Cardano (ADA) is 1.6× the size of Dai (DAI) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.08 across 40 shared trading days). ADA has been the more volatile of the two, at 78% annualised against DAI's 1%.
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0.08over 40 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 | ADA | DAI |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -83.5% | -0.1% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.01 | 0.03 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +38.4% | — |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -42.7% | — |
Relative strength over 90 days: DAI outperformed ADA by 26.6% — measured on the ADA/DAI ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.