AI Companions (AIC) is 1829.0× the size of Big Tom Coin (BTC) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.34 across 20 shared trading days). AIC has been the more volatile of the two, at 315% annualised against BTC's 122%.
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0.34over 20 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 | BTC | AIC |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -78.0% | -74.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.41 | 0.17 |
Relative strength over 90 days: AIC outperformed BTC by 42.9% — measured on the BTC/AIC ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.