An Amazon Web Services (AWS) data center outage on Monday disrupted operations for major platforms including Coinbase and Robinhood. The outage, which affected AWS services in the Northern Virginia region, led to increased error rates and latencies, impacting Coinbase's mobile app and causing issues with user logins, order placements, and fund withdrawals. Robinhood users also reported trading execution delays and API issues. AWS confirmed that services relying on the US-EAST-1 region have begun recovering. This incident highlights the vulnerabilities of centralized cloud infrastructure, prompting renewed calls for decentralized alternatives. Blockchain-based solutions like Vanar Chain's Neutron and the Internet Computer protocol are being developed to reduce reliance on centralized providers. These systems aim to offer decentralized computing, storage, and hosting, potentially mitigating the risks of single points of failure in critical financial infrastructure.