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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-094565"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HYPD"
cik: "0001682639"
company_name: "HYPERION DEFI, INC."
filed_at: "2025-09-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T05:25:01.804799+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hyperion DeFi appoints PayPal veteran David Knox as CFO, effective immediately

## Summary
- David Knox, former PayPal Head of Capital Markets and Head of Finance for Global Credit & Financial Services, named CFO.
- Knox receives $400,000 base salary, $75,000 sign-on bonus, and 100,000 RSU inducement award (vests over 12 months).
- Company says appointment strengthens governance and accelerates DeFi strategy, positioning Hyperion as bridge between Wall Street and decentralized finance.
- Knox also granted 200,000 milestone-based RSUs under 2018 Omnibus Plan, vesting quarterly upon achievement of targets.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-094565
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HYPD
- cik: 0001682639
- company_name: HYPERION DEFI, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-09-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1682639/000110465925094565/0001104659-25-094565-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1682639/000110465925094565/tm25227454d1_8k.htm

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