Chainlink Launches 24/5 U.S. Equities Streams: Bringing $80T Stock Market On-Chain for DeFi Revolution

Chainlink has officially rolled out its 24/5 U.S. Equities Streams, delivering continuous, sub-second market data for major U.S. stocks and ETFs across pre-market, regular hours, after-hours, and overnight sessions. This groundbreaking launch bridges the ~$80 trillion U.S. equities market to decentralized finance (DeFi), enabling real-world assets (RWAs), perpetuals, prediction markets, and more to operate without traditional trading hour limitations. Live on over 40 blockchains, these cryptographically signed feeds mark a pivotal step in tokenizing TradFi infrastructure for on-chain applications.

Building on Chainlink's Data Streams introduced in August 2025 for regular-hours U.S. equities like SPY, QQQ, NVDA, and AAPL, the new 24/5 Streams expand coverage to all sessions, eliminating pricing gaps. Each feed uses the RWA Advanced (v11) schema, providing comprehensive data: market status flags (pre-market, regular, post-market, overnight, closed), best bid/ask prices and volumes, mid price, staleness indicators, and last traded price. Developers compose continuous feeds by dynamically switching between phase-specific streams (RegularHours, ExtendedHours, OvernightHours) based on marketStatus, with built-in risk controls like staleness checks and price jump safeguards. Early adopters include Lighter (#2 perp DEX by volume), BitMEX (crypto perps pioneer), ApeX, Orderly Network, HelloTrade, Decibel, Monaco, and Opinion Labs. 'Chainlink’s 24/5 U.S. Equities Streams are a critical component of our professional-grade 24/7 equity derivatives infrastructure,' said BitMEX CEO Stephan Lutz. Lighter's CEO Vladimir Novakovski added it enables 'fair, low-latency perp execution beyond regular market hours.'

This launch supercharges DeFi's RWA ecosystem, projected to hit $30 trillion by 2030, by powering 24/5 equity perpetuals, synthetic stocks, lending protocols, structured products, and prediction markets with reliable, tamper-proof data. Platforms like BitMEX and Lighter can now offer multi-asset margining and real-time risk management without downtime, attracting global liquidity beyond U.S. hours. As NYSE explores 24/7 tokenized stock trading, Chainlink's feeds position DeFi as a capital-efficient alternative, reducing gas costs via the pull model and enhancing composability across chains. With Chainlink securing ~70% of DeFi oracle value and $27 trillion in transactions, this infrastructure cements its role in merging the $80T stock market with on-chain finance, potentially sparking new yield strategies and institutional inflows.

Chainlink's 24/5 U.S. Equities Streams isn't just data—it's the backbone for always-on, institution-grade on-chain markets, solving key oracle challenges for RWAs and derivatives. As adoption grows among top perps DEXs and beyond, expect accelerated tokenization of equities, paving the way for 24/7 global finance. DeFi traders and builders now have the tools to rival Wall Street's efficiency on blockchain rails.