August is typically a quiet month for IPOs, but this year, Bullish, Figma and Firefly Aerospace have ignited the new-issues market.

A Stellar Debut for Bullish Bullish (NYSE:BLSH) is a cryptocurrency exchange that is backed by Peter Thiel. It made a thunderous entrance into the public markets with its initial public offering (IPO) yesterday,

The S&P 500 closed at a record high Tuesday, and companies that went public in the U.S. this year are up 25% on average from their IPO prices, according to Dealogic. The IPO classes of each of the last five years all trade more than 20% below their IPO prices on average, Dealogic data show.