On July 4, 2026, Coinbase suffered a major outage due to AWS data center overheating in Northern Virginia, halting trading for over an hour. This is the second AWS-related outage since Oct 2025, coming right after disappointing earnings that sent shares down 4% after-hours.

Coinbase suffered its second AWS-related outage since October, disrupting trading for over an hour. The incident follows disappointing quarterly earnings with a surprise loss of $1.49 per share, intensifying user concerns about the exchange's reliability and future.