The 5 Largest Publicly Traded Solana Treasury Firms

The 5 Largest Publicly Traded Solana Treasury Firms

The 5 Largest Publicly Traded Solana Treasury Firms

Michael Saylor popularized the digital asset treasury when his firm Strategy began buying Bitcoin in 2020, racking up over $70 billion worth of BTC in the years since—and inspiring a wave of followers.

Now, publicly traded firms are moving down the risk curve and adding different crypto tokens to their balance sheets, including Ethereum and XRP.

That includes creating treasury strategies centered on Solana, the sixth-largest crypto asset by market capitalization. Solana is popular as a destination for token trading and internet capital markets, and the network has drawn the attention of several publicly traded firms.

To date, the top firms have snatched up more than $2.5 billion worth of SOL. Here’s a look at the top 5 publicly traded firms that are betting on Solana, based on their current holdings.

Publicly traded medical design firm Forward Industries currently holds the largest Solana treasury, boasting 6,822,000 SOL it acquired for just shy of $1.6 billion in September. 

The firm—propelled by financing from major crypto players like Galaxy Digital, Jump Crypto, and Multicoin Capital—raised $1.65 billion via a private investment in public equity (PIPE) to establish its treasury just days before acquiring its Solana stash.

Solana Gets First Billion-Dollar Publicly Traded Treasury as Forward Industries Buys 6.8M SOL

Fueled via a mix of on-chain and open-market transactions, Forward aims to differentiate its treasury from others by participating more on-chain and providing what it says is more effective execution for its shareholders. The firm is staking all 6.8 million SOL in its treasury, generating yield for its business and shareholders.

A real estate software firm turned Solana treasury company, DeFi Development Corporation is the second-largest publicly traded Solana treasury—narrowly edging out a pair of others that sit not far below on the list.

The firm holds just over 2 million SOL worth more than $472 million at today’s Solana prices, accumulating the amount across various purchases since establishing its treasury strategy in April.

Solana Treasury Firm DeFi Development Corp. Boosts Convertible Notes Offering to $112 Million

DeFi Development Corp. has been of the most active of the treasury firms on the list, becoming increasingly ingrained within Solana’s community through its acquisition of a Solana validator company and collaborations with leading meme coins like BONK.

In June, it established a $5 billion equity line of credit to fuel strategic Solana purchases.