Cloudflare Outage Resolved After Disrupting BitMEX and Kraken Front-Ends

On Nov. 18, a Cloudflare service degradation affected front-end access for BitMEX and Kraken users. Despite the issues, all funds remained secure, and on-chain trading continued without disruption.

BitMEX and Kraken reported connectivity problems due to the Cloudflare incident. Backend systems operated normally, allowing API orders.
Other platforms like Coinbase, Binance, and Gemini experienced no outages. Solana's front-ends and Phantom wallet also functioned smoothly.
Some errors occurred on Arbiscan and DeFiLlama, while Toncoin trackers faced intermittent issues due to Cloudflare reliance.

Cloudflare began resolving the issue at 11:48 UTC, with services returning to normal by 13:13 UTC. The company declared the incident resolved at 14:42 UTC but continued monitoring.

This event marks a significant outage since Cloudflare announced its NET Dollar stablecoin in September 2025. The provider serves millions of sites globally and handles extensive HTTP requests per second.

Similar disruptions have occurred before, such as an AWS incident in October 2025, affecting crypto platforms' front-end operations while maintaining secure fund management.