ETF News You Missed This Week - Nov. 10 - Nov. 14, 2025

Launches

Leveraged Trading Tools Dominate the Headlines

Defiance kept its foot on the accelerator with a new batch of leveraged single-stock ETFs. The headliner was the Defiance Daily Target 2X Short AMD ETF, DAMD, which offers negative two times the daily return of AMD.

As volatility in AI and gaming stocks rises, the ETF targets traders seeking tactical bearish exposure. Defiance also launched BMNZ and HOOZ to deliver negative two times the daily performance of BitMine Immersion Technologies and Robinhood Markets.

Tradr expanded its footprint with four new leveraged ETFs tied to Bloom Energy, Celestica, Nano Nuclear, and Synopsys under the tickers BEX, CSEX, NNEX, and SNPX. The additions push the firm to fifty three strategies with more than two billion dollars in assets.

Crypto Breakthroughs With New Structures and New Assets

Crypto made major strides with 21Shares introducing the first multi crypto ETFs under the Investment Company Act of 1940. TTOP and TXBC track diversified baskets of digital assets such as Ethereum, Solana, and Dogecoin.

The products aim to bring institutional level structure to multi asset crypto exposure.

The week also delivered the first spot XRP ETF in the United States. The Canary XRP ETF, XRPC, launched with pure XRP exposure and no derivatives.

New Fixed Income Solutions Across Duration, Munis and Tactical Risk

Duration based portfolio design arrived with Discipline Funds launching DDV and DDXX.

DDV targets a five year investment horizon with a bond heavy mix while DDXX aims at twenty year growth with global equities and time weighted rebalancing.

Roundhill continued to grow its WeeklyPay brand with TSYW, a Treasury bond ETF delivering one hundred twenty percent exposure with weekly income distributions.

Donoghue Forlines added tactical risk management to the week’s roster with DFTT, a momentum driven equity strategy with a defensive Treasury overlay.

In the muni space, Franklin Templeton completed the conversion of five state specific municipal mutual funds into ETFs now trading under tickers FTNJ, FTMA, FTMN, FTOH, and FTPA.

AllianceBernstein expanded its fixed income offerings with NYM for New York muni exposure and CORB for core taxable bonds.

Morgan Stanley also converted an income focused mutual fund into the Eaton Vance Income Opportunities ETF, XAGG.

ETF Filings

Tradr submitted filings for twenty two new two times long ETFs tied to names across clean energy, uranium, semiconductors, and more.

The firm also filed for two leveraged Databricks ETFs and a strategy offering double daily exposure to Xanadu Quantum Technologies.

Defiance followed the same path with plans for twelve leveraged single stock ETFs and a two times leveraged drone and aerial automation ETF.

REX Shares added a filing for double daily exposure to Infleqtion Inc. while Leverage Shares entered the mix with a filing for a two times leveraged ETF on Grayscale Investments.

Crypto filings extended the momentum seen in launches.

Kurv filed for a bitcoin enhanced income strategy that combines derivatives, covered calls, and exposure to bitcoin related ETPs. Its aim is to provide a smoother income profile while still participating in bitcoin’s directional moves.

Equity, Value and Global Allocation Strategies Broaden the Field

Avos filed for a global equity ETF with dynamic country weighting. Acuitas submitted a plan for a small cap multi manager strategy.

Brown Advisory filed for an international value ETF built on bottom up research. First Pacific Advisors plans to launch a value focused U.S. equity ETF sub advised by Bragg Financial.

VistaShares made a sizable appearance with filings for ETFs tied to holdings of the Gates Foundation, Harvard Management Company, Norway’s sovereign wealth fund and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. Each includes both a capital appreciation version and a high distribution version targeting about fifteen percent annually through options strategies.

Structured Credit and Tail Risk Join the Pipeline

Franklin Templeton filed for a CLO focused ETF. Janus Henderson submitted plans for an AA to A minus rated CLO strategy. Tuttle Capital proposed a tail risk ETF designed to generate convex returns in market stress with minimum long term bleed.

The REX Growth and Income Universe ETF also appeared in filings as a fund of funds targeting weekly distributions by investing in leveraged covered call ETFs.

ETF Liquidations

State Street announced it will close four ETFs in May 2026. LQIG, ESIX, NZUS, and MBNE will stop trading on May 12 with liquidation scheduled for May 18. The decision is part of a broader realignment initiative to streamline the firm’s product lineup.

Milestones

Harbor Capital surpassed five billion dollars in ETF assets since its 2021 debut.

The Inspire 500 ETF reached five hundred million dollars only eighteen months after launch.

The Elm Market Navigator ETF crossed five hundred million dollars as investor interest in systematic allocation models continues.

Franklin Templeton reached fifty billion dollars in global ETF assets across more than one hundred thirty funds.

Please note this article is for information purposes only and does not in any way constitute investment advice. It is essential that you seek advice from a registered financial professional prior to making any investment decision.