---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-018400"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DFDV"
cik: "0001805526"
company_name: "DeFi Development Corp."
filed_at: "2026-02-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T01:47:47.776410+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# DeFi Development grants ~2M options/RSUs to directors and officers

## Summary
- CEO Onorati receives 828,236 options; execs White (524,410), Kang (265,256), Rosenbloom (9,600) also get options.
- Exec Han receives 374,922 RSUs; independent directors Tai (5,000), Perfumo (7,000), Caragol (2,000) get RSUs.
- Executive options/RSUs vest monthly over 4 years; director RSUs vest monthly over 1 year.
- Grants based on 2025 performance benchmarking, retention, and market alignment under 2023 Equity Plan.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-018400
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DFDV
- cik: 0001805526
- company_name: DeFi Development Corp.
- filed_at: 2026-02-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805526/000121390026018400/0001213900-26-018400-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805526/000121390026018400/ea0277645-8k_defi.htm

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