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.

Gaming activity on Web3 platforms reached 27.9% of total on-chain engagement in October, the highest share recorded this year. NFT trading volume increased 30% to $546 million across 10.1 million transactions. Decentralized finance total value locked declined 6.3% to $221 billion amid market liquidations and a $93 million loss at Stream Finance.

Fireblocks, Polygon Labs, Mysten Labs, the Monad Foundation, the Solana Foundation, the Stellar Development Foundation, and the TON Foundation launched the Blockchain Payments Consortium on November 6, 2025. The initiative aims to establish unified technical and compliance standards for cross-chain stablecoin transactions. The founding members collectively process over $10 trillion in annual stablecoin transaction volume.