Coinbase Re-enables Trading after 4-hour Downtime Due to AWS
Coinbase, the famous crypto exchange, recently witnessed a significant disruption, leading to a “Cancel Only” market mode. Soon after detecting a severe downtime regarding the Amazon Web Services (AWS) US-EAST-1 zone, Coinbase enabled the “Cancel Only” mode. As per Coinbases official social media announcement, all of the present resting orders were made cancelable throughout the incident. Additionally, both limit and market orders were provisionally disabled by the crypto exchange. However, as per the latest update, all services have resumed again now after almost 4 hours. All markets have been re-enabled for trading on Coinbase Exchange. https://t.co/WQtg90bNqC — Coinbase Support (@CoinbaseSupport) May 8, 2026 AWS Outage Pushes Coinbase to Trigger ‘Cancel Only’ Mode The incident of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) disruption has pushed Coinbase to enable the “Cancel Only” mode. Specifically, the US-EAST-1 region of AWS got impacted by the incident. So, Coinbase halted its usual trading activities as a preemptive measure. Additionally, the Coinbase Support team later disclosed its continuous work on a gradual reopening of trading services in the near term. Because of the service outage, Coinbase consumers have suffered the inability to transfer capital on the platform. Additionally, some other users faced notably slow services following the overheating issues dealing with the