🚨 Cloud Down = Crypto Congestion: Infrastructure Risks That Few Notice
The network is down while the chart is still running, but have you noticed: just one "cloud" sneezing can suffocate the entire crypto market?
Recent outages from Cloudflare, AWS... have temporarily paralyzed many major exchanges like Coinbase, Kraken, various DeFi interfaces, explorers... Orders not matching, accounts unable to log in, opportunities to enter/exit the market vanish in a few golden minutes.
💡 Core issue:
Crypto is said to be "decentralized," but the underlying infrastructure is still heavily dependent on a few centralized cloud providers – literally a single point of failure that can bring down the entire value chain above.
This not only creates technical risks (downtime, firewall errors) but also systemic risks: if an outage coincides with strong price volatility, it could become a mini "liquidity crash" for the entire market.
⚡ What you need to do:
• Exchanges & projects: Design multi-cloud/hybrid architectures, have contingency plans, at least a frontend mirror
• Traders: Diversify assets across multiple exchanges, prioritize those with transparent status notifications and backup channels
Cloud downtime is just a "small test" for a market that is extremely sensitive to sentiment and liquidity.
If crypto wants to truly mature, the story is not just about strong on-chain capabilities, but also about breaking free from the dependence on a few centralized cloud providers in the infrastructure layer.
