- Chainlink’s 24/5 streams provide first continuous U.S. equity data covering all trading sessions.
- Platform delivers bid-ask prices, volumes, and market status beyond basic pricing information.
- Lighter and BitMEX lead adoption among eight platforms integrating the new data infrastructure.
- Service operates across 40+ blockchains, supporting perpetuals, lending, and prediction markets.
Chainlink has launched 24/5 U.S. Equities and ETF data feeds. This marks the first continuous U.S. stock data solution for decentralized finance.
The service covers pre-market, regular hours, after-hours, and overnight trading sessions. Major platforms including Lighter, BitMEX, ApeX, and Orderly Network have integrated the technology.
The feeds deliver complete market data to support on-chain perpetuals, prediction markets, and synthetic stocks.
Chainlink Streams Bridge Critical Market Data Gaps
The blockchain provider now delivers real-time pricing data across all U.S. trading sessions. This works on over 40 blockchains.
Traditional on-chain data solutions only provide single price points during standard trading hours. These hours run from 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM ET on weekdays.
This limited coverage creates pricing gaps during off-hours. Meanwhile, blockchain markets continue operating around the clock.
The new data streams include multiple data points beyond basic pricing. Users receive bid and ask prices, trading volumes, and last trade prices.
The system also provides market status indicators. Additionally, staleness indicators help platforms manage data quality and freshness.
These complete data fields enable better risk management and trading execution.
Real-world asset adoption on-chain is projected to reach $30 trillion by 2030. However, U.S. equities remain underrepresented in decentralized markets.
This happens despite being among the world’s largest asset classes. The mismatch between continuous blockchain operations and fragmented equity trading sessions has posed challenges. Developers building financial products face these difficulties regularly.
The system builds on Chainlink’s existing Data Standard framework. This framework has processed over $27 trillion in transaction value.
The platform has delivered more than 19 billion verified messages on-chain. It currently secures about 70 percent of oracle-related DeFi activity. This established foundation provides reliability even during market volatility.
Leading Platforms Quickly Integrate New Data Feeds
Lighter has integrated the 24/5 streams into its platform. The exchange currently ranks as the second-largest perpetuals decentralized exchange by volume.
Vladimir Novakovski, Founder and CEO of Lighter, spoke about the partnership. “We’re excited to expand our partnership with Chainlink as Lighter’s official oracle solution for RWA markets by integrating 24/5 U.S. Equities Streams,” Novakovski said.
He added that the integration enables the platform to extend fair, low-latency perpetual execution. This happens beyond regular market hours without compromising data integrity.
BitMEX has also adopted the new data feeds. The platform is known for pioneering crypto perpetuals trading. Stephan Lutz, CEO of BitMEX, shared his perspective on the integration. “For derivatives markets, security and data integrity matter more than anything,” Lutz stated.
He described Chainlink’s 24/5 U.S. Equities Streams as a critical component. The feeds provide the verifiable pricing context needed to operate beyond standard market hours.
This supports BitMEX’s professional-grade equity derivatives infrastructure.
Several other platforms have begun implementation as well. ApeX, HelloTrade, Decibel, Monaco, Opinion Labs, and Orderly Network are using the solution.
They leverage it for continuous real-world asset markets. The early adoption signals growing demand for institutional-grade data infrastructure. This infrastructure supports always-on equity trading.
The expanded data coverage enables various on-chain applications. These include perpetuals trading, prediction markets, and synthetic equities.
Developers can also build lending markets with dynamic margining. They can create structured products tied to U.S. stock performance.
The service is available immediately through official documentation. This documentation details feeds, schemas, and integration methods across supported blockchains.