Coinbase Trading Restored After AWS Outage Disrupts Crypto Exchange Services

Coinbase has fully restored trading across its exchange, website, and mobile applications after an Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage caused temporary disruption to crypto market activity. The incident began around 8:00 pm ET on May 7 when Coinbase systems detected elevated error rates linked to AWS infrastructure issues in the US-EAST-1 region.

AWS later reported that increased temperatures in a Northern Virginia data center affected operations in Availability Zone use1-az4, forcing traffic rerouting and service degradation across multiple systems.

Cancel-Only Mode and Gradual Market Recovery

During the outage, Coinbase placed markets in cancel-only mode, allowing users to cancel orders but preventing new trades. The platform then shifted through auction mode before restoring full trading access.

According to Coinbase updates, exchange markets were re-enabled at 7:48 am UTC, followed by full restoration of web and mobile app services at 9:25 am UTC. The company confirmed the issue is resolved but will conduct a full technical review of the AWS-related disruption.