TREE NEWS update: A power outage struck central, eastern and financial-district areas of London at about 10:30 a.m. local time on October 5 after an underground cable fault, affecting thousands of homes, office buildings and key transport infrastructure across more than 30 postcode districts. The UK’s grid operator is carrying out emergency repairs and expects power to be restored in most areas between noon and 1 p.m.
London Hit by Major Power Outage After Underground Cable Fault
AI take
The outage's reach into London's financial district and transport infrastructure is the salient detail, since those are the systems crypto and RWA market participants depend on for settlement, trading and connectivity. The grid operator's stated noon-to-1 p.m. restoration window offers a near-term marker, but the open question is whether a single cable fault proves isolated or points to broader fragility in urban power and internet redundancy that digital-asset operations increasingly rely on.
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