New Alert (Nasdaq: FORD) Breakout Brewing Inside this $1.65B Solana Megaplay

Forward Industries (Nasdaq: FORD)

Breakout Brewing Inside this $1.65B Solana Megaplay!

Transforming This Tiny Stock Into The World's
Leading Solana Treasury Company

Hi "FDR" Member,

This is Michael Reece with "FinancialDrivenResearch" delivering you your new alert for 10/8 trading session - Forward Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORD).

Forward Industries (Nasdaq: FORD) just made a bold crypto pivot transforming itself into a "Solana Treasury" powerhouse. Under new crypto-centric leadership including Multicoin Capital's Kyle Samani as Chairman, FORD raised $1.65Bn and bought 6.82Mn Solana (SOL) tokens – instantly becoming the largest publicly traded holder of SOL.

Multicoin Capital, Jump Crypto, and Galaxy Digital, are three of the leading institutions in crypto with strong alignment within the Solana ecosystem, contributed more than $300Mn of the $1.65Bn PIPE, accelerating Forward Industries (Nasdaq: FORD) digital asset treasury strategy. With their support, Forward Industries has the capital, relationships, and know-how to drive shareholder value.

Today, Solana stands alone as the fastest and most scalable blockchain, Solana is built to power global financial markets. Its unmatched performance has made it the leading ecosystem for new developers and the most active blockchain.

Strategic Backing From Galaxy, Jump, and Multicoin

In addition to Galaxy, Jump Crypto, and Multicoin, which collectively subscribed for more than $300Mn of the $1.65B, Forward Industries (Nasdaq: FORD) received support and participation from several global investment firms and leaders across the digital asset ecosystem, including:

Firms/Companies: Big Brain Holdings, Bitwise Asset Management, Borderless Capital, Coinlist Alpha, CyberFund, C/M Capital Partners, LP, FalconX, Graticule Asset Management Asia, Jupiter, L1 Digital, ParaFi, Ribbit Capital, RockawayX, and SkyBridge Capital.
Angel Investors: Cindy Leow (Drift), Guy Young (Ethena), Howard Lindzon (Stockwits), Lucas Bruder (Jito), Lucas Netz (Pudgy Penguins), Robert Leshner (Superstate), Tarun Chitra (Gauntlet), and Tory Green (io.net).

Concurrent with the close of the PIPE financing, Kyle Samani, the co-Founder and Managing Partner of Multicoin, has been appointed Chairman of the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board"). Michael Pruitt, the Company's Interim Chief Executive Officer, has also been appointed to the Board. Chris Ferraro, President and Chief Investment Officer of Galaxy, and Saurabh Sharma, Chief Investment Officer at Jump Crypto, have also been appointed as Board observers. Forward Industries' management team will remain in place.

"This milestone underscores our belief among leading institutional investors that Solana belongs at the center of global capital markets. With the support of Galaxy, Jump Crypto, and Multicoin, I believe Forward Industries is uniquely positioned to accelerate this future," said Mr. Samani. "Leveraging our combined team's experience investing and innovating across the Solana ecosystem, our goal is to deliver strong value for our shareholders."

"Forward Industries' mission has been centered around operational and innovative excellence, and we are now extending that same principle to our capital strategy by building a balance sheet with SOL at its core," said Mr. Pruitt, Interim Chief Executive Officer of Forward Industries. "We are grateful for the tremendous support of our PIPE financing investors and the collaboration of our partners. Together, we aim to unlock Solana's potential in the capital markets through diversified and innovative return generation strategies."

Beyond their capital investment, Galaxy, Jump Crypto, and Multicoin will utilize their industry-leading platforms to provide critical strategic insights to help Forward Industries structure and execute its Solana treasury strategy and with the goal of positioning it as the leading publicly traded institutional participant in the Solana ecosystem.

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Forward Industries Announces Launch of

Solana Validator and Integration with DoubleZero

Long-Term Commitment to Partnership with DoubleZero to Advance Solana Infrastructure and Institutional-Grade Performance

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)—Oct. 7, 2025--Forward Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORD) (the "Company" or "Forward Industries"), a leading Solana treasury company, today announced the launch of its institutional grade validator node on the Solana blockchain, powered by DoubleZero, a high-performance global network purpose-built for distributed systems. The Forward Industries validator has already begun to operate on DoubleZero's best-in-class infrastructure, underscoring the Company's commitment to adopting the highest-performing decentralized technology platforms and its continued advancement of internet capital markets.

Developed in collaboration with Galaxy and leveraging Jump Crypto's Firedancer client, the Forward Industries validator will allow ecosystem participants to delegate stake directly to Forward Industries. The validator offers 0% commission, enabling investors to stake to the node at no cost. Importantly, all tokens staked by Forward Industries are currently delegated to this validator, and all future Forward Industries validators will operate on DoubleZero. Forward and DoubleZero will pilot validator and network optimizations to increase revenue, increase bandwidth, and reduce latency.

At launch, the Forward Industries validator is expected to rank among the top ten Solana validators globally, marking a significant milestone in the Company's evolution from capital provider to active ecosystem contributor.

"Decentralized networks only reach their full potential when the underlying infrastructure meets institutional standards of scale, security, and performance," said Kyle Samani, Chairman of the Board of Forward Industries. "DoubleZero has rapidly emerged as the leading platform for high-performance validator operations, combining best-in-class engineering with the reliability institutions require. By running our validator on DoubleZero and establishing a long-term partnership with the platform, we are aligning with the foremost innovators in blockchain infrastructure and directly supporting Solana's ability to operate at global scale. Together with DoubleZero, Galaxy, and Firedancer, we are fortifying the network's resiliency and helping ensure Solana remains the standard for institutional adoption in decentralized finance."

DoubleZero is a global fiber network for high-performance distributed systems, designed to address the limitations of the public internet for blockchain workloads. The network offers an alternative, packet-optimized network that improves transaction routing, reduces latency, and increases validator efficiency while maintaining decentralization and cryptoeconomic guarantees by enabling permissionless contributions of underutilized fiber bandwidth from multiple independent contributors.

Top "5" Catalyst Driving Triple Digit Gains In (NASDAQ: FORD)

#1.) Bullish Crypto Pivot: The 60-year-old tech company reinvented itself in September 2025 as a "Solana treasury" company. Under new crypto-focused leadership (including Multicoin Capital's Kyle Samani as Chairman), FORD raised $1.65Bn and purchased 6.82Mn Solana (SOL) tokens – instantly becoming the largest publicly traded holder of SOL.

#2.) Massive Solana Bet: Forward deployed the $1.65Bn to purchase 6.82Mn SOL at an average $232 each (over $1.58Bn total). FORD raised $1.65Bn which was led by crypto heavyweights Galaxy Digital, Jump Crypto, and Multicoin Capital. This single financing was dozens of times larger than Forward's entire pre-pivot market cap. The company stated it would use the proceeds primarily to purchase SOL tokens and establish a crypto treasury operation. Alongside the funding, Forward revamped its leadership: Multicoin co-founder Kyle Samani became Chairman, and executives from Galaxy and Jump joined as board observers. Management made it clear they view blockchain as the future of capital markets, aiming to make Forward an "on-chain-first" public company.

#3.) $4Bn Share Offering & Tokenized Stock: To fuel further crypto expansion, FORD filed for a $4.0Bn at-the-market stock offering program in mid-September. It also announced a partnership with fintech firm Superstate to tokenize FORD shares on the Solana blockchain, enabling 24/7 digital trading of its stock. Forward plans to take an equity stake in Superstate as it pioneers on-chain public equity.

#4.) Solana Validator Launch: The company announced it has launched an institutional-grade validator node on the Solana blockchain in partnership with DoubleZero. Running on DoubleZero's high-performance network and leveraging Jump Crypto's new Firedancer Solana client, Forward's validator immediately ranked among the top 10 Solana validators globally. All of Forward's staked SOL tokens are delegated to this node, which charges 0% commission to attract delegators. This move underscores Forward's deepening commitment to supporting Solana's infrastructure and performance.

#5.) Ongoing Media Buzz: Forward's bold crypto pivot is igniting major excitement across markets. In early October, top investment outlets spotlighted the company as "one to watch" for its aggressive Solana strategy. Crypto media are calling Forward a quasi–SOL exchange-traded vehicle, positioning its stock as one of the purest plays on Solana's explosive growth. This surge in attention has fueled powerful trading momentum and heightened volatility — the kind that often precedes big moves.

I am urging all of my FDR members to add Forward Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: FORD) to the top of your watch list right now and be ready Wednesday morning 10/8, at the opening bell!

To Your Trading Success,