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      <amendmentNo>1</amendmentNo>
      <securitiesClassTitle>Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share</securitiesClassTitle>
      <eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>06/30/2025</eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>
      <issuerInfo>
        <issuerCik>0001805526</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>DeFi Development Corp.</issuerName>
        <issuerCusip>47100L202</issuerCusip>
        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
          <street1 xmlns="http://www.sec.gov/edgar/common">6401 Congress Avenue</street1>
          <street2 xmlns="http://www.sec.gov/edgar/common">Suite 250</street2>
          <city xmlns="http://www.sec.gov/edgar/common">Boca Raton</city>
          <stateOrCountry xmlns="http://www.sec.gov/edgar/common">FL</stateOrCountry>
          <zipCode xmlns="http://www.sec.gov/edgar/common">33487</zipCode>
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      <designateRulesPursuantThisScheduleFiled>
        <designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>Rule 13d-1(c)</designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>
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      <reportingPersonName>Payward, Inc.</reportingPersonName>
      <citizenshipOrOrganization>DE</citizenshipOrOrganization>
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        <sharedVotingPower>0.00</sharedVotingPower>
        <soleDispositivePower>1050066.00</soleDispositivePower>
        <sharedDispositivePower>0.00</sharedDispositivePower>
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Amount in rows 5 and 7 represents shares of common stock beneficially owned by the Reporting Person on the date of filing of this Schedule 13G, (a) giving effect to the Reporting Person's full conversion of the convertible note held by the Reporting Person into common stock of the Issuer and the subsequent sale of all such common stock and (b) including shares of common stock that the Reporting Person could acquire within 60 days by exercising warrants issued pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 6, 2025, with the Issuer.  All share amounts give effect to the Issuer's 7-for-1 forward stock split in May 2025.</comments>
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        <issuerName>DeFi Development Corp.</issuerName>
        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>6401 Congress Avenue, Suite 250 Boca Raton, Florida 33487</issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
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        <filingPersonName>Payward, Inc.</filingPersonName>
        <principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>1603 Capitol Ave., Suite 517B, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001</principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>
        <citizenship>Delaware</citizenship>
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        <amountBeneficiallyOwned>1,050,066.00</amountBeneficiallyOwned>
        <classPercent>4.86</classPercent>
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          <solePowerOrDirectToDispose>1,050,066.00</solePowerOrDirectToDispose>
          <sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>0</sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>
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        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <classOwnership5PercentOrLess>Y</classOwnership5PercentOrLess>
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        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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      <item8>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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      <item9>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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      <item10>
        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <certifications>By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under ?? 240.14a-11.</certifications>
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    <signatureInformation>
      <reportingPersonName>Payward, Inc.</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/ Arjun Sethi</signature>
        <title>Arjun Sethi, Co-Chief Executive Officer</title>
        <date>07/30/2025</date>
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