Chainlink has launched Data Streams, providing real-time pricing for U.S. equities and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) directly on blockchain networks.
Chainlink Debuts Real-Time Market Data for Tokenized Stocks, ETFs
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Chainlink Data Streams Target Tokenized Real-World Asset Market
The service delivers high-frequency market data for assets including SPY, CRCL, QQQ, NVDA, AAPL, and MSFT. This data is now accessible across 37 different blockchains. The streams incorporate features like market hours enforcement and staleness detection, sourcing data from premium providers.
Developers can utilize the onchain data to build tokenized financial products. Specifically enabled are tokenized stock trading, perpetual futures contracts, and synthetic ETFs. Chainlink states the infrastructure meets institutional-grade reliability standards.
“This is a significant leap forward for tokenized markets—closing a critical gap between traditional finance and blockchain infrastructure,” Johann Eid, the chief business officer at Chainlink Labs, remarked.
Leading decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols GMX and Kamino are adopting the data streams. GMX Communications lead Jone Zee stated the streams provide decentralized, institutional-grade pricing infrastructure needed to expand DeFi beyond crypto assets.
Kamino co-founder Thomas Short pointed to the streams’ performance and decentralization as crucial for building applications like lending on Solana without compromising security. The launch targets the rapidly growing tokenized real-world asset ( RWA) market. This market is projected to reach $30 trillion by 2030.
Chainlink positions the Data Streams product as essential infrastructure to scale secure, high-performance onchain financial markets for these assets. The launch further coincides with new U.S. legislation, such as the GENIUS Act, signaling broader institutional readiness for blockchain scaling. On Monday, Chainlink claimed the infrastructure is now poised to bring traditional capital markets onchain.
