Rumble is advancing an all-share proposal to acquire German data center operator Northern Data at a valuation below Northern Data's approximately $894 million market capitalization, Bloomberg reported. The transaction, supported by mutual investor Tether Holdings, would enable Rumble to expand from video hosting into cloud infrastructure services. An announcement could come within days.

Spanish crypto influencer Álvaro Romillo, known as CryptoSpain, was arrested Thursday and ordered held without bail on charges of orchestrating a $300 million fraud through Madeira Invest Club. Prosecutors allege Romillo defrauded approximately 3,000 investors of €260 million through a Ponzi scheme. A Singapore bank account containing €29 million linked to entities connected to Romillo raised flight risk concerns, prompting the detention order.

Total Value Locked in decentralized finance protocols fell to $131.58 billion from $172.65 billion on October 7, a 24% decline representing over $42 billion in outflows. The withdrawal wave began after Stream Finance disclosed a $93 million loss on November 4, triggering depegging events across multiple yield-bearing stablecoins including Elixir's deUSD and Stable Labs' USDX. The broader stablecoin market contracted by $2.5 billion during the first week of November.

Japan's Financial Services Agency is implementing comprehensive reforms to regulate crypto lending, impose caps on token sales, and support a stablecoin network led by the nation's three largest banks. The regulatory framework aims to align digital assets with traditional financial instruments while enhancing investor protection and institutional participation.

Richard Teng, CEO of Binance, warned on November 7, 2025, of rising phishing scams on WhatsApp, where fraudsters impersonate company representatives to steal credentials and funds. The exchange never contacts users via WhatsApp group chats for investments or payments. Meta removed over 6.8 million scam-linked accounts in the first half of 2025, many connected to Southeast Asian fraud operations.

A Columbia University study has found that wash trading accounted for nearly 25% of all transactions on Polymarket over the past three years. Sports markets showed the highest prevalence at 45% of volume, while crypto markets recorded the lowest at 3%. The decentralized prediction platform achieved $2.59 billion in trading volume in October and secured $205 million in funding across two rounds.

Google has integrated live prediction market odds from Polymarket and Kalshi into Google Search and its redesigned Google Finance platform. Users can now access real-time, crowd-sourced probability forecasts on major global events through natural language queries. The move marks a significant step toward mainstream adoption of decentralized forecasting tools.

Google Finance will integrate live data feeds from prediction market platforms Polymarket and Kalshi in the coming weeks, the company announced Thursday. Users will be able to search future events and view market-implied probabilities directly in results. Historical odds will appear alongside current pricing, enabling queries on topics such as projected GDP growth with real-time data from both platforms.