Chainlink Expands On-Chain Access to U.S. Stocks With 24/5 Market Data

TheNewsCryptoPublished on 2026-01-21Last updated on 2026-01-21

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Chainlink has launched "24/5 U.S. Equities Data Streams," a new service providing blockchain applications with continuous access to U.S. stock and ETF market data, including real-time prices, bid/ask quotes, and trading volume, even outside traditional market hours. This addresses a critical gap in DeFi, where outdated after-hours data previously increased risks for derivatives, lending, and synthetic assets. The service, which went live on January 20, 2026, and is operational in over 40 countries, is already being used by major platforms like Lighter and BitMEX Apex. It supports the growth of on-chain financial products and aligns with broader industry and regulatory interest in 24/7 markets.

Chainlink has launched a new tool that lets blockchain apps access U.S. stock and ETF prices around 24/5. This service is named 24/5 U.S. Equities Data Streams and went live on January 20, 2026. This provides the current stock price, buy and sell price, and trading volume even after the market hours.

Chainlink Solves the After-Hours Pricing Gap for On-Chain U.S. Stocks

Right now U.S.stock market closes on weekends and at night. After the market hours, prices on the crypto apps become old and inaccurate, which increases risk for the DeFi products like derivatives, lending, and synthetic stocks. Now Chainlink delivers the tool to solve the problem by keeping stock prices updated before the market opens, closes, and overnight.

Chainlink fixes this problem by giving the accurate stock prices even when the markets are closed, which helps the Defi apps to track stock-based tokens anytime, can run prediction markets using the real prices, and offers loans and borrowing based on stock value without using old or inaccurate prices.

The service is already processed in over 40 countries and supports exchange-traded funds. Several major on-chain trading platforms like Lighter, Bitmex Apex, and multiple decentralized derivative exchanges started using data to support the synthetic stocks, prediction markets, and Equity perpetual futures.

U.S. stocks are worth around $80 trillion, but right now, most of the stocks don’t exist on blockchain. Chainlink is helping to bring the stock market data into the blockchain, and even big traditional players like the New York Stock Exchange agrees and are exploring blockchain trading. U.S. regulators are also thinking about 24/7 markets.

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