PANews reported on January 20th that Chainlink announced the launch of its "24/5 US Stock Data Stream," providing DeFi with US stock market data covering 24/7 trading hours and 5 days a week, aiming to bring the approximately $80 trillion US stock market onto the blockchain. This data stream covers all major US stocks and ETFs, providing not only mid-price quotes but also bid and ask prices, latest transaction prices, trading volume, market status indicators, and data timeliness metrics, providing developers with the necessary market context to build advanced logic, enhance risk control, and ensure secure execution. Companies such as Lighter, BitMEX, Apex, HelloTrade, Decibel, Monaco, Opinion Labs, and Orderly Network have already adopted this solution to support their continuously operating real-world asset markets.


