric upgrade to its developer platform, OnchainOS, pitched as infrastructure for autonomous crypto trading agents.
The AI layer builds on familiar components such as wallet infrastructure, liquidity routing, and on-chain data feeds and combines them into a unified execution framework aimed at AI agents operating across the chain.
Rather than manually wiring up price feeds, token authorizations, gas quotes, and swap routing, developers can connect to agents and issue high-level instructions, such as swapping ETH to USDC below a certain price. OnchainOS handles the workflow behind the scenes, from market monitoring to liquidity sourcing to payment confirmation.
The intersection of cryptocurrencies and AI has grown exponentially over the past 12 months, with the blockchain AI market expected to grow from $6 billion in 2024 to $50 billion by 2030.
And traders are using this technology to their advantage. One recent example is of a group of retail traders using AI to find “glitches” in platforms like Polymarket before instructing it to trade on their behalf.
According to a company release, smart routing is supported across over 60 blockchain networks, as well as over 500 decentralized exchanges. OKX said its broader OnchainOS stack already handles 1.2 billion daily API calls and approximately $300 million in daily transaction volume, highlighting that the AI layer sits on top of its existing operational infrastructure.
Access is through natural language “AI skills”, model context protocol integration for coding agents such as Claude Code and cursors, and a direct REST API for developers who want more control.
OnchainOS will be available to developers globally starting Tuesday, March 3, the company said in a release.
