Forward Industries Adds 226,396 Solana, Lifting Holdings to 8.7 Million Tokens
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Forward Industries added about 226,396 Solana tokens to its holdings, bringing its balance to about 8.7 million tokens and equivalents as of November 9, 2026, according to Pluang, citing the company. Its SOL balance per fully diluted share rose to 0.0824, according to the same disclosure. The holdings increase was announced alongside another move in the company’s strategy: on November 10, it announced a commitment of up to $50 million to USHP, a product linked to the U.S. housing market. The commitment gives the company exposure to a tokenized index product tracking home prices, while it says it intends to direct any income from it toward covering dollar-denominated costs and accumulating SOL. Its announced plan therefore combines an increase in digital-asset holdings with an effort to generate income from a real estate-linked asset.
The latest increase followed the company’s announcement that it held 8,501,298 SOL and equivalents on September 30, 2026, after adding 948,601 SOL during its fourth fiscal quarter. That increase represented growth of 13% from a balance of 7,552,698 on June 30, and the average cost of the added tokens was $83 per SOL. On a fully diluted share basis, the balance rose from 0.0730 on June 30 to 0.0806 on September 30, a quarterly increase of 10.4%, or about 42% on a calculated year-over-year basis. The company estimated that its balance at the end of September represented about 1.4% of Solana’s circulating supply. It said part of that quarter’s purchases was funded by selling shares, and that the issuance increased shareholder value as the amount of SOL per share rose.
Forward says USHP will give it exposure to the U.S. housing market, which it estimates at about $55 trillion, and that returns in this market have historically had a low correlation with cryptocurrency markets. It said USHP received pre-launch institutional commitments of up to $100 million, while Forward’s own commitment is up to $50 million. This is part of a strategy the company described as “starting with SOL and adding income-producing assets that we can reinvest for the benefit of shareholders,” according to Ryan Navi, its chief investment officer. The company also said it owns a strategic minority stake in Index Industries, along with warrants to buy additional shares, giving it exposure to the company developing the infrastructure behind USHP. The investment provides another announced path for generating income that can be used for company expenses and SOL accumulation.
FWDI shares closed at $5.53 on November 9, down 2.98% from the previous close, with 2.10 million shares traded. In the same session, SOL/USD closed at about $86.74. The previous quarterly holdings data date to the end of September, when the company said the average cost of SOL added during the quarter was $83, compared with the token’s close at $86.74 on November 9. The company’s disclosed treasury policy relies on digital assets, particularly SOL and fwdSOL, a liquid staking token it developed with Sanctum on the Solana network. Its announced plan to use USHP income to buy SOL remains contingent on the product generating that income after launch.
The company is targeting a launch for USHP at the end of 2026, followed by support for the product’s planned expansion to the Solana network in 2027. Forward said it intends to work with the USHP team to achieve that expansion after launch. The timeline places development of the tokenized real estate product ahead of its planned entry onto the cryptocurrency network at the center of the company’s treasury. Any use of returns to cover expenses or accumulate SOL depends on the product generating income, according to the company’s announcement. The launch and expansion dates are part of the plan it announced on November 10.