Chainlink (LINK) is 19899.2× the size of Bankless BED Index (BED) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.14 across 34 shared trading days). LINK has been the more volatile of the two, at 71% annualised against BED's 44%.
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0.14over 34 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 | BED | LINK |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -15.5% | -69.2% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.17 | 0.53 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +61.6% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -43.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: BED outperformed LINK by 16.2% — measured on the BED/LINK ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.