Company: FWDI
Filing Date: 2025-11-10
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001683168-25-008141
Chunk: 58

Company: Forward Industries, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-11-10
Form: 424B5
Chunk 58
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We are not subject to legal and regulatory obligations that apply to investment companies such as mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, or to obligations applicable to investment advisers.

Mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and their
management are subject to extensive regulation as “investment companies” and “investment advisers” under U.S.
federal and state law; this regulation is intended for the benefit and protection of investors. We are not subject to, and do not otherwise
voluntarily comply with, these laws and regulations. This means, among other things, that the execution of our changes to our digital
asset strategy, our use of leverage, our ability to engage in transactions with affiliated parties and our operating and investment activities
generally are not subject to the extensive legal and regulatory requirements and prohibitions that apply to investment companies and investment
advisers.

Due to the unregulated nature and lack of transparency surrounding the operations of many digital asset trading venues, digital asset trading venues experience greater risk of fraud, market manipulation and other deceptive marketing practices, as well as security failures or regulatory or operational problems than trading venues for more established asset classes, which may result in a loss of confidence in digital asset trading venues and adversely affect the value of digital assets, and the Company’s financial position, operations and prospects.

Digital asset trading venues are relatively new and,
in many cases, unregulated. Furthermore, there are many digital asset trading venues that do not provide the public with significant information
regarding their ownership structure, management teams, corporate practices and regulatory compliance. As a result, the marketplace may
lose confidence in digital asset trading venues, including prominent exchanges that handle a significant volume of such trading and/or
are subject to regulatory oversight, in the event one or more digital asset trading venues cease or pause for a prolonged period the trading
of digital assets, or experience fraud, significant volumes of withdrawal, security failures or operational problems.

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Negative perception, a lack of stability in the broader
digital asset markets and the closure, temporary shutdown or operational disruption of digital asset trading venues, lending institutions,
institutional investors, institutional miners, custodians, or other major participants in the digital asset ecosystem, due to fraud, business
failure, cybersecurity events, government-mandated regulation, bankruptcy, or for any other reason, may result in a decline in confidence
in digital assets and the broader digital asset ecosystem and greater volatility in the price of digital assets. The price of our listed
securities may be affected by the