The Protocol: AWS Outage Halts Some Crypto Apps
An AWS outage on October 20, 2025, disrupted several crypto exchanges and services, highlighting the industry's reliance on centralized infrastructure.Summary
On October 20, 2025, a major Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage caused widespread disruptions across the crypto industry, impacting exchanges like Coinbase, ConsenSys’ Infura, and Robinhood. This event underscored the significant dependence of many crypto companies on centralized cloud infrastructure. The outage affected access to Ethereum Mainnet, Polygon, and other networks via Infura. Beyond the outage, the article also covers Monad’s upcoming blockchain launch and its potential for speed, the risks quantum computing poses to Bitcoin’s cryptography, and Securitize’s new MCP Server for AI access to real-world asset data. Additionally, it briefly mentions Blockchain.com’s potential SPAC listing, Coinbase’s acquisition of Echo, and regulatory discussions in the US and energy restrictions for crypto mining in British Columbia.
(Source：CoinDesk)