Form 8-K
8-K — DeFi Development Corp.
Accession: 0001805526-26-000010
Filed: 2026-04-06
Period: 2026-04-04
CIK: 0001805526
SIC: 6199 (FINANCE SERVICES)
Item: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Item: Other Events
Item: Financial Statements and Exhibits
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 4, 2026
DEFI DEVELOPMENT CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 001-41748 83-2676794
(State or other jurisdiction
of Incorporation) (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer
Identification Number)
6401 Congress Avenue, Suite 250
Boca Raton, FL
33487
(Address of registrant’s principal executive office) (Zip code)
(561) 559-4111
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class Trading symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share DFDV The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Warrants, each warrant exercisable for one share of Common Stock DFDVW The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☒
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On April 4, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of DeFi Development Corp. (the “Company”) elected Adam Townsend as a director of the Company, to fill the newly created directorship resulting from an increase in the size of the Board to seven directors. Mr. Townsend does not have a material interest in any transaction disclosable under Regulation S-K Item 404(a). The Board approved a grant of 28,170 restricted stock units to Mr. Townsend, which will vest quarterly over the next year. He will also be entitled to receive a quarterly cash retainer of $7,000 for service as a director.
Item 8.01. Other Events.
On April 6, 2026, the Company issued a press release announcing Mr. Townsend’s appointment to the Board. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.
This Form 8-K and the exhibits attached hereto contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on the Company’s current assumptions, expectations and beliefs and are subject to substantial risks, uncertainties, assumptions and changes in circumstances that may cause Company’s actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statement. These risks include, but are not limited to market risks, trends and conditions, and are more fully in the section captioned “Risk Factors” in the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other reports we file with the SEC.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No. Description
99.1
Press Release, dated April 6, 2026
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: April 6, 2026 DEFI DEVELOPMENT CORP.
By: /s/ Joseph Onorati
Name: Joseph Onorati
Title: Chairman & CEO
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Exhibit 99.1
April 6, 2026
DeFi Development Corp. Appoints Former Walmart Executive and VIZIO CFO Adam Townsend to Board of Directors
BOCA RATON, FL — April 6, 2026 — DeFi Development Corp. (Nasdaq: DFDV) (the “Company” or “DeFi Dev Corp.”), the first US public company with a treasury strategy built to accumulate and compound Solana (“SOL”), today announced the appointment of Adam Townsend to its Board of Directors.
Mr. Townsend recently served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of VIZIO at Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT), where he oversaw the financial integration of the $2.3 billion VIZIO acquisition. Prior to the acquisition, he served as Chief Financial Officer and Head of HR Operations at VIZIO, where he built and scaled the company's financial infrastructure and ultimately led the company through its IPO in 2021 and sale to Walmart in 2024.
Before VIZIO, Mr. Townsend served as EVP, Chief Financial Officer and Strategy at Showtime Networks, a division of CBS Corporation. He previously held the role of Executive Vice President, Corporate Finance/Treasury and Investor Relations at CBS Corporation. Earlier in his career, Mr. Townsend spent five years at E*TRADE Financial as Managing Director where he led Investor Relations and explored global expansion and strategic partnerships across key markets. Prior to E*TRADE, Adam was an Equity Research Analyst at JPMorgan covering the early days of fintech through the emergence of online brokerage and electronic trading technologies.
"Adam is exactly the kind of operator we want at the board level as DFDV scales," said Joseph Onorati, Chief Executive Officer of DeFi Development Corp. "He has been CFO at a public company through a $2.3 billion acquisition, run treasury and investor relations at a major media conglomerate, and covered financial institutions as an equity research analyst. That combination of capital markets fluency, institutional credibility, and operational rigor is rare. As we continue building the definitive Solana treasury company, Adam's experience will be instrumental in accelerating our capital raising efforts and deepening engagement with institutional investors."
"Solana is emerging as the de facto infrastructure layer for the next generation of global finance, and DFDV has positioned itself as the best corporate steward of SOL in public markets," said Adam Townsend. "The team has built something I haven't seen before: a publicly traded company that doesn't just hold a digital asset, but actively compounds it through staking, DeFi deployment, and validator operations. Having spent my career at the intersection of corporate finance, capital allocation, and investor relations, including taking companies through transformative transactions I see a significant opportunity to help DFDV broaden its institutional shareholder base, access new pools of capital, and evaluate strategic opportunities to accelerate growth as the Digital Asset Treasury model matures. I'm excited to contribute to that next chapter."
For more information, visit defidevcorp.com. To stay up-to-date with the latest developments and insights, subscribe to our blog.
About DeFi Development Corp.
DeFi Development Corp. (Nasdaq: DFDV) has adopted a treasury policy under which the principal holding in its treasury reserve is allocated to SOL. Through this strategy, the Company provides investors with direct economic exposure to SOL, while also actively participating in the growth of the Solana ecosystem. In addition to holding and staking SOL, DeFi Development Corp. operates its own validator infrastructure, generating staking rewards and fees from delegated stake. The Company is also engaged across decentralized finance (DeFi) opportunities and continues to explore innovative ways to support and benefit from Solana’s expanding application layer.
The Company is also an AI-powered online platform that connects the commercial real estate industry by providing value-add services and software subscriptions to multifamily and commercial property professionals, as the Company connects the increasingly complex ecosystem that stakeholders have to manage. The Company’s data and software offerings are generally offered on a subscription basis as software as a service.
Investor Contact:
ir@defidevcorp.com
Media Contact:
press@defidevcorp.com
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