Bitcoin (BTC) is 417.3× the size of Sui (SUI) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, BTC is ahead by 29.5 percentage points (BTC -27.3% against SUI -56.8%). Their daily returns move closely together (correlation 0.77 across 399 shared trading days). SUI has been the more volatile of the two, at 89% annualised against BTC's 44%.
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0.77over 399 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 | SUI |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -53.0% | -82.0% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.51 | 0.32 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +26.8% | +69.9% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -32.9% | -53.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: SUI outperformed BTC by 7.5% — measured on the BTC/SUI ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.