00:00Today's AWS outage didn't just hit mainstream apps,
00:03it also caused major disruptions across the crypto industry.
00:08Several leading platforms, including Coinbase and Robinhood,
00:12experienced connectivity issues after AWS US East, one region went offline.
00:18Trading pages failed to load, logins stalled,
00:21and API responses slowed down across multiple exchanges and wallet providers.
00:26Some DeFi dashboards and blockchain analytic services also went dark for several hours,
00:33as their back-end nodes and APIs relied on AWS infrastructure for database and network operations.
00:40Despite the widespread disruption, no user funds were compromised.
00:45Exchanges and custodial wallets confirmed that all assets remained secure,
00:49the outage only affected user access and real-time data syncing.
00:53By late evening, AWS announced that its systems had fully recovered,
00:58though a few crypto platforms continued to process backlogs and delayed transactions.
01:03This event once again highlights the irony of the crypto ecosystem,
01:08built on decentralization, yet still dependent on centralized cloud providers.
01:13As Web3 continues to grow, today's incident stands as a powerful reminder that true decentralization
01:20must extend beyond the blockchain, all the way down to the infrastructure that keeps it running.
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