Cloudflare Outage on November 18 Disrupts Global Services

Cloudflare experienced a major global outage on November 18, 2025, impacting multiple customers and its systems, due to an identified issue amidst scheduled maintenance.

Despite the outage, no immediate financial or operational impact was reported within the crypto market, with major exchanges remaining unaffected.

Cloudflare’s Global Outage and Crypto Market Resilience

Cloudflare’s outage on November 18 affected multiple services globally, coinciding with planned maintenance in the Hong Kong datacenter. The company identified the root cause and started implementing a fix, as confirmed in an official post. Customer support portals and status sites were among the impacted services. The outage, however, did not affect cryptocurrency exchanges such as Binance or Ethereum’s infrastructure. No liquidity issues or major on-chain disruptions were reported, indicating the limited impact of this outage on crypto markets. Notably, industry leaders like Vitalik Buterin and Binance’s CZ remained silent on the issue, reflecting limited concern within the sector.

“Our team is actively working on a fix for the issues arising during our scheduled maintenance.” – John Graham-Cumming, CTO, Cloudflare

“Our team is actively working on a fix for the issues arising during our scheduled maintenance.” – John Graham-Cumming, CTO, Cloudflare

Ethereum’s Steady Performance Amid Infrastructure Disruptions

Did you know? Cloudflare’s previous outages have typically caused minor, short-lived disruptions without leading to sustained capital or market losses.

As per CoinMarketCap, Ethereum (ETH) is currently trading at $3,103.93, reflecting a 3.29% increase over the past 24 hours, and a 30-day decline of 22.38%. Ethereum’s market cap stands at $374.63 billion, demonstrating its substantial role, holding an 11.84% market dominance.

Coincu research suggests that future regulatory or technological responses to Cloudflare outages may prompt changes in internet infrastructure reliance. Historically, impacts have been short-lived, but ongoing surveillance is recommended for emerging market vulnerabilities. Read more about regulatory or technological responses.