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US President Donald Trump's futuristic "Golden Dome" missile defence system will cost about $1.2 ​tn (£882bn) to develop, deploy and operate over two decades, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates.
That figure is significantly higher than the initial sum of $175bn (£129bn) that had been earmarked.
And the system designed to shield the US against ballistic and cruise missiles might not even work. The new CBO report warned the Golden Dome could be vulnerable to a full-scale attack by Russia or China.
Acquisition costs alone would be ⁠over $1tn, including for the interceptor layers and a space-based missile warning and tracking system, the fiscal scorekeeper said in a new report.
Just days after returning to the White House in January, Trump unveiled plans for the system, aimed at countering "next-generation" aerial threats.
A week into his second term, Trump ordered the defence department to submit plans for a system that would deter and defend against aerial attacks, which the White House said at the time remain "the most catastrophic threat" facing the US.
Trump said the system would consist of "next-generation" technologies across land, sea and space, including space-based sensors and interceptors.
The system would be "capable even of intercepting missiles launched from the other side of the world, or launched from space", the president said last year.
SpaceX and Lockheed Martin last month won contracts worth up to $3.2bn to develop space-based missile interceptor prototypes for the system.
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Wes Streeting has spent much of the last year insisting he was not about to launch a leadership bid against Sir Keir Starmer.
That continues to be his position in public - but the health secretary's supporters have told the BBC they expect him to launch a challenge to the prime minister as soon as tomorrow.
The 43 year-old minister has made no secret of his desire to hold the top job one day, although he had previously denied he would challenge Sir Keir directly.
He is not the only high profile figure at the centre of leadership speculation - but unlike Angela Rayner and Andy Burnham he is a member of Sir Keir's cabinet
Streeting is regarded as one of Labour's best communicators, and has regularly been sent out to defend the government in the media.
His supporters believe he has the political skills and fluent style to sell the party's message more effectively than the current leader but as a figure on the right of the party he might struggle to appeal to more left-leaning colleagues.
He has become a strong advocate for decentralising the service, and an enthusiast for greater use of technology in healthcare, promising an "online hospital service" for nine conditions through the NHS app in 2027.
But he has also ruffled feathers in the sector with pledges to fire under-performing NHS managers and his willingness to describe the health service as "broken".
Meanwhile, his willingness to talk up the role of private providers in the NHS has drawn criticism from his critics on the left of the party.
He will need to use all his skills of persuasion to win over support outside his own wing of the party, as he plots a course to Downing Street.
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The BBC is expected to announce who will replace Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman on the dance competition in the coming weeks, following the pair's departure last year.
Discussing the Strictly role on the new episode of her Dig It podcast, Ball said: "I didn't get it, but it's OK."
She told her co-host Jo Whiley: "I have worked through the seven stages of grief and rejection over the last couple of days.
Ball is the first presenter who had been linked with the role to publicly confirm she had taken part in the recent screen tests held by the BBC and is now out of the running.
Obviously the papers have got wind of certain things, I don't think they've got the full story yet, and I don't think the BBC have confirmed everything as of yet," she noted.
the podcast episode, due to be released later on Tuesday, the presenter said: "No, I didn't get it, but I tell you what, if it's who I think has got it, we're in safe hands and our new hosts are going to be fabulous.
I'm so thrilled for them, and hopefully at a later date, we'll be able to talk about them in more detail."
Ball has had a long career at the BBC, with roles presenting the Radio 1 and Radio 2 breakfast shows, as well as Strictly's own spin-off It Takes Two.
Discussing the Strictly presenting roles, she told Whiley: "I don't want to be the one to say the wrong thing, but I was so chuffed to even be in the mix. There were some pretty amazing people who didn't even make it into the mix.
So I made it in the mix, and I had a really fun time having one last little play at a show that I love and adore. And I'm so thrilled for the gang that has got it.
Everybody's been on slightly on hold, 'oh, you know, can I do that tour? Can I do that show? Can I also do this?'
So I think everybody who's been through the process will be relieved now to know, and I think everyone's the same, everyone will be chuffed to have been included.
But we are in safe hands. If what I have figured out with my Jessica Fletcher investigations, we are in safe hands, and the show is gonna be brilliant
A BBC spokesman said: "Plans for Strictly Come Dancing 2026 will be confirmed in due course."
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While Onecoin, one of the largest Ponzi schemes in cryptocurrency history, exploded in 2019, legal actions targeting people linked to the operation are still happening.
The Argentine arm of Onecoin, integrated by 12 individuals, was sentenced to up to 9 years in jail after the group confessed to their involvement in the scheme. On Friday the 13th, the 10th Criminal Court of Córdoba handed down sentences to:
The court also ordered them to pay $82,000 in compensation to the plaintiffs. Taylor, who did not chip in to meet the court’s compensation number, received the longest sentence by far, acknowledging having millions and possessing over 12 luxury cars at some time.
Most of the sentenced were arrested in 2020, after the country received a complaint from a victim who gave about $70,000 to the group in 2018. There is still another Onecoin case in the courts involving a web of bank employees who laundered money obtained from the scam and got it out of the country.
Ruja Ignatova, the founder of the Onecoin scam, which received over $4.5 billion in investments, is still at large. Ignatova is listed as one of the FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted fugitives, but there are conflicting reports about her possible whereabouts.
While initially the FBI stated that she could have traveled to the United Arab Emirates, Bulgaria, Germany, Russia, Greece, and/or Eastern Europe using a German passport, other reports indicate that she could have already died in 2018.
A Bulgarian website called Bureau for Investigative Reporting and Data (Bird.bg) alleges that Ignatova was dismembered and thrown into the Ionian Sea on the order of a drug lord.
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The class-action lawsuit by affected entities targets the parties behind Libra, a token announced to help Argentine producers raise funds. Federal Judge Jennifer Rochon lifted a temporary restraining order (TRO) on funds linked to the token launch proceedings, allowing the controlling parties to move nearly $58 million in USDC that had been frozen.
The move also returns control of 500 million Libra tokens to Hayden Davis, CEO of Kelsier Ventures, who could use them to improve his legal standing in Argentina, where he is also under investigation.
Rochon added that she remained skeptical about the possibility of plaintiffs successfully ending this case.
The recovered Libra tokens might have value for Davis, as analysts estimate that sending them to a wallet in Argentina would show his willingness to collaborate with local authorities. Nonetheless, the real value of Libra is close to zero, even with the recent increase that these tokens experienced due to this decision. According to local sources, over 75,000 people were affected by this launch.
The probe in Argentina is still ongoing, with recent developments indicating that investigations were focused on determining the real identity and whereabouts of Julian Peh, CEO of KIP Protocol, allegedly linked to the launch of Libra.
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The verdict followed five days of deliberations, which began last week when jurors initially reported being deadlocked on at least one count. Prosecutors had urged Judge Katherine Polk Failla to instruct the jury to continue deliberating for a full verdict, Inner City Press reported.
Roman Storm faced three felony counts stemming from his role in creating the cryptocurrency mixing service. Prosecutors alleged Tornado Cash laundered over $1 billion in criminal proceeds, including funds for North Korea’s Lazarus Group
The conviction, reported by Inner City Press, on the unlicensed money transmitting charge represents a partial victory for the government. The deadlock on the money laundering and sanctions conspiracy charges means no verdict was reached on those counts. Sentencing will occur at a later date.
Immediately after the verdict, prosecutors moved to remand Storm to prison, arguing he posed a flight risk due to his Russian citizenship and past statements about asylum options. Assistant U.S. Attorney Arad alleged Storm had “advised people how to cheat the immigration system.” Defense attorney Keri Axel countered that Storm remained on bond secured by his house and had surrendered his passport. Judge Failla took the matter under advisement.
Storm’s defense maintained he was merely a developer of open-source software and lacked control over Tornado Cash after its launch. The case is seen as a landmark test of developer liability for decentralized finance ( DeFi) tools. The outcome sets a precedent but still leaves unresolved questions.
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Traders are challenging a prediction market platform after alleging they were denied payouts tied to bets on Iran’s leadership. Participants filed a $54 million class action lawsuit on March 5 against event-trading platform Kalshi over contracts related to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, centers on a prediction market asking whether Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would be out as Iran’s Supreme Leader by a specified date. Traders participated in what was known as the “Khamenei Market,” which gained traction amid escalating geopolitical tensions surrounding Iran’s leadership. After Khamenei was killed in military strikes, plaintiffs argue the market should have resolved in their favor because his death meant he was no longer serving as Supreme Leader.
With an American naval armada amassed on Iran’s doorstep and military conflict not merely foreseeable but widely anticipated, consumers understood that the most likely — and in many cases the only realistic — mechanism by which an 85-year-old autocratic leader would ‘leave office’ was through his death,” the lawsuit states, adding:
Plaintiffs claim the platform applied a contractual “death carveout” provision to block payouts after Khamenei’s death. The lawsuit alleges this interpretation of the rules prevented traders from receiving winnings tied to the market outcome and characterizes the conduct as deceptive and predatory.
Kalshi co-founder and CEO Tarek Mansour took to social media platform X to defend the company’s handling of the market and clarify its rules. “We stand by principle and law,” he wrote, emphasizing:
Kalshi’s rules prevented a ‘death market’, where traders directly profit from death. This is a good thing (+ we’re a US based market),” Mansour outlined the reasoning behind the clause. The executive also addressed the company’s handling of user funds, stating: “Kalshi made no money here, and even reimbursed all losses out of pocket. Not a single user walked away losing money from this market.”
In additional posts on X this week, Mansour detailed how the platform handled the disputed market and addressed trader complaints. He explained that the rules were never changed and that both the “death carveout” and the settlement method were included in the published guidelines from the outset. Mansour said the contract was settled using the last traded price before the time of death, noting that traders were paid according to that rule even though some expected the market to resolve to “Yes.”
He also stressed that Kalshi does not offer markets that settle directly on a person’s death and designs its rules to avoid direct profit from violent outcomes such as assassination, war, or terrorism. Mansour further stated the company reimbursed all trading fees and covered net losses out of pocket, saying the firm ultimately absorbed a financial loss to make users whole while planning improvements to how exceptions like death carveouts are displayed in future markets.
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A former chief financial officer’s (CFO) attempt to turn his employer’s treasury into a personal cryptocurrency “ yield farm” has ended in a federal prison sentence. Nevin Shetty, the 42-year-old former CFO of Seattle e-commerce unicorn Fabric, was sentenced March 5 to two years in prison for wire fraud after secretly funneling $35 million into a decentralized finance ( DeFi) scheme that collapsed in less than a month
According to a press release by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Shetty helped draft a strict, conservative investment policy for the company’s hundreds of millions in venture capital. However, in early 2022, Shetty launched a side business called HighTower Treasury. Prosecutors say Shetty’s plan was a classic crypto arbitrage.
After moving $35,000,100 of Fabric’s cash into HighTower, Shetty funneled the funds into DeFi lending protocols—specifically the Terra/Luna ecosystem—which at the time offered annual percentage yields of 20% or more. Shetty planned to pay Fabric a modest 6% “safe” return while pocketing the 14% surplus for himself and his partner.
In the first 30 days, the scheme appeared to work, generating roughly $133,000 in personal profit. However, the gamble turned into a nightmare in May 2022 when the TerraUSD (UST) stablecoin de-pegged, triggering a $40 billion wipeout. Within days, the $35 million Fabric treasury held by Shetty had plummeted in value to virtually nothing.
The loss had significant and severe effects on the company,” U.S. District Judge Tana Lin said during the sentencing. “Your actions threw into complete turmoil the lives of those 60 people (who were laid off) … You almost put the company out of business … You were playing with money that wasn’t yours.”
The financial hole left by the failed crypto bet forced Fabric to lay off 60 employees, a point the prosecution emphasized as “irrevocable damage” caused by Shetty’s greed.
Despite the defense’s argument that Shetty was merely making an “unauthorized investment” rather than committing fraud, the jury found that his “web of lies”—including hiding the transfers from the board and other executives—constituted criminal activity.
He chose high-yield DeFi lending protocols that promised 20% returns,” said First Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd. “His lies did not fool the jury.”
Shetty’s case marks one of the most significant criminal sentencings involving corporate treasury mismanagement and the volatile DeFi sector to date.
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U.S. District Judge Denise L. Cote signed the stipulated order in the Southern District of New York, resolving the Federal Trade Commission’s civil claims against Alex Mashinsky personally. The order carries a $4.72 billion monetary judgment but requires only $10 million in actual payment, an amount Mashinsky can satisfy through his existing criminal forfeiture obligations with the Department of Justice.
Mashinsky is currently serving a 12-year federal prison sentence. He pleaded guilty in December 2024 to commodities fraud and securities fraud, admitting he misled customers about Celsius’s financial health and manipulated the price of CEL, the platform’s native token, while quietly offloading his own holdings.
The FTC first filed its complaint against Celsius and three of its executives in July 2023, charging them with deceptive and unfair practices under the FTC Act. The agency alleged that Mashinsky told customers their deposits were safe, low-risk, and accessible on demand while Celsius funneled those funds into high-risk investments and lending strategies.
Celsius settled its corporate claims with the FTC in August 2023. That settlement imposed a $4.72 billion judgment against the company and permanently banned it from offering crypto deposit, exchange, or withdrawal services. The individual executives, including Mashinsky, were not part of that initial deal.
Mashinsky had initially represented himself after his attorneys withdrew, but the parties reached a stipulated agreement in early 2026. A joint motion to stay the case pending settlement approval was filed in late March, paving the way for the April 28 order.
The permanent ban covers a broad range of activities. Mashinsky is prohibited from advertising, marketing, promoting, offering, or distributing any product or service that allows customers to deposit, exchange, invest, or withdraw assets. The restriction applies to both crypto and traditional finance (TradFi) services.
The full $4.72 billion judgment remains enforceable if Mashinsky fails to accurately disclose his assets or makes material misrepresentations in financial filings. The judgment cannot be discharged in bankruptcy, and compliance requirements, including recordkeeping and reporting obligations, extend up to 18 years.
Celsius Network, which Mashinsky founded in 2017, once held billions in customer assets and marketed itself as safer than a bank. In June 2022, the platform froze customer withdrawals and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in July of that year. The collapse left customers facing losses estimated in the billions, though bankruptcy proceedings have returned some funds.
DOJ prosecutors said the schemes caused billions in customer losses while Mashinsky personally profited tens of millions. The FTC settlement allows the $10 million civil payment to count toward the DOJ criminal forfeiture amount, coordinating relief across both enforcement actions.
The resolution follows similar FTC actions against Blockfi and Genesis, reflecting ongoing federal scrutiny of crypto lending platforms that collapsed during the 2022 market downturn. Mashinsky remains in federal custody. The civil order adds permanent restrictions that would apply to any activities after his eventual releas
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The trade policies of the Trump administration have hurt the standing of the U.S. debt around the world, principally with heavy treasury holders like China that have been directly affected by these measures. According to recent data published by the U.S. Treasury, Chinese holdings of U.S. treasuries fell to a new low since 2009, with the Chinese government reducing its exposure by nearly $1 billion from the number reported in April.
While this might not be seen as a significant drop by some analysts, others claim that it signals a new direction in the Chinese policy towards acquiring American foreign debt, amidst the dangers of retaliation if trade negotiations go south.
In March, China reduced its exposure to the U.S. debt by nearly $19 billion, falling to the third place among the top holders of treasuries behind Japan and the U.K., while it sold $8.2 billion of its American debt stash in April
Despite the continued selling and ongoing trade tensions between the two nations, China still holds $756.3 billion in U.S. securities, which contradicts the theory that the Chinese government is weaponizing these assets.
Nonetheless, the offloading moves echo the recommendations of Chinese analysts about diversifying the exposure from these potentially risky assets to less troubled commodities, including safe havens like gold and other metals.
The U.S. government’s measures have driven debt holders worldwide to adjust their exposures, driving a substitution of international investors for local buyers. While foreign buyers held 57% of the treasury issuance in 2008, this number has fallen to 32%, signaling potential trust issues in the proficiency of the current administration in dealing with the spiraling debt issue.
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