Chainlink has launched 24/5 U.S. Equities Streams, a new on-chain data product that gives decentralized applications continuous access to U.S. stock and ETF prices beyond standard market hours.
The extension of service will likely make it easier for decentralized platforms to trade equities outside normal market hours. The new launch also aims at providing apps that can now access pricing during pre-market, post-market, and overnight sessions.
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Chainlink aims at fixing a long-standing gap in on-chain trading of real-world assets. Earlier, stock price feeds would typically shut off after regular market hours, leaving decentralized exchanges with outdated or missing data.
This made overnight or early trading risky and inefficient. With continuous coverage, Chainlink will now deliver more accurate pricing and smoother liquidity, giving a better trading experience for users interacting with tokenized stocks and ETFs in the DeFi ecosystem.
Chainlink’s announcement comes only a day after the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) announced intentions to launch a 24/7, blockchain-based tokenised stock and ETF trading platform later this year.
Chainlink brings equity data to 40+ blockchains
Chainkink’s new service is now live on over 40 blockchains and covers all major U.S. stocks and ETFs, making equity data far more accessible on-chain.
Until now, most decentralized equity products depended on price updates that only worked during regular U.S. market hours. Once the markets were closed, freezes or outdated pricing took on even more risk for derivatives trading platforms, lending protocols, and synthetic assets.
The remedy to this issue offered by Chainlink’s new data feeds involves providing sub-second updates even in pre-market, post-market, and overnight hours.
Continuous and verifiable pricing had been a crucial component that was lacking in the on-chain adoption process, considering that U.S. stocks alone comprised an asset base of over $80 trillion.
The feed offers more than just the prices to buy and sell, but also offers bid and ask quotes, trade volume, last trade prices, and which market is open and trading.
The availability of accurate data gives decentralized platforms a more reliable picture of market activity and helps them manage risk and liquidity more effectively around the clock.
Chainlink’s move in tandem with market trend
Chainlink’s move to have a continuous data stream even after market hours stays in tandem with market trends with several platforms already integrating the option to keep their stock-based products running continuously.
Lighter, the second-largest perpetual futures DEX by volume, is using the data to offer equity perpetuals beyond standard trading hours. BitMEX has also adopted it to improve real-time risk controls for its equity derivatives during extended sessions.
Other platforms tapping into the streams include ApeX, HelloTrade, Decibel, Monaco, Opinion Labs, and Orderly Network, all benefiting from more reliable, around-the-clock market data.
The rollout is reflective of a growing requirement for stock exposure within a decentralised marketplace and is a follow-on from Chainlink’s previous equity rollout of real-time stock information in August 2025.
As per Chainlink, developers interested in incorporating U.S. stock markets within their applications are able to tap into the new set of data sources effective immediately.