Inside the $1.65B Solana Bet | Kyle Samani on Forward Industries & the Future of Finance

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Sep 22, 2025

Kyle Samani, co-founder of Multicoin Capital and chairman of Forward Industries, dives into the groundbreaking $1.65 billion raise for Solana’s innovative approach to capital markets. He explores how Solana is redefining finance through tokenized equities and on-chain corporate actions. Kyle discusses the surge in interest from meme coins as market stress tests and reveals the implications of staking yields. He emphasizes Solana's potential to rival traditional Wall Street models while addressing the regulatory landscape and future market consolidation.

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INSIGHT

Solana As Internet Capital Markets

Solana is a performance-focused refinement of Ethereum built to enable "Internet capital markets."
Kyle Samani argues this allows finance to be embedded natively across the web and operate 24/7.

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Trading Embedded Everywhere

Internet capital markets let trading be embedded in any app, making finance feel like an internet primitive.
Kyle predicts embedding trading in messaging and third-party sites will massively expand access and usage.

ANECDOTE

How Forward Industries Began

Kyle initially rejected the idea of a digital-asset treasury until regulatory signals and on-chain opportunities convinced him.
Forward Industries will tokenize equity, execute corporate actions on-chain, and run core operations like payroll and vendor payments on Solana.

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Solana isn’t just about speed, it’s building Internet Capital Markets that could transform finance into a 24/7, on-chain system. In this Wealthion interview, Kyle Samani, Co-Founder of Multicoin Capital and Chairman of Forward Industries, joins Chris Perkins to explain why he raised $1.65 billion to pioneer the world’s first fully on-chain public company. He breaks down how tokenized equities, on-chain dividends, and Solana’s 8% staking yield could rival Wall Street’s traditional model. From meme coins as cultural stress tests to regulatory momentum and consolidation ahead, Kyle reveals why Solana may be the future of global markets.

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