Tether (USDT) is 742.6× the size of Artificial Inu (AI) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.32 across 31 shared trading days). AI has been the more volatile of the two, at 109% annualised against USDT's 0%.
| Period | AI | USDT | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 days | +3.43% | -0.01% | AI |
| 30 days | -2.16% | +0.05% | USDT |
| 90 days | -12.56% | — | — |
| 1 year | -86.96% | — | — |
| Metric | AI | USDT |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -89.4% | -0.0% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.18 | 0.19 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +59.8% | — |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -54.4% | — |
Relative strength over 90 days: USDT outperformed AI by 2.4% — measured on the AI/USDT ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.
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.