00:00Today, October 20, 2025, a major AWS edge disrupted countless online services across the globe.
00:06Early this morning, Amazon Web Services reported elevated air rates and latency in its U.S.
00:11East Minas 1 region in Virginia, one of the most critical hubs of global internet infrastructure.
00:16The ripple effects were immediate. Alexa Voice Command stopped working for many users,
00:20while games like Fortnite and apps like Snapchat and Plexi.ai went offline or suffered severe
00:24slowdowns. Even several crypto-related services were affected, including exchanges, blockchain
00:29analytics platforms, and DeFi dashboards that rely on AWS for node hosting and API operations.
00:35Some users reported login and transaction delays on crypto exchanges, while wallet services
00:39briefly went offline due to back-end connection failures. This incident highlights how deeply
00:44integrated AWS is with our daily digital and financial lives. When one region goes down,
00:49the impact is felt everywhere from smart homes to major corporations, and even across the
00:53decentralized finance ecosystem. AWS engineers said they are actively working to mitigate the
00:58issue and identify the root cause, but as of now, no clear resolution timeline has been
01:02announced. Historically, the U.S. East Minas 1 region has been prone to large-scale disruptions,
01:07serving as a reminder of how dependent the modern internet and now crypto infrastructure has
01:11become on a few centralized cloud providers. As the situation unfolds, users are advised to
01:16remain patient and monitor official AWS and service provider updates. For now, today's outage
01:21stands as yet another wake-up call for companies and blockchain projects alike to design with
01:25resilience, redundancy, and multi-region decentralization in mind.
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