Overview of Important Developments on January 17th at Noon

7:00-12:00 Keywords: Cursor, Phantom, Merit Systems,

1. Tether considers expanding its U.S. operations;

2. AI code editor Cursor completes $105 million Series B financing;

3. Biden advisor warns before resignation: If Trump intervenes with the Federal Reserve, inflation will strike again;

4. Crypto wallet Phantom completes $150 million Series C financing at a $3 billion valuation;

5. U.S. Senator Lummis: Whistleblower claims FDIC digital asset-related documents were destroyed;

6. Insider: Trump plans to issue an executive order prioritizing cryptocurrency as a national policy;

7. Open-source economic infrastructure Merit Systems completes $10 million seed round financing, led by a16z crypto and others.