Core Insights - Chainlink has launched a 24/5 U.S. Equities Stream, providing continuous stock market data for pre-market, intraday, after-hours, and overnight trading, thereby integrating approximately $80 trillion of the U.S. stock market on-chain [1] Group 1 - The new data stream includes not only prices but also bid-ask spreads, trading volumes, and market status, supporting various real-world asset (RWA) applications such as on-chain perpetual contracts, prediction markets, synthetic stocks, lending, and structured products [1] - Several trading platforms, including Lighter, BitMEX, ApeX, and Orderly Network, have already adopted this new data stream [1]