Chainlink has introduced 24/5 U.S. Equities Data Streams, providing decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols with continuous access to institutional-grade stock and ETF data. This service enables onchain trading, lending, and derivatives linked to U.S. equities, effectively unlocking the $80 trillion U.S. stock market for blockchain applications. The data streams, live across more than 40 blockchains, offer secure access to pricing and market data for all major U.S. equities and ETFs, covering regular, pre-market, post-market, and overnight sessions. This innovation allows decentralized applications to reference U.S. equity markets beyond standard Wall Street hours, addressing the challenge of time-based session fragmentation in traditional markets. Platforms such as Lighter and BitMEX are already utilizing these data feeds to power equity-based products. Chainlink's infrastructure, built on its widely adopted data standard, supports the growing demand for tokenized real-world assets, positioning DeFi to operate institution-ready financial markets continuously.