Binance, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchange, faced temporary disruption in services due to a network outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) today April 15, 2025. Due to this, some of the orders were affected and could not be completed, meanwhile some of the orders were executed successfully.
According to the post made on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), users were advised to retry failed orders. To make sure that the network is safe, Binance even suspended the withdrawal services temporarily.
Binance Announces Recovery within Minutes
However, nine minutes after the withdrawal announcement was made, the exchange quickly posted on X stating that all the services were recovering and resuming, including withdrawals. The exchange then also pointed out that some services may still experience delays and the exchange would continue to monitor the situation to make sure that the operations run smoothly.
What is AWS Outage?
An AWS outage is when Amazon’s cloud computing platform experiences a services interruption, causing disruption to the websites, apps and services that are dependent on it.
Binance uses Amazon Web Services (AWS) to improve its platform and AWS is known to help the exchange with streamlining user verification processes, helps in powering customer support chatbots, the service is also said to help with automated system trouble shooting and provides real-time market analytics as well.
With this partnership, the exchange’s functioning is being carried out efficiently, scalability has been enhanced and innovation in the crypto space has increased.
Previous Incidents
Binance has faced similar issues in the past due to AWS outages. For instance, On February 19, 2021, the exchange had to suspend deposits, withdrawals, and transfers for several hours because of the AWS outage. This caused users to experience discrepancies in their account balances. Due to this, the real-time updates were disrupted and users were not able to place orders.
Similarly on August 23, 2019, the exchange had experienced withdrawal disruption due to AWS caching issues. The exchange then assured that the user funds were secure and worked with AWS to resolve the problem.
It is commendable that today’s disruption was resolved quickly and within minutes. In the past the exchange would restore services quickly, often within hours. Binance’s ability to resolve such issues quickly indicates its proactive approach towards managing technical challenges, which is crucial for maintaining operational stability in volatile sector.
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