Amazon Web Services reported a cloud outage on Thursday, May 8, 2026, at one of its data center zones in northern Virginia, triggering trading disruptions at cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase and derivatives marketplace CME Group.
AWS said the issue stemmed from increased temperatures within a single data center. As part of its recovery efforts, the company shifted traffic away from the affected Availability Zone — a cluster of one or more connected physical data centers designed to operate independently within an AWS Region — and brought additional cooling system capacity online, reporting early signs of recovery.
Coinbase confirmed that problems with its platform were directly caused by the AWS outage. The exchange said some users may experience degraded performance, though it stressed that customer funds remained safe and that it was working to re-enable trading. CME Group, the world’s largest derivatives marketplace, reported technical and latency issues with its CME Direct trading platform but did not identify a cause. The company later said it had completed essential maintenance work and that users were able to log back in.
It was not immediately clear whether the CME issues were related to the AWS outage. Both CME and AWS did not respond to requests for comment outside regular business hours.
The incident adds to a recent pattern of significant outages affecting both companies. AWS suffered a major outage in October 2025 that caused widespread disruption across thousands of sites, including Snapchat and Reddit — described as the largest internet disruption since the CrowdStrike malfunction in 2024, which affected hospitals, banks, and airports. The following month, CME Group experienced one of its longest outages in years, halting trading across stocks, bonds, commodities, and currencies for several hours.
Source: mint – technology