{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"177048","rtpr_id":"nGNE52K58D-20261022","ticker":"CHAD","exchange":"NASDAQ","all_tickers":["CHAD","DFDV"],"title":"DeFi Development Corp. Announces CHAD Now Available on Robinhood","author":"Globe Newswire","published_at":"2026-10-22T12:30:00.280Z","article_body":"BOCA RATON, FL, Oct. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DeFi Development Corp.\n(Nasdaq: DFDV) (the “Company”), the first US public company with a\ntreasury strategy built to accumulate and compound Solana (“SOL”), today\nannounced that its Variable Rate Series C Perpetual Preferred Stock (Nasdaq:\nCHAD) is now available for trading on Robinhood, one of the world’s leading\nretail brokerage platforms.\n\nThe addition marks a significant milestone in CHAD’s continued expansion,\nmaking the security accessible to a broader audience of self-directed\ninvestors through one of the most widely used brokerage platforms in the\nUnited States.\n\nSince its Nasdaq debut in September, CHAD has become a central component of\nDFDV’s capital markets strategy, introducing a new digital credit instrument\ndesigned to combine an attractive variable dividend rate with business-day\npayments and the accessibility of publicly traded preferred equity.\n\nWith CHAD now available on Robinhood, DFDV continues to expand its\ndistribution across major brokerage platforms, supporting its broader\nobjective of establishing CHAD as a widely accessible digital credit\ninstrument.\n\nExpanding Access as CHAD’s Dividend Rate Rises to 14%\n\nThe Robinhood addition follows DFDV’s recent announcement that CHAD’s\nannual dividend rate will increase from 13.00% to 14.00%, effective November\n2, 2026. The increase represents an approximately 7.7% improvement in\nannualized dividend income per share, bringing CHAD’s annualized dividend to\n$1.40 per share based on its $10.00 stated amount.\n\nUnlike many traditional income securities that distribute dividends monthly or\nquarterly, CHAD’s cumulative dividends are payable each business day, when,\nas and if declared by DFDV’s Board of Directors.\n\nThe combination of a double-digit annual dividend rate, business-day payments,\nand expanding brokerage availability positions CHAD to reach a broader\naudience of income-oriented investors.\n\nBuilding the Next Generation of Digital Credit\n\nCHAD represents more than a new income security. It is a central component of\nDFDV’s long-term strategy to build a scalable capital markets engine around\nSolana.\n\nAs the first SOL-backed digital credit instrument, CHAD introduces a\ndifferentiated approach to preferred equity financing. Unlike traditional\ncommon equity financing, CHAD enables DFDV to raise permanent capital without\nissuing additional common shares, with proceeds from future issuances intended\nto support continued SOL accumulation.\n\nSOL can generate recurring rewards through staking, validator operations, and\nother treasury activities, creating a productive asset base that supports the\nCompany’s broader capital structure.\n\nBy expanding investor access, deepening secondary-market liquidity, and\nsupporting CHAD’s progression toward its $10.00 stated amount, DFDV aims to\nestablish a repeatable source of capital that supports continued treasury\ngrowth and long-term SOL Per Share accretion. The addition of Robinhood\nrepresents another meaningful step toward achieving that objective.\n\nAccess CHAD on Robinhood: https://robinhood.com/stocks/CHAD/\n\nAbout DeFi Development Corp.\nDeFi Development Corp. (Nasdaq: DFDV) has adopted a treasury policy under\nwhich the principal holding in its treasury reserve is allocated to SOL.\nThrough this strategy, the Company provides investors with direct economic\nexposure to SOL, while also actively participating in the growth of the Solana\necosystem. In addition to holding and staking SOL, DeFi Development Corp.\noperates its own validator infrastructure, generating staking rewards and fees\nfrom delegated stake. The Company is also engaged across decentralized finance\n(DeFi) opportunities and continues to explore innovative ways to support and\nbenefit from Solana’s expanding application layer.\n\nThe Company is also an AI-powered online platform that connects the commercial\nreal estate industry by providing value-add services and software\nsubscriptions to multifamily and commercial property professionals, as the\nCompany connects the increasingly complex ecosystem that stakeholders have to\nmanage. The Company’s data and software offerings are generally offered on a\nsubscription basis as software as a service.\n\nInvestor Contact:\nir@defidevcorp.com\n\nMedia Contact:\npress@defidevcorp.com","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nGNE52K58D-20261022","title":"DeFi Development Corp. Announces CHAD Now Available on Robinhood","author":"Globe Newswire","ticker":"CHAD","created":"2026-10-22T12:30:00.280Z","tickers":["CHAD","DFDV"],"exchange":"NASDAQ","article_body":"BOCA RATON, FL, Oct. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DeFi Development Corp.\n(Nasdaq: DFDV) (the “Company”), the first US public company with a\ntreasury strategy built to accumulate and compound Solana (“SOL”), today\nannounced that its Variable Rate Series C Perpetual Preferred Stock (Nasdaq:\nCHAD) is now available for trading on Robinhood, one of the world’s leading\nretail brokerage platforms.\n\nThe addition marks a significant milestone in CHAD’s continued expansion,\nmaking the security accessible to a broader audience of self-directed\ninvestors through one of the most widely used brokerage platforms in the\nUnited States.\n\nSince its Nasdaq debut in September, CHAD has become a central component of\nDFDV’s capital markets strategy, introducing a new digital credit instrument\ndesigned to combine an attractive variable dividend rate with business-day\npayments and the accessibility of publicly traded preferred equity.\n\nWith CHAD now available on Robinhood, DFDV continues to expand its\ndistribution across major brokerage platforms, supporting its broader\nobjective of establishing CHAD as a widely accessible digital credit\ninstrument.\n\nExpanding Access as CHAD’s Dividend Rate Rises to 14%\n\nThe Robinhood addition follows DFDV’s recent announcement that CHAD’s\nannual dividend rate will increase from 13.00% to 14.00%, effective November\n2, 2026. The increase represents an approximately 7.7% improvement in\nannualized dividend income per share, bringing CHAD’s annualized dividend to\n$1.40 per share based on its $10.00 stated amount.\n\nUnlike many traditional income securities that distribute dividends monthly or\nquarterly, CHAD’s cumulative dividends are payable each business day, when,\nas and if declared by DFDV’s Board of Directors.\n\nThe combination of a double-digit annual dividend rate, business-day payments,\nand expanding brokerage availability positions CHAD to reach a broader\naudience of income-oriented investors.\n\nBuilding the Next Generation of Digital Credit\n\nCHAD represents more than a new income security. It is a central component of\nDFDV’s long-term strategy to build a scalable capital markets engine around\nSolana.\n\nAs the first SOL-backed digital credit instrument, CHAD introduces a\ndifferentiated approach to preferred equity financing. Unlike traditional\ncommon equity financing, CHAD enables DFDV to raise permanent capital without\nissuing additional common shares, with proceeds from future issuances intended\nto support continued SOL accumulation.\n\nSOL can generate recurring rewards through staking, validator operations, and\nother treasury activities, creating a productive asset base that supports the\nCompany’s broader capital structure.\n\nBy expanding investor access, deepening secondary-market liquidity, and\nsupporting CHAD’s progression toward its $10.00 stated amount, DFDV aims to\nestablish a repeatable source of capital that supports continued treasury\ngrowth and long-term SOL Per Share accretion. The addition of Robinhood\nrepresents another meaningful step toward achieving that objective.\n\nAccess CHAD on Robinhood: https://robinhood.com/stocks/CHAD/\n\nAbout DeFi Development Corp.\nDeFi Development Corp. (Nasdaq: DFDV) has adopted a treasury policy under\nwhich the principal holding in its treasury reserve is allocated to SOL.\nThrough this strategy, the Company provides investors with direct economic\nexposure to SOL, while also actively participating in the growth of the Solana\necosystem. In addition to holding and staking SOL, DeFi Development Corp.\noperates its own validator infrastructure, generating staking rewards and fees\nfrom delegated stake. The Company is also engaged across decentralized finance\n(DeFi) opportunities and continues to explore innovative ways to support and\nbenefit from Solana’s expanding application layer.\n\nThe Company is also an AI-powered online platform that connects the commercial\nreal estate industry by providing value-add services and software\nsubscriptions to multifamily and commercial property professionals, as the\nCompany connects the increasingly complex ecosystem that stakeholders have to\nmanage. The Company’s data and software offerings are generally offered on a\nsubscription basis as software as a service.\n\nInvestor Contact:\nir@defidevcorp.com\n\nMedia Contact:\npress@defidevcorp.com"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-10-22T12:30:00.40623069Z","server_sent_at_ms":1792672200406},"received_at":"2026-10-22T12:30:00.469Z","source_url":null},"analysis":null,"durationMs":null,"modelName":null}}