Coinbase Service Restored After Major Infrastructure Failure
The leading U.S. cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, has officially resumed trading operations following a massive service disruption that lasted over five hours. The outage, which began early on May 8, 2026, left millions of users unable to execute trades, access accounts, or manage portfolios during a period of heightened market activity.
According to official status reports, the interruption was not caused by a cyberattack but by a physical infrastructure failure at an Amazon Web Services (AWS) data center in the US-EAST-1 region.
Why was Coinbase Down?
The exchange confirmed that the downtime was triggered by elevated temperatures at a primary AWS facility, specifically within availability zone use1-az4. This heat-related event caused a cascade of hardware impairments, forcing Coinbase to take its trading engines offline to protect the integrity of the order books.
To ensure market stability during the recovery phase, Coinbase implemented a staged restoration process:
- Offline: All trading halted.
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