• Strategy closes $2.52B STRC IPO, buys 21,021 bitcoins at $117,256 with proceeds - [TF]

• Sec approves in-kind redemptions for bitcoin and ethereum ETFs - [AGGR]

• Base overtakes Solana in daily token launches, knocking Solana from its number one place it has held for over 2 years - [ZN]

• BTCS Inc. files $2 billion shelf offering, may use proceeds to purchase Ethereum - [PN]

• Crypto exchange Kraken seeking about $500 million, at a $15 billion valuation - [AGGR]

• White House pause in process to install new CFTC chair rumoured to be due to his team seeking confidential information on Polymarket and PredictIt whilst he currently sits on rival Kalshi's board - [ZN]

• Hyperliquid plans automated refunds for users affected by API issues - [AGGR]

• Fed leaves rate unchanged - [TF]

• Fed governors Waller, Bowman dissented in favor of rate cut - [TF]

• Fed removes language saying uncertainty has diminished - [TF]

• White House digital asset report gets published - [AGGR]

• Powell: We've made no decisions about September, we don't do that in advance - [TF]

• Powell: Really hard to say if data to be clear by next meeting • Powell: We're trying to get the timing right - [TF]

• Trump: White House busy today working on trade deals, meeting with South Korea this afternoon - [TF]

• Meta 2Q EPS $7.14, est. $5.89 • Meta 2Q rev. $47.52B, est. $44.83B - [TF]

• Invesco Galaxy files for Solana ETF with Cboe - [PN]

• US appeals court overturns fraud conviction of former OpenSea product manager Nathaniel Chastain, in what prosecutors called the first insider trading case involving digital assets - [AGGR]

• Figma shares indicated to open between 80-85 vs IPO price of $33 - [TF]

• Sec launches Project Crypto initiative to modernize securities rules and shift markets on-chain - [AGGR]

• Figma halts at $93.5 - [TF]

• Trump administration's price support for MP Materials was not a 'one-off' and will be extended to other companies - [TF]