Major AWS disruption interrupts Coinbase trading for hours; exchange investigates but users' funds intact
Coinbase’s exchange was knocked offline for more than two hours on May 8, 2026 after an Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure disruption; users reported trading functionality was unavailable or severely degraded during the outage [1] [2] [3].
Coinbase said its team was investigating, that users’ funds were not compromised, and directed customers to monitor AWS status updates while the company worked to restore service [2] [4] [5] [3].
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- 1Coinbase Exchange Down for Over Two Hours Amid AWS OutageMoneyCheck• May 8, 2026
- 2AWS outage knocks Coinbase Exchange offline for two hourscrypto.news• May 8, 2026
- 3Coinbase Exchange Knocked Offline by AWS Cloud Service DisruptionBlockonomi• May 8, 2026
- 4Coinbase (COIN) Hit by Extended AWS Outage Lasting More Than Two HoursMoneyCheck• May 8, 2026
- 5Coinbase Exchange has been experiencing an outage for over two hours. Its status page says some user...Wu Blockchain• May 8, 2026
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