{"id":89013,"date":"2025-09-17T16:37:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T13:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=89013"},"modified":"2025-09-17T16:41:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T13:41:00","slug":"forward-industries-to-raise-4-billion-for-solana-acquisition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/forward-industries-to-raise-4-billion-for-solana-acquisition\/","title":{"rendered":"Forward Industries to Raise $4 Billion for Solana Acquisition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nasdaq-listed Forward Industries has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20250916485458\/en\/Forward-Industries-Announces-%244-Billion-At-The-Market-Equity-Offering-Program\">submitted<\/a> a prospectus to the <span data-descr=\"U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission\" class=\"old_tooltip\">SEC<\/span>, announcing plans to sell $4 billion in shares. The proceeds will be used, among other things, to bolster its Solana reserves.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, the flexible securities issuance mechanism will allow the firm to gradually sell them through Cantor Fitzgerald without fixed volume commitments. In addition to purchasing SOL, Forward Industries will use the funds to increase working capital and invest in income-generating assets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The company holds 6.8 million SOL worth $1.6 billion, which it <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/forward-industries-backed-with-1-65bn-from-galaxy-jump-and-multicoin-joins-the-solana-treasury-race\">acquired<\/a> through a private placement led by Galaxy Digital, Jump Crypto, and Multicoin Capital in early September.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Solana Reserves Accumulate 3% of Cryptocurrency Supply\u00a0\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>Forward Industries is the largest holder of Solana among corporate treasuries. Firms focused on the asset have surpassed the threshold of 1 million SOL under management.<\/p>\n<p>The top three also include DeFi Development Corp. and Upexi, each holding 2 million coins.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-f7e3f166e632d6ed-4508795884637610-1024x488.png\" alt=\"image\" class=\"wp-image-265917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-f7e3f166e632d6ed-4508795884637610-1024x488.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-f7e3f166e632d6ed-4508795884637610-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-f7e3f166e632d6ed-4508795884637610-768x366.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-f7e3f166e632d6ed-4508795884637610-1536x731.png 1536w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-f7e3f166e632d6ed-4508795884637610.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/treasuries\/solana\">CoinGecko<\/a>.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier, analysts at Lookonchain noted another company acquiring Solana. Within a day, FalconX withdrew 413,075 SOL worth $98.4 million from exchanges Binance, OKX, Coinbase, and Bybit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Looks like another institution is buying massive <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24SOL&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$SOL<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the past 8 hours, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FalconX?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FalconX<\/a> has withdrawn 413,075 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24SOL&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$SOL<\/a>($98.4M) from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Binance?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Binance<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OKX?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OKX<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Coinbase?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Coinbase<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bybit?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bybit<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BbJHB6YKtf\">https:\/\/t.co\/BbJHB6YKtf<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BibDGcoD3x\">pic.twitter.com\/BibDGcoD3x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lookonchain (@lookonchain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lookonchain\/status\/1968126520079319270?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing, the cryptocurrency is trading at $235. Over the past week, its price has increased by more than 7%.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"603\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-3c8913d2fd2079ca-4508827241438578-1024x603.png\" alt=\"image\" class=\"wp-image-265918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-3c8913d2fd2079ca-4508827241438578-1024x603.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-3c8913d2fd2079ca-4508827241438578-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-3c8913d2fd2079ca-4508827241438578-768x452.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-3c8913d2fd2079ca-4508827241438578-1536x904.png 1536w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-3c8913d2fd2079ca-4508827241438578.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hourly chart of SOL\/USDT on Binance. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/ru.tradingview.com\/chart\/?symbol=BINANCE%3ASOLUSDT\">TradingView<\/a>.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Previously, Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/mike-novogratz-declares-solana-season\">announced<\/a> the start of the &#8220;Solana season&#8221; amid institutional investor activity.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forward Industries has submitted a prospectus to the SEC, announcing plans to sell $4 billion in shares. Part of the funds will be used to purchase Solana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"SOL treasuries have accumulated 3% of the asset's supply.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1159,1795],"class_list":["post-89013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-solana-sol","tag-solana-reserve"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"218","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"SOL treasuries have accumulated 3% of the asset's supply.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89013"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89015,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89013\/revisions\/89015"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}