Key takeout
- Forward Industries will launch tokenized stocks on the Solana blockchain via SuperState, enabling a digital version of the stocks taking NASDAQ.
- The move marks a significant blockchain shift in the forward industry, with recently raising $1.65 billion from the Solana-based Treasury Department.
Forward Industries plans to launch tokenized stocks on the Solana blockchain through Superstate, a blockchain-centric company specializing in tokenizing traditional assets.
The company, trading under Nasdaq’s ticker $Ford, uses Superstate’s platform to create digital versions of inventory as blockchain tokens. The move follows Forward Industries’ blockchain pivot, including raising $1.65 billion to build a Solana-based Treasury Department.
Tokenized stocks enable features such as fractional ownership and potentially 24/7 trading, representing the transition from the traditional stock market to blockchain infrastructure.
Solana’s ecosystem averaged tens of thousands of transactions in 2025, hosting a total value of over $10 billion locked in the Defi protocol. The high-speed transactions and low cost of blockchain made it popular with real asset tokens.
