Chainlink launches ’24/5′ onchain data streams for tokenized US stocks and ETFs
Chainlink introduced 24/5 support for U.S. equities and ETFs via Data Streams to bring real-world asset data onchain outside standard hours.Summary
Blockchain infrastructure provider Chainlink has launched 24/5 support for real-world assets, specifically U.S. equities and ETFs, by extending its Chainlink Data Streams technology. This enhancement delivers fast and secure market data across all trading sessions, including after-hours and overnight, five days a week, enabling decentralized protocols to integrate onchain stocks and ETFs more easily and pushing trading closer to an always-on standard.
This move occurs amid increasing competition in the tokenized stock trading space, with entities like the NYSE developing platforms for tokenized securities trading, and exchanges like Kraken and BitMEX already offering extended trading hours for related assets. Several crypto-native platforms, including Lighter, ApeX, HelloTrade, and Orderly Network, are set to integrate these new Chainlink streams.
Chainlink noted that previous onchain data solutions often provided only a single price point during standard 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM ET trading hours, creating pricing blind spots and increasing risk off-hours. The new 24/5 streams, which will go live on over 40 blockchains, unlock new capabilities such as yield strategies, prediction markets, and synthetic equities, with Chainlink signaling that 24/7 coverage is the next goal.
(Source：The Block)