{"id":407118,"date":"2025-10-05T02:58:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T21:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/defiance-proposes-3x-leveraged-exposure-on-bitcoin-ethereum-funds-and-crypto-stocks-crypto-news\/"},"modified":"2025-10-05T03:07:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T21:37:53","slug":"defiance-proposes-3x-leveraged-exposure-on-bitcoin-ethereum-funds-and-crypto-stocks-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/defiance-proposes-3x-leveraged-exposure-on-bitcoin-ethereum-funds-and-crypto-stocks-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Defiance Proposes 3X Leveraged Exposure on Bitcoin, Ethereum Funds and Crypto Stocks &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"position:relative;overflow:visible;font-size:1.2em;line-height:1.58\">\n<div class=\"pt-8 pb-10 border-t border-b border-decryptGridline \">\n<h4 class=\"sc-b2a202e4-4 bNRGqr gg-dark:text-white\" color=\"#333\">In brief<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"font-meta-serif-pro font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">The Defiance prospectus covers proposals for 49 ETFs offering three times leveraged long and short exposure. <\/li>\n<li class=\"font-meta-serif-pro font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">The offerings include products focused on Coinbase, BitMine Immersion, Strategy, and ETFs tracking the prices of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana.<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-meta-serif-pro font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">Defiance already offers a number of two times leveraged funds for Strategy and Robinhood, among other firms. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">An asset manager known for exchange-traded funds geared toward risk-embracing investors wants to ratchet up the possibilities for these thrill-seekers, filing an application for 49 funds offering three times long and short leveraged exposure to tech and crypto-focused firms, gold, and ETFs that individually track the price of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/resources\/what-is-bitcoin-four-minute-instant-guide-explainer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\">Bitcoin<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/resources\/what-is-ethereum-quickly-explained-four-minute-guide\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\">Ethereum<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/resources\/what-is-solana-a-scalable-decentralized-network-for-dapps\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\">Solana<\/a>, among other assets.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The Defiance Investments\u2019 N-1A <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1540305\/000089418925010699\/defiance3xdailytrgtetfs485a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\">prospectus filed<\/a> Friday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission includes proposals for the 3X leveraged and inverse leveraged ETFs for crypto exchange giant Coinbase, Bitcoin treasury MicroStrategy, brokerage Robinhood, Ethereum treasury BitMine Immersion, and USDC stablecoin issuer Circle. It also aims to provide similar exposure to Grayscale\u2019s Bitcoin and Ethereum mini-trust ETFs, and Volatility Shares&#8217; Solana ETF.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Defiance and other firms already offer a number two times leveraged ETFs that are geared toward short-term investors, asking them to speculate on the one-day direction of certain stocks, many of them in the technology sector.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border:0\" src=\"https:\/\/myriad.markets\/embed\/market\/ethereum-s-next-hit-moon-to-5-000-or-dip-to-3-500\" width=\"100%\" height=\"415px\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:0px;overflow:hidden;line-height:0\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The company&#8217;s current offerings include the Daily Target 2X Long MSTR ETF (MSTX) and Daily Target 2X Long HOOD (HOOX), which seek results that are two times the daily share price change of Strategy and Robinhood.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Three times leveraged funds are far rarer, with many observers of the space doubting that issuers would try to introduce more of these products, which can become a bad bet if the underlying asset veers in an unexpected direction. The prospectus itself warns repeatedly that the various funds proposed may not be right for all investors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u201cThings are getting wild,\u201d Bloomberg ETF Analyst James Seyffart <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JSeyff\/status\/1974167661778255891\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">quipped<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> in a Friday X post on the Defiance offerings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Still, the proposal with its crypto-focused products dovetails with issuers\u2019 growing efforts to address investor demand for funds based on digital assets. On Friday, LeverageShares and Themes Trust included 3X long and short funds focused on COIN and HOOD among 14 ETFs in its proposal to the SEC.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">As of late August, the regulator was weighing <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/337366\/now-more-than-90-crypto-etfs-pending-sec-approval-xrp-solana\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\">more than 90 ETFs<\/a> tracking individual tokens, combinations of coins, and different strategies. Those applications, which once seemed unlikely, followed the raging success of spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs, with the BTC funds alone now commanding about $150 billion in assets, according to data from analytics platform CoinGlass.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">In a text to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Decrypt, <\/span><\/i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/etf.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">ETF.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> Senior ETF Analyst Sumit Roy noted market concern about 3X funds and their potential limited audience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u201cThe conventional wisdom was that the SEC was only going to allow 2X leverage going forward, but these filings suggest that it may be willing to allow more volatile products to hit the market,\u201d Roy wrote<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight:400\">. \u201c<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight:400\">If they launch, these would be extremely risky funds designed for the most aggressive short-term traders.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"my-4 border-b border-decryptGridline\">\n<div class=\"text-start p-8 md:py-12 md:px-12 max-w-prose relative\"><span class=\"border-t-4 border-l-4 w-4 h-4 md:border-t-[6px] md:border-l-[6px] md:w-6 md:h-6 border-decryptPurple dark:border-decryptNeon gg-dark:border-cc-pink-2 absolute top-4 left-4 md:top-6 md:left-6\"\/><span class=\"border-t-4 border-l-4 w-4 h-4 md:border-t-[6px] md:border-l-[6px] md:w-6 md:h-6 border-decryptPurple dark:border-decryptNeon gg-dark:border-cc-pink-2 absolute rotate-180 bottom-4 right-4 md:bottom-6 md:right-6\"\/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"font-akzidenz-grotesk font-bold text-xl md:text-3xl md:text-center gg-dark:text-white\">Daily Debrief<!-- --> Newsletter<\/h3>\n<p>Start every day with the top news stories right now, plus original features, a podcast, videos and more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In brief The Defiance prospectus covers proposals for 49 ETFs offering three times leveraged long and short exposure. The offerings include products focused on Coinbase, BitMine Immersion, Strategy, and ETFs tracking the prices of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana. Defiance already offers a number of two times leveraged funds for Strategy and Robinhood, among other firms. 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