Bitcoin (BTC) is 2865.1× the size of Aptos (APT) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, BTC is ahead by 50.4 percentage points (APT -77.8% against BTC -27.3%). Their daily returns move closely together (correlation 0.68 across 399 shared trading days). APT has been the more volatile of the two, at 92% annualised against BTC's 44%.
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0.68over 399 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 | APT | BTC |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -90.5% | -53.0% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.04 | 0.51 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +60.4% | +26.8% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -53.2% | -32.9% |
Relative strength over 90 days: BTC outperformed APT by 12.8% — measured on the APT/BTC ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.