XRP (XRP) is 104149.7× the size of Areum (AREA) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, AREA is ahead by 32.0 percentage points (AREA -12.7% against XRP -44.7%). Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.13 across 363 shared trading days). AREA has been the more volatile of the two, at 172% annualised against XRP's 65%.
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0.13over 363 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 | AREA | XRP |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -65.9% | -67.3% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.15 | 0.29 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +41.9% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -47.3% |
Relative strength over 90 days: XRP outperformed AREA by 41.1% — measured on the AREA/XRP ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.