# ETF News, Apr 8, 2026

> ETF News for Apr 8, 2026: ETF events read from SEC filings and the exchanges. Each line links the fund, its issuer and the SEC filing.

Data as of Apr 8, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.

Read from SEC EDGAR and the exchanges. Before Oct 5, 2026 ETFIQ read only the trusts of the funds it covers, so this day may not list every filing. As of Apr 8, 2026 .

## ETF News, Apr 8, 2026

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.

### Began trading

Every recent launch

- IVEP (Dan IVES Wedbush AI Power & Infrastructure ETF) from Wedbush began trading on Apr 8, 2026 ( SEC filing ).

- DUTY (U.S. Defense ETF) from Aura began trading on Apr 8, 2026 ( SEC filing ).

### SEC filings

Every recent filing

- BNY Mellon filed for a new fund, BNY Mellon US Large Cap Equity Growth ETF, on Apr 8, 2026 ( SEC filing ).

- The registration for SEI High Yield Bond & Alternative Credit ETF from SEI Exchange Traded Funds took effect on Apr 8, 2026 ( SEC filing ).

- American Beacon Select Funds filed for a new fund, American Beacon Aberdeen Municipal High Income ETF, on Apr 8, 2026 ( SEC filing ).

- Direxion Shares ETF Trust filed for 9 new funds on Apr 8, 2026 ( SEC filing ). Direxion AAPL Income Boost ETF · Direxion AMZN Income Boost ETF · Direxion GOOGL Income Boost ETF · Direxion META Income Boost ETF · Direxion MSFT Income Boost ETF · Direxion MU Income Boost ETF · Direxion NVDA Income Boost ETF · Direxion PLTR Income Boost ETF · Direxion TSLA Income Boost ETF

- Themes ETF Trust filed for 2 new funds on Apr 8, 2026 ( SEC filing ). Leverage Shares 2X Long Viva Republica Daily ETF · Leverage Shares 2X Short Viva Republica Daily ETF

- Tidal Trust II filed for a new fund, Defiance Daily Target 2X Long [X-Energy] ETF, on Apr 8, 2026 ( SEC filing ).

- A filing on Apr 8, 2026 gives Defiance Daily 2X Space ETF the ticker XAIL ( SEC filing ).

### Name changes

Every recent name change

- GENZ from VanEck changed its name from VanEck Gaming ETF to VanEck Digital Native Economy ETF on Apr 8, 2026 ( SEC filing ).

- VanEck Digital Native Economy ETF from VanEck changed its ticker from BJK to GENZ on Apr 8, 2026 ( SEC filing ).

- A filing on Apr 8, 2026 renames XAIL from Defiance Pure Space Daily 2X Strategy ETF to Defiance Daily 2X Space ETF ( SEC filing ).

### Share splits

Every recent split

- SMUP from T-REX had a 1-for-25 reverse share split on Apr 8, 2026 (Tiingo daily prices).

### Where to next

### Earlier days

Each day kept at its own address, rebuilt each night from the sources it lists.

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Source: ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.
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