Solana (SOL) is 3329.5× the size of Bityuan (BTY) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.28 across 31 shared trading days). BTY has been the more volatile of the two, at 87% annualised against SOL's 66%.
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0.28over 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 | BTY | SOL |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -20.2% | -73.5% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.14 | 0.44 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +47.8% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -46.1% |
Relative strength over 90 days: SOL outperformed BTY by 22.1% — measured on the BTY/SOL ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.