dfdv-20260608

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): June 8, 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)

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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 June 8, 2026, Parker White, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Investment Officer of DeFi Development Corp. (the “Company”), resigned from his positions with the Company and the Company agreed to a separation agreement (the “Separation Agreement”) with respect to the termination of Mr. White’s employment with the Company, effective as of June 8, 2026.

Pursuant to the Separation Agreement, Mr. White will be entitled to receive cash payments totaling $250,000 over the next twelve months in exchange for, among other things, a release of claims against the Company. In addition, the Company agreed to accelerate the vesting of 213,272 of Mr. White's outstanding unvested options granted under the Company’s 2023 Equity Incentive Plan. The Company also intends to engage Mr. White for certain ongoing consulting services for consideration in the amount of $8,333 per month to provide consultation regarding transition of operations of certain validators owned by the Company and related matters.

The foregoing description of the Separation Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit No.						Description
10.1						Separation Agreement, dated as of June 8, 2026, by and between the Company and Parker White.
104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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: June 10, 2026	DEFI DEVELOPMENT CORP.

	By:	/s/ Joseph Onorati
	Name:	Joseph Onorati
	Title:	Chairman & CEO

DeFi Development Corp. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update