Bitcoin (BTC) is 350.9× the size of Uniswap (UNI) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, UNI is ahead by 66.2 percentage points (BTC -27.3% against UNI +38.9%). Their daily returns move closely together (correlation 0.61 across 399 shared trading days). UNI has been the more volatile of the two, at 101% annualised against BTC's 44%.
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0.61over 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 | UNI |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -53.0% | -74.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.51 | 0.73 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +26.8% | +143.9% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -32.9% | -47.8% |
Relative strength over 90 days: UNI outperformed BTC by 32.9% — measured on the BTC/UNI ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.