BIG DAY TODAY: INFINITYHEDGE

*US GDP Advance Q2: Est. 2.4%
*BoC Rate Decision (Est. hold rates)
*US Treasury QRA (what Bessent going to do?)
*FOMC (rates to remain unchanged, Powell vs Trump in Press Conference, powell expected to win)

Earnings:
*META: capex, Superintelligence team update, potential open-source strategy change
*Microsoft: capex, OpenAI partnership update, guidance
*Robinhood: info on Crypto plans & integration

*White House Crypto report on regulatory framework (SBR is not the point of discussion in this report): report is expected to recognize the need for the SEC to develop a framework for tokenization & lay out what the White House would like to see from market structure legislation working its way through Congress. Timing: 2:30PM EST

*Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm Trial
*Ethereum’s 10th anniversary celebration

ICYMI:
*SEC Approved In-Kind Redemptions For BTC & ETH ETFs, EToro Plans to Tokenize Stocks on Ethereum, Samourai Wallet founders plan to change pleas to guilty, Potential 51% attack on Monero by Qubic, Plasma raised $373M in ICO, Interactive Brokers considering stablecoin integration & Kraken Aims To Raise $500M funding at $15B valuation

TRUMP SAYS INDIA WILL BE PAYING A TARIFF OF 25% PLUS ADDITIONAL PENALTY STARTING AUGUST 1 FOR BUYING FROM RUSSIA

*US Q2 GDP ADVANCE: 3% Q/Q, EST. 2.4%

*US SETS QUARTERLY REFUNDING AT $125B, IN LINE WITH ESTIMATES

*TREASURY PROJECTS STEADY NOMINAL AUCTION SIZES FOR AUG-OCT

*US SEES STEADY AUCTIONS FOR `AT LEAST NEXT SEVERAL QUARTERS'

*TREASURY TO DOUBLE FREQUENCY OF LONG-END NOMINAL BUYBACKS

FED LEAVES RATES UNCHANGED

FED GOV. WALLER AND BOWMAN DISSENTED IN FAVOR OF RATE CUT, FIRST TIME IN OVER 30 YEARS TWO OFFICIALS HAVE DISSENTED

FOMC STATEMENT

FED REMOVES LANGUAGE SAYING UNCERTAINTY HAS DIMINISHED

POWELL: TARIFF PASSTHROUGH TO PRICES MAY BE SLOWER THAN THOUGHT

TRADERS NO LONGER FULLY PRICE IN A FED RATE CUT IN OCTOBER

POWELL: WHAT WE SEE NOW IS VERY BEGINNING OF TARIFF INFLATION

POWELL PRESS CONFERENCE SUMMARY:

*POWELL: ECONOMY CALLS FOR MODESTLY RESTRICTIVE STANCE FOR NOW

POWELL: ECONOMY NOT BEHAVING AS THOUGH MODESTLY RESTRICTIVE POLICY IS HOLDING IT BACK

POWELL: EXPECT TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION IN COMING MONTHS

POWELL: ON THE DISSENTS, WHAT YOU WANT IS A CLEAR EXPLANATION AND WE HAD THAT TODAY; PEOPLE THOUGHT CAREFULLY ABOUT THIS AND PUT THEIR POSITIONS OUT THERE

POWELL: GDP WAS RIGHT IN LINE WITH WHAT WE EXPECTED, BUT STILL DIFFICULT TO INTERPRET BECAUSE OF NET EXPORTS SWINGS

POWELL: STATEMENT ABOUT UNCERTAINTY REFLECTS CHANGE SINCE LAST MEETING, IT HAD NOT DIMINISHED FURTHER SINCE JUNE MEETING

POWELL: MANY UNCERTAINTIES LEFT TO RESOLVE; FEELS LIKE THERE'S MUCH MORE TO COME

POWELL: COULD SAY FED LOOKING THROUGH INFLATION BY NOT HIKING

*POWELL: TARIFF PASSTHROUGH TO PRICES MAY BE SLOWER THAN THOUGHT

*POWELL: WHAT WE SEE NOW IS VERY BEGINNING OF TARIFF INFLATION

POWELL: REASONABLE BASE CASE IS SHORT-LIVED TARIFF INFLATION IMPACT

POWELL: CONSUMER SPENDING HAD BEEN VERY VERY STRONG FOR LAST FEW YEARS AND NOW MAYBE IT HAS FINALLY SLOWED DOWN

POWELL: DON'T SEE FISCAL BILL AS PARTICULARLY STIMULATIVE

*POWELL: WE DON'T CONSIDER COST TO GOVERNMENT OF RATE CHANGES

*POWELL: INFLATION IS FURTHER FROM OUR GOAL THAN EMPLOYMENT

POWELL: TOTALITY OF DATA SHOW YOU'VE GOT A SOLID LABOR MARKET

TRADERS PRICE IN LESS THAN 50% CHANCE OF SEPTEMBER RATE CUT

*MICROSOFT 4Q EPS $3.65, EST. $3.37

*MICROSOFT 4Q REV. $76.44B, EST. $73.89B

*MICROSOFT 4Q INTELLIGENT CLOUD REV. $29.88B, EST. $29.1B

*MICROSOFT'S AZURE SURPASSED $75B IN REV. THIS YEAR, UP 34%

*META 2Q EPS $7.14, EST. $5.89

*META 2Q REV. $47.52B, EST. $44.83B

*META SEES 3Q REV. $47.5B TO $50.5B, EST. $46.2B

*META SEES FY TOTAL EXPENSES $114B TO $118B, SAW $113B TO $118B

*META SEES 2025 CAPEX $66B-$72B VS PRIOR $64B-$72B

META & MSFT AFTER MONSTER EARNINGS:

*MICROSOFT SHARES UP 7% (ATH)
*META SHARES UP 10% (ATH)

MICHAEL SAYLOR SAYS STRATEGY'S Q2 EARNINGS CALL "WILL BE THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENT IN THE HISTORY OF STRATEGY"

EARNINGS: JULY 31, 5PM ET

*US JUNE CORE PCE PRICE INDEX RISES 2.8% Y/Y; EST. +2.7%
*US JUNE CORE PCE PRICE INDEX RISES 0.3% M/M; EST. +0.3%

*US JUNE PCE PRICE INDEX RISES 0.3% M/M; EST. +0.3%
*US JUNE PCE PRICE INDEX RISES 2.6% Y/Y; EST. +2.5%

CORE PCE INFLATION SLIGHTLY HIGHER, REDUCING CHANCES OF SEPTEMBER RATE CUT

MICROSOFT BECAME THE WORLD'S SECOND $4 TRILLION COMPANY

*COINBASE 2Q TOTAL REV. $1.50B, EST. $1.59B

*COINBASE 2Q TRADING VOLUME $237B, EST. $252.76B

*COINBASE 2Q SUBSCRIPTION & SERVICES REV. $655.8M, EST. $715.2M

*COINBASE 2Q TRANSACTION REV. $764.3M, EST. $810M

*COINBASE SEES 3Q SUBSCRIPTION & SERVICES REV. $665M TO $745M

*COINBASE DOWN 8% AFTER EARNINGS

*Coinbase is planning to launch tokenized real-world assets, stocks, derivatives, prediction markets and early-stage token sales in the next few months.

*APPLE 3Q EPS $1.57, EST. $1.43

*APPLE 3Q REV. $94.04B, EST. $89.3B

*APPLE 3Q IPHONE REVENUE $44.58B, EST. $40.06B

*APPLE 3Q GREATER CHINA REV. $15.37B, EST. $15.19B

APPLE CEO TIM COOK SAID CO ESTIMATES PURCHASES AHEAD OF TARIFFS DROVE 1 PERCENTAGE POINT OF NEARLY 10% SALES GROWTH IN FISCAL THIRD QUARTER

TRUMP RAISES TARIFF ON CANADA TO 35% FROM 25% EFFECTIVE AUG 1

TRUMP SIGNED TARIFF EXECUTIVE ORDER

US TO IMPOSE 20% TARIFF ON TAIWAN

US TO IMPOSE 15% TARIFF ON VENEZUELA, SOUTH KOREA

US SETS 19% TARIFF ON THAILAND, MALAYSIA, VIETNAM

US TO IMPOSE 39% TARIFF ON SWITZERLAND