October 29, 2026 – Chainlink has launched always-on market data for tokenized stocks, commodities and funds. Aave’s Horizon market is the first to use it, starting with large U.S. equities.
In Summary
Chainlink 24/7 extends prices for tokenized real-world assets into weekends and market holidays.
The old gap ran from 8pm ET Friday to 8pm ET Sunday, or 28.6% of every week (Catenaa calculation).
Off-hours prices come from multiple perpetual futures venues, not from the closed stock exchange.
Aave Horizon will use the feeds to value tokenized collateral, starting with high-volume U.S. stocks.
Tokenized stocks trade around the clock, but Wall Street does not. Chainlink 24/7 aims to close that gap. Launched on Oct. 29, the service covers tokenized real-world assets on weekends and holidays, per Chainlink’s announcement.
Aave signed on as the launch partner. Its institutional lending market, Horizon, will use the new feeds to price tokenized collateral.
The weekend gap Chainlink 24/7 fills
Until now, Chainlink covered U.S. equities 24 hours a day, five days a week. That service runs from 8pm ET Sunday to 8pm ET Friday, per its market hours guide. It spans pre-market, regular, post-market and overnight sessions.
However, the remaining 48 hours each week went dark. That is 28.6% of the week, based on Catenaa calculations. By contrast, the regular trading session fills only 32.5 hours.
During those dark hours, the old feeds simply stopped updating. Chainlink’s own user guide told protocols to plan for this. It suggested options such as pausing activity or limiting trades to a band around the last price.
How weekend prices work
So where do weekend prices come from? When the stock market closes, Chainlink 24/7 switches to an off-hours reference. That reference blends quotes from several leading perpetual futures venues.
The system also filters stale inputs and limits the pull of outlier prices. Then, a “session-aware” engine stitches the sources into one continuous price series.
Chainlink delivers the data in two ways. Data Streams send fast offchain prices to perps exchanges and prediction markets. In contrast, Data Feeds publish prices onchain for lending protocols such as Aave.
Chainlink is also clear about one limit. The weekend price reflects trading in derivatives linked to the asset. It is not a live quote from the closed exchange.
That matters because prices can jump when markets reopen. The 24/5 guide notes that moves of 1% to 2% are typical at session changes. In thin markets, jumps of 10% to 20% or more are possible.
Why Aave Horizon needs it
Lending is where weekend gaps hurt most. A loan backed by a tokenized stock needs a fresh price to trigger liquidations on time. Without one, a Monday price gap could leave lenders exposed.
Aave launched Horizon in August 2025. It lets qualified investors borrow stablecoins against tokenized securities. Now Horizon will use 24/7 feeds for its collateral, beginning with high-volume U.S. stocks.
Even so, the market is still small, and it has shrunk lately. According to DefiLlama, Horizon held about $172 million in supplied assets on Oct. 30. Borrowing stood near $94 million. In mid-October, supplied assets were closer to $256 million.
Bigger picture
Chainlink says its 24/5 service already supports more than $1.6 billion in tokenized stocks across six blockchains. It also claims its oracles back over 81% of tokenized real-world asset value. Issuers using it include Ondo, xStocks, Robinhood and Coinbase.
For now, Chainlink 24/7 offers a practical fix rather than a perfect one. Still, it removes one of the biggest frictions for onchain equity markets. Follow more tokenization news on Catenaa’s crypto desk.
