Chainlink (LINK) is expanding the reach of decentralized finance (DeFi) into US equities with its new 24/5 US Equities Streams. The oracle network’s feeds provide continuous stock and ETF pricing nearly around the clock, including pre-market, post-market, and overnight sessions.
Available across more than 40 blockchains, the streams deliver high-frequency, cryptographically verified data to decentralized applications, filling a long-standing gap in equity-linked DeFi infrastructure.
While the feeds do not enable direct trading of U.S. equities on-chain, they allow smart contracts and protocols managing tokenized equities, synthetic stocks, and structured products to maintain vault accounting, margin calculations, and automated execution even when traditional brokerages are offline.
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Continuous pricing also reduces the risk of stale reference data and enables more accurate risk management for on-chain financial products.
Continuous Market Data Powers On-chain Equity Products
The 24/5 Streams are designed to support a wide range of real-world asset (RWA) applications, including equity perpetuals, synthetic equities, prediction markets, and lending platforms.
Early adoption by leading protocols such as Lighter, BitMEX, ApeX, and HelloTrade reflects strong demand for reliable, institutional-grade onchain data.
Why This Matters
RWAs are gaining rapid traction on blockchain, with on-chain adoption projected to reach $30 trillion by 2030. Despite this growth, the world’s largest and most liquid asset class, the US equities, remain underrepresented.Â
This is largely due to a structural mismatch: blockchain markets operate 24/7, while U.S. equity markets trade only during limited, fragmented sessions.
Most on-chain data solutions rely on a single daily equity price, which creates pricing gaps and increases off-hours risk for protocols. These limitations have made it difficult to develop scalable, equity-based DeFi products, which Chainlink is expecting to change.
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They are data feeds that provide continuous, high-frequency pricing for U.S. stocks and ETFs during regular trading hours, pre-market, post-market, and overnight sessions. They deliver cryptographically verified data to blockchain-based applications.
No. The feeds supply market data only; they do not enable ownership or direct trading of U.S. equities on blockchain. They are designed for use in DeFi protocols and tokenized financial products.
Applications include synthetic stocks, tokenized equities, equity perpetuals, prediction markets, structured products, and lending protocols. Continuous pricing supports accounting, margin calculations, and risk management.
The feeds are available on more than 40 blockchains. Early adopters include Lighter, BitMEX, ApeX, HelloTrade, and other protocols managing real-world assets (RWAs) or derivatives.
