Aave (AAVE) is 11190.6× the size of ACryptoS [OLD] (ACS) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.32 across 24 shared trading days). AAVE has been the more volatile of the two, at 87% annualised against ACS's 55%.
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0.32over 24 shared trading days
Measured on daily returns rather than on prices. Two assets that both simply trend upward score near 1.0 on raw prices whether or not they move together, so returns are what answer the question people mean by correlation.
| Metric | ACS | AAVE |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -23.1% | -79.5% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.37 | 0.51 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +56.3% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -42.7% |
Relative strength over 90 days: ACS outperformed AAVE by 8.0% — measured on the ACS/AAVE ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.