Nasdaq is no longer just watching blockchain from across the room. The exchange giant is now actively distributing its market data into on-chain infrastructure, a move that effectively turns blockchain platforms into first-class consumers of the same pricing information that powers Wall Street.
From Wall Street pipes to on-chain rails
In May 2026, Ostium became the first on-chain trading platform to offer equity perpetual futures based on individual US stocks using real-time market data sourced directly from Nasdaq.
Previously, on-chain derivatives platforms relied on third-party oracles or delayed data feeds to approximate equity pricing. Getting the data straight from the source eliminates a meaningful trust gap.
Equity perpetuals are derivatives contracts that let traders speculate on stock prices without expiration dates or physical settlement. Until now, these products mostly tracked crypto assets. Ostium’s launch extends them to individual US equities, powered by Nasdaq’s own data.
