{"id":63222,"date":"2022-06-21T13:51:37","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T10:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=63222"},"modified":"2025-09-05T22:47:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T19:47:57","slug":"global-cloudflare-outage-hits-bitcoin-exchanges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/global-cloudflare-outage-hits-bitcoin-exchanges\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Cloudflare outage hits Bitcoin exchanges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On June 21, Cloudflare, the network services provider, warned of a global outage affecting its services. Cryptocurrency exchanges experienced technical issues.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Cloudflare team is aware of the current service issues and is working to resolve as quickly as possible. Updates can be followed here. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/22Yiyu3lKJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/22Yiyu3lKJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cloudflare (@Cloudflare) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cloudflare\/status\/1539140097374793728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The American company provides CDN services, DDoS protection, secure access to resources, and DNS servers.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of the outage, FTX warned that access to its site would be difficult for most users. The platform switched markets to post-only mode.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cloudflare is experiencing an outage, and so FTX and many other sites are going to be hard to access for many users. FTX markets are in post-only mode.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FTX (@FTX_Official) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FTX_Official\/status\/1539140049807220736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Bitfinex&#8217;s CTO Paolo Ardoino also confirmed that internet service problems affected the platform, as did many other online platforms.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Seems (regional) cloudflare issues are affecting many platforms <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jpiaEhaIOr\">https:\/\/t.co\/jpiaEhaIOr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paolo Ardoino (@paoloardoino) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/paoloardoino\/status\/1539139329406246917?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Coinbase reported connectivity issues accessing its retail and institutional trading platforms.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThis could lead to failed trades, delayed transactions, and unforeseen scenarios on the webpage and in mobile apps,\u201d warned the traders&#8217; exchange.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019re experiencing connectivity issues across Coinbase and Coinbase Pro. This may cause failed trades, delayed transactions, and unexpected behavior on the webpage and mobile apps. We are actively working on the issue and will post an update soon.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Coinbase Support (@CoinbaseSupport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoinbaseSupport\/status\/1539146193993089024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>OKX CEO Jay Hao told users that the inability to visit the exchange&#8217;s site is likely related to Cloudflare issues.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cLooks like a global internet outage, things should be back to normal soon. Any <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-web3\">Web3<\/a>-alternative in the future?,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In case you\u2019re not able to visit <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GrBdKl0wkQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/GrBdKl0wkQ<\/a> and \u201c500 Internal Server Error\u201d pops up, it seems to be an issue on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cloudflare?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cloudflare<\/a>\u2019s end. <\/p>\n<p>Looks like a global internet outage, things should be back to normal soon. <\/p>\n<p>Any web3 alternative in the future?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 jay_star.lens | OKX CEO (@Jay_OKX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jay_OKX\/status\/1539145483100114944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>One user reported that the outage affected the European bitcoin exchange WhiteBit and the DeFi protocol PancakeSwap, as well as the popular crypto-community platform Discord.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cloudflare?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#cloudflare<\/a> Reporting issues with their service. Please note this is also affecting the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EverGrowEGC?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EverGrowEGC<\/a> website <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/evergrowcoinEGC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@evergrowcoinEGC<\/a> \u2014 also PancakeSwap, WhiteBit and a few other websites \u2014 including all of Discord. Things should be back to normal soon. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fBjgVrqOCw\">https:\/\/t.co\/fBjgVrqOCw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CPdoge (@CPdoge) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CPdoge\/status\/1539141130503217152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In October 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/facebook-whatsapp-and-instagram-suffered-a-widespread-outage\">a DNS-record outage occurred<\/a> that affected Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Twitter, Amazon Web Services and many others.<\/p>\n<p>Read ForkLog&#8217;s bitcoin news on our <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analytics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 21, Cloudflare warned of a global outage affecting its services. 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