Backpack Appoints Multicoin Capital Co-Founder Kyle Samani to Backpack US Board Backpack announced the appointment of Kyle Samani, former co-founder of Multicoin Capital and an early Solana investor, to the Board of Directors of Backpack US. Samani stepped back from Multicoin in February 2026 and remains chairman of Solana treasury company Forward Industries.

Backpack weekend trading starts after US exchanges close each Friday 🎒 @ArmaniFerrante on Backpack’s 24/7/365 brokerage for real US equities: “What we're doing is really for the first time opening up 24/7 trading for a genuine bona fide security entitlement.” “Markets will close on Friday in the US. And over the weekend, Saturday and Sunday, people through the Backpack brokerage will continue to trade and they'll get the exact same asset that you would expect from your neighborhood brokerage account.” The Neobrokerage.

Backpack now supports @USDT0_to deposits and withdrawals on @tempo. Tempo is built for stablecoin payments, with sub-second finality and stablecoin-native gas. Stablecoins power funding across crypto, perps, stocks, and yield, all within one Backpack account.

Backpack Weekly Update 🎒 Institutional & Ecosystem — ▸ Backpack is part of the DTCC Industry Working Group as tokenized securities continue moving toward production-grade market infrastructure. Product & UX — ▸ TP/SL can now be edited directly from Open Orders on web, not just open positions. Currently supported for limit orders. ▸ New trade flow on web: when your USD balance won’t fully cover a trade but you hold USDT, Backpack now surfaces the different ways your collateral can be used, including instantly converting USDT → USD via RFQ at no fee, or continuing to use USDT as collateral to open the position with a USD borrow. ▸ BP balances now aggregate across subaccounts on the BP page, with a detailed per-subaccount breakdown. Ongoing Quest — ▸ BTC Yield Boost: trade to unlock more BTC eligible to earn up to 50% APY before the campaign ends May 13.

NEW: @Backpack-ISSUED TOKENIZED $GRND/GRINDR STOCK FLIPS @xStocksFi'S $SPY TOKEN IN 24H VOLUME, TAKING THE TOP TOKENIZED-EQUITY SPOT ON @solana $GRND/Grindr is a location-based social networking and online dating application designed primarily for gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer individuals $SPY is the ticker symbol for the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, which is the oldest and one of the most popular exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the world SOURCE: