Chainlink has set a new milestone in blockchain-based finance by launching institutional-grade Data Streams for leading U.S. equities and ETFs, now accessible on 37 different blockchain networks. This breakthrough will enable developers, DeFi protocols, and on-chain app builders to access sub-second price feeds for highly traded assets, including SPY (S&P 500 ETF), QQQ (Nasdaq 100 ETF), and blue-chip stocks such as Apple, Nvidia, and Microsoft.
Institutional-Grade Data Empowers Advanced DeFi and RWA Applications
Thanks to high-quality sources like Finalto, Tiingo, and Finnhub, Chainlink’s new Data Streams deliver rapid and reliable price data, featuring crucial features such as market hours detection, circuit breaker alerts, and stale data checks. These enhancements are designed to support a new class of decentralized applications: synthetic ETF trading, tokenized stock portfolios, on-chain derivatives, and frictionless lending markets.
Supported by top DeFi protocols—GMX, Kamino, and GMX-Solana—Chainlink’s data is now available to developers in real time, unlocking a new era for tokenized real-world asset (RWA) platforms and expanding the trading and asset management capabilities previously limited by slower or less comprehensive price feeds.
Bridging Wall Street to Web3: Speed, Scale, and Transparency
With more than $275 billion already tokenized in real-world assets, the need for accurate, low-latency financial data has never been greater. Chainlink’s latest upgrade closes the gap between traditional financial infrastructure and Web3, giving on-chain applications the tools needed for robust, rapid, and transparent integration of physical-world instruments with digital assets.
This move is expected to accelerate the migration of capital markets onto blockchain, enabling the frictionless trading of financial instruments, richer derivative protocols, and entirely new financial products in the decentralized economy. By delivering Wall Street-grade data at Web3 speeds and across dozens of networks, Chainlink is positioning itself as a critical backbone for the next era of DeFi and global asset tokenization.
