Coinbase Suffers Outage Due to AWS Disruption
May 8, 2026
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by Wayne Jones
for CryptoPotato

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AWS overheating caused Coinbase outages, preventing some users from transacting and slowing services. Coinbase reassured customers that funds are safe, but many still experienced failed access and transaction delays at time of reporting. The incident highlights CEX/cloud dependency and operational risk for crypto infrastructure, with potential short-term impacts on trading and DeFi access.
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Some Coinbase users have been unable to transact on the platform, with others facing slower services after AWS overheating disrupted its services.
While Coinbase has assured customers their funds are safe, many of them were still dealing with failed access and transaction delays at the time of this writing.
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