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Coinbase outage hampers Bitcoin trading amid price swings
Coinbase, the largest US cryptocurrency exchange, experienced a system-wide outage on Tuesday, disrupting user access due to fluctuations in Bitcoin prices.
The outage, affecting both the website and mobile app, presented users with a “503 Service Temporarily Unavailable” error.
Coinbase reported full recovery after approximately four hours.
The timing of the outage was particularly problematic for traders because it coincided with notable changes in the price of Bitcoin and raised concerns about Coinbase’s ability to handle spikes in user activity.
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This is not the first time Coinbase has faced such issues; Previous outages occurred during high transaction volumes.
In addition to technical difficulties, Coinbase has faced other challenges, including legal scrutiny.
A U.S. district court judge recently ruled that the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) lawsuit against Coinbase, which alleges the exchange operates as an unregistered securities exchange, broker-dealer and clearing agency, was sufficiently founded to move forward.