Chainlink brings US stock market onchain with equities data
20 January 2026 US
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Chainlink 24/7 US Equities Streams, an expansion of Chainlink Data Streams that delivers fast and secure market data for US equities and ETFs across all trading sessions, has been unveiled.
This launch enables decentralised finance (DeFi) access to US equity market data, unlocking the US $80 trillion stock market onchain.
Live across more than 40 blockchains, Data Streams allow protocols to build onchain equity markets, including equity perps, prediction markets, that operate beyond standard US trading hours.
The firm says Chainlink 24/5 Equities Streams was built to address the underrepresentation of US equities onchain.
It outlined the reason for this issue as structural: blockchain-enabled trading operates continuously 24/7/365, while US equity markets trade across fragmented sessions during dedicated market hours.
Additionally, most onchain data solutions only provide a single price point for equities during standard trading hours (weekdays 09:30–:00 ET), creating a gap where onchain markets are unable to reliably replicate market conditions all 24 hours of the day.
These limitations create pricing blind spots, increase risk during off-hours, and make it difficult to build secure, scalable equity-based financial products on chain.
The firm says Chainlink 24/5 US Equities Streams was developed to solve these challenges by transforming fragmented US equity market data into continuous cryptographically signed data streams, allowing traditional markets to operate onchain.
Chainlink 24/5 Equities Streams is being leveraged by protocols such as lighter, BitMEX, ApeX, HelloTrade, Decibel, Monaco, Opinioni Labs, and Orderly.
Vladimir Novakovski, founder and CEO of Lighter, remarks: “We’re excited to expand our partnership with Chainlink as Lighter’s official oracle solution for RWA markets by integrating 24/5 US Equities Streams. This enables us to extend our fair, low-latency perp execution beyond regular market hours without compromising data integrity.
Stephan Lutz, CEO, comments: “For derivatives markets, security, and data integrity matter more than anything. Chainlin’s 24/5 US Equities Streams are a critical component of our professional-grade 24/7 equity derivatives infrastructure, providing the verifiable pricing context needed to operate beyond standard market hours.”
Johann Eid, chief business officer at Chainlink Labs, adds: “Now builders and institutions can access continuous equities and ETF data across all trading sessions. This is a major step toward always-on, cross-border capital markets, and a foundational upgrade to how global equity markets operate.”
This launch enables decentralised finance (DeFi) access to US equity market data, unlocking the US $80 trillion stock market onchain.
Live across more than 40 blockchains, Data Streams allow protocols to build onchain equity markets, including equity perps, prediction markets, that operate beyond standard US trading hours.
The firm says Chainlink 24/5 Equities Streams was built to address the underrepresentation of US equities onchain.
It outlined the reason for this issue as structural: blockchain-enabled trading operates continuously 24/7/365, while US equity markets trade across fragmented sessions during dedicated market hours.
Additionally, most onchain data solutions only provide a single price point for equities during standard trading hours (weekdays 09:30–:00 ET), creating a gap where onchain markets are unable to reliably replicate market conditions all 24 hours of the day.
These limitations create pricing blind spots, increase risk during off-hours, and make it difficult to build secure, scalable equity-based financial products on chain.
The firm says Chainlink 24/5 US Equities Streams was developed to solve these challenges by transforming fragmented US equity market data into continuous cryptographically signed data streams, allowing traditional markets to operate onchain.
Chainlink 24/5 Equities Streams is being leveraged by protocols such as lighter, BitMEX, ApeX, HelloTrade, Decibel, Monaco, Opinioni Labs, and Orderly.
Vladimir Novakovski, founder and CEO of Lighter, remarks: “We’re excited to expand our partnership with Chainlink as Lighter’s official oracle solution for RWA markets by integrating 24/5 US Equities Streams. This enables us to extend our fair, low-latency perp execution beyond regular market hours without compromising data integrity.
Stephan Lutz, CEO, comments: “For derivatives markets, security, and data integrity matter more than anything. Chainlin’s 24/5 US Equities Streams are a critical component of our professional-grade 24/7 equity derivatives infrastructure, providing the verifiable pricing context needed to operate beyond standard market hours.”
Johann Eid, chief business officer at Chainlink Labs, adds: “Now builders and institutions can access continuous equities and ETF data across all trading sessions. This is a major step toward always-on, cross-border capital markets, and a foundational upgrade to how global equity markets operate.”
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