ResearchCoin (RSC) is 118.6× the size of AthenaDAO (ATH) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.22 across 21 shared trading days). ATH has been the more volatile of the two, at 150% annualised against RSC's 97%.
ATHRSC
0.22over 21 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 | ATH | RSC |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -52.2% | -38.3% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.35 | -0.23 |
Relative strength over 90 days: RSC outperformed ATH by 40.7% — measured on the ATH/RSC ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.