Forward Industries added 948,601 SOL tokens to its reserve portfolio during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026. The purchase pushed the company’s total holdings to 8.501 million SOL - valued at roughly $1 billion at the quarter’s close and representing about 1.4% of Solana’s entire circulating supply.
Fourth-quarter accumulation marked a 13% increase compared to late June, when Forward held 7.553 million SOL. The company paid an average cost of $83 per token for newly acquired coins during this period. That figure sits below SOL’s market price of around $122 as of October 2, 2026, following a roughly 4% gain over the past 24 hours.
However, this pace of token accumulation did not come from cash reserves alone.
Debt Expansion and New Share Sales
The fourth-quarter balance sheet shows that Forward’s institutional debt increased from $105 million to $167.5 million. This rise in liabilities was counterbalanced by equity-raising efforts: Forward secured an additional $25 million through a direct stock offering on September 22. In that corporate transaction, the company sold 3.125 million common shares at an offering price of $8 per share.
On the shareholder side, the SOL per fully diluted share (FDS) metric rose from 0.0730 on June 30 to 0.0806 on September 30, reflecting a 10.4% gain over the three-month stretch. Across the full fiscal year, the SOL per FDS metric posted a 33% increase. Forward Chief Investment Officer Ryan Navi described the fourth quarter as an exceptional period, highlighting the addition of SOL volume that set a new company record.
Why the Solana Ecosystem
Forward’s management has framed its investment roadmap as an effort to build the Berkshire Hathaway of Solana. This treasury strategy launched in September 2025 following a $1.65 billion private placement backed by prominent venture capital firms including Galaxy Digital, Jump Crypto, and Multicoin Capital.
Forward’s decision to deploy capital into Solana aligns with the expansion of real assets across the network. On-chain treasury data indicates that the tokenized real-world asset (RWA) market on Solana - excluding stablecoins - surged from $3.3 billion at the end of June to $4.3 billion as of September 30.
For Forward shareholders and crypto market participants alike, a debt-funded token accumulation model offers strong leverage when token prices appreciate, but also demands rigorous cash management discipline so debt obligations do not weigh down the balance sheet when market momentum cools.
Reported by crypto.news.
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