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As of Apr 8, 2026 .\n ETF News, Apr 8, 2026\n On Apr 8, 2026: 2 funds began trading, 7 filings naming 16 funds not yet trading, 3 name or ticker changes and 1 share split.\n Began trading\n Every recent launch \n IVEP (Dan IVES Wedbush AI Power & Infrastructure ETF) from Wedbush began trading on Apr 8, 2026 ( SEC filing ). \n DUTY (U.S. Defense ETF) from Aura began trading on Apr 8, 2026 ( SEC filing ). \n \n SEC filings\n Every recent filing \n BNY Mellon filed for a new fund, BNY Mellon US Large Cap Equity Growth ETF, on Apr 8, 2026 ( SEC filing ). \n The registration for SEI High Yield Bond & Alternative Credit ETF from SEI Exchange Traded Funds took effect on Apr 8, 2026 ( SEC filing ). \n American Beacon Select Funds filed for a new fund, American Beacon Aberdeen Municipal High Income ETF, on Apr 8, 2026 ( SEC filing ). \n Direxion Shares ETF Trust filed for 9 new funds on Apr 8, 2026 ( SEC filing ). Direxion AAPL Income Boost ETF \u00b7 Direxion AMZN Income Boost ETF \u00b7 Direxion GOOGL Income Boost ETF \u00b7 Direxion META Income Boost ETF \u00b7 Direxion MSFT Income Boost ETF \u00b7 Direxion MU Income Boost ETF \u00b7 Direxion NVDA Income Boost ETF \u00b7 Direxion PLTR Income Boost ETF \u00b7 Direxion TSLA Income Boost ETF \n\n Themes ETF Trust filed for 2 new funds on Apr 8, 2026 ( SEC filing ). Leverage Shares 2X Long Viva Republica Daily ETF \u00b7 Leverage Shares 2X Short Viva Republica Daily ETF \n\n Tidal Trust II filed for a new fund, Defiance Daily Target 2X Long [X-Energy] ETF, on Apr 8, 2026 ( SEC filing ). \n A filing on Apr 8, 2026 gives Defiance Daily 2X Space ETF the ticker XAIL ( SEC filing ). \n \n Name changes\n Every recent name change \n GENZ from VanEck changed its name from VanEck Gaming ETF to VanEck Digital Native Economy ETF on Apr 8, 2026 ( SEC filing ). \n VanEck Digital Native Economy ETF from VanEck changed its ticker from BJK to GENZ on Apr 8, 2026 ( SEC filing ). \n A filing on Apr 8, 2026 renames XAIL from Defiance Pure Space Daily 2X Strategy ETF to Defiance Daily 2X Space ETF ( SEC filing ). \n \n Share splits\n Every recent split \n SMUP from T-REX had a 1-for-25 reverse share split on Apr 8, 2026 (Tiingo daily prices). \n \n Where to next\n New ETF launches ETF closures and closing notices New ETF filings ETF name and ticker changes ETF fee changes ETF share splits ETF News The ETF News feed (RSS) Every issuer What changed on ETFIQ Earlier days\n Each day kept at its own address, rebuilt each night from the sources it lists.\n Apr 7, 2026 Apr 6, 2026 Apr 3, 2026 Apr 2, 2026 Apr 1, 2026 Mar 31, 2026 Mar 30, 2026 Mar 27, 2026 Mar 26, 2026 Mar 25, 2026 Mar 24, 2026 Mar 23, 2026 Mar 20, 2026 Mar 19, 2026 Mar 18, 2026 Mar 17, 2026 Mar 16, 2026 Mar 13, 2026 Mar 12, 2026 Mar 11, 2026 Mar 10, 2026 Mar 9, 2026 Mar 6, 2026 Mar 5, 2026 Mar 4, 2026 Mar 3, 2026 Mar 2, 2026 Feb 27, 2026 Feb 26, 2026 Feb 25, 2026 \n Cite this page. ETFIQ, ETF News, Apr 8, 2026, data as of Apr 8, 2026. https://etfiq.com/news/2026-04-08/ Free to use with attribution for figures ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at Open data .\n Other forms Plain ETFIQ, ETF News, Apr 8, 2026, data as of Apr 8, 2026. https://etfiq.com/news/2026-04-08/ APA ETFIQ. (Apr 8, 2026). ETF News, Apr 8, 2026. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/news/2026-04-08/ Markdown [ETF News, Apr 8, 2026 (ETFIQ, Apr 8, 2026)](https://etfiq.com/news/2026-04-08/)","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","license_text":"Figures ETFIQ computes are free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.","citation":"ETFIQ, ETF News, Apr 8, 2026, data as of Apr 8, 2026. https://etfiq.com/news/2026-04-08/"}