Bancor Governance (VBNT) and XRP (XRP) compared side by side. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.10 across 31 shared trading days). VBNT has been the more volatile of the two, at 319% annualised against XRP's 65%.
VBNTXRP
0.10over 31 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 | VBNT | XRP |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -36.0% | -67.3% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.00 | 0.37 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +41.9% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -47.3% |
Relative strength over 90 days: VBNT outperformed XRP by 14.8% — measured on the VBNT/XRP ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.