Ethereum Name Service (ENS) is 7801.0× the size of Base Identity (BASEID) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.34 across 95 shared trading days). BASEID has been the more volatile of the two, at 159% annualised against ENS's 83%.
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0.34over 95 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 | BASEID | ENS |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -85.3% | -82.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.22 | 0.09 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +48.0% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -51.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: ENS outperformed BASEID by 8.4% — measured on the BASEID/ENS ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.