Ethereum (ETH) is 266325.5× the size of Bitcoin 2 (BTC2) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.23 across 31 shared trading days). ETH has been the more volatile of the two, at 62% annualised against BTC2's 21%.
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0.23over 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 | BTC2 | ETH |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -5.2% | -66.5% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.15 | 0.36 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +34.1% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -44.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: ETH outperformed BTC2 by 10.9% — measured on the BTC2/ETH ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.