Wall Streets big lie about 24-hour trading ignores the $4.5 billion crypto market that never actually closes its doors

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation spent 2025 building infrastructure for extended trading hours, targeting a 24×5 schedule that would keep US markets open from Sunday night through Friday evening with brief daily maintenance windows.

Nasdaq filed plans for 23-hour trading days. Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) announced it has developed a tokenized securities platform that is designed to enable “24/7 operations.”

The industry framed the shift as transformative: always-on access for retail…